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[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/92222488″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Still Smiling is a unique collaboration and an unexpected one between Italian composer,Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld, leader of Einstürzende Neubauten and former Bad Seeds.  They first met during the realization of ‘Ingiuria’, a theatre piece, and afterwards collaborated on a song for a film soundtrack, called ‘A Quite Life’.   It was this song … Read more

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/89419295″ params=”secret_token=s-QCKui” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “World Music sounds incredible – a pitch-perfect mix of Black Sabbath, Can, Fela Kuti, Funkadelic and the northern-lights psych of countrymen such as Pärson Sound or Träd Gräs och Stenar.  The Guardian ***** “…surging, mercurial lead guitar battles big-mama blues wailing over bent boogie rhythms, before melting into a … Read more

Halifax, Canada garage duo, Cousins are busy getting ready for their first trip to the UK in May to play The Great Escape and two shows in London. The band recently completed work on a brand new 10-song album entitled, The Halls of Wickwire, in Toronto at Candle Recording with engineer Josh Korody (Beliefs) and … Read more

 [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/89180289″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Musician and writer, John Carter Cash will be publishing his debut novel, Lupus Rex, on Ravenstone, a new imprint of books from Rebellion Publishing for children and young adults.  This beautiful new tale of nature is in the tradition of Watership Down, The Rats of Nimh, the … Read more

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/85510870″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Nottingham’s six.by seven, will be headlining a Club Fandango/ Fierce Panda night to bid farewell to Kentish Town’s Bull and Gate on Wednesday 1st May!  Their new record, Love and Peace and Sympathy will be out 8th July 2013! Six.by Seven released their first album, The Things We Make to rave reviews in 1998.  Five Peel Sessions followed, … Read more

Winnipeg indie pop outfit Boats make impossibly hooky pop songs about death, being old, girls, glowing bears and escaping the spectral plane of existence.  All of which can be found on the band’s sparkling third album, A Fairway Full Of Miners, released 20thMay on  Kill Rock Stars. The band will be playing the Great Escape in May and playing a number of UK … Read more

“World Music sounds incredible – a pitch-perfect mix of Black Sabbath, Can, Fela Kuti, Funkadelic and the northern-lights psych of countrymen such as Pärson Sound or Träd Gräs och Stenar.  The Guardian ***** “…surging, mercurial lead guitar battles big-mama blues wailing over bent boogie rhythms, before melting into a spooked, satanic acoustic-guitar fade.”  Sunday Times “Goat made me pull … Read more

Grim Tower is the collaborative project of Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean(vocals/guitar/synths) and Imaad Wasif (vocals/guitar).  Both songwriters, Canadians now based in Los Angeles, come together on Anarchic Breezes to explore a mutual interest in the darker traditions of song and detuning found in the American Primitive Archives.  Their debut album Anarchic Breezes combines old-timey folk music with droning doom-rock. Anarchic Breezes was recorded by McBean at his … Read more

New York guitar goddess, Marnie Stern, shares a new video for ‘Immortals’ taken from her latest album, Chronicles of Marnia.  Directed by Allie Avital Tsypin, the video depicts a humorous and theatrical mythology around the idea of being a ‘rock star’ set against the reality of an independent musician.  It shows, Marnie, the glamorous rock star shredding to a crowd … Read more

[bandcamp track=1297660807 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=venti]  Winnipeg indie pop outfit Boats make impossibly hooky pop songs about death, being old, girls, glowing bears and escaping the spectral plane of existence.  All of which can be found on the band’s sparkling third album, A Fairway Full Of Miners, released 20th May on  Kill Rock Stars. Recorded in the spring/summer of 2012 by Ryan McVeigh at Prairie … Read more