Vertical Scratchers is a new duo comprising of John Schmersal (ex-Brainiac/Enon, live Caribou, Crooks on Tape) and Christian Beaulieu (ex-Triclops!/Anywhere) formed in Los Angeles in 2012.
The Seattle trio’s unique amalgam of metal, art rock, pop and punk is charmingly reminiscent of the fertile creativity that groups once had before the Internet seemed to instruct bands to only copy one another.
Rocket Recordings are proud to announce a first public playback of the forthcoming Goat album Live Ballroom Ritual on 15 November at ‘Nothing is…’ at The Alibi in Dalston, East London. The album as previously announced is a double live LP of the mighty Goat captured in full swing at Camden’s Electric Ballroom in June … Read more
“From Roma, neo-bovver rockers get stomping. Recalling the stack-heeled sounds of Slade, The Sweet and The Faces plus the “junk shop glam”, Romans Giuda do their bit for similarly no pretention, high energy rocking with their debut, Racey Roller.” Mojo “They’ve ram-raided the vaults of 70′s glam, punk and rock ‘n’ roll to make a … Read more
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/113177550″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In August 2012 Swedish band Goat released their debut album, World Music. The record went on to become one of the most talked about albums of the year, topping many ‘Best of 2012’ lists and the following year, the band took the album on the road. Starting off a … Read more
“Islands, the long standing indie-pop enterprise fronted by ex-Unicorns member Nick Thorburn will be releasing Ski Mask in the UK on the 28th October. Thorburn describes the record “like a summation of Islands, everything we’ve ever done distilled into one record.” Now the album has its own mockumentary featuring comedians Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Jon … Read more
Next month, The Quietus will host a night of bands on Norway’s Fysisk Format label, taking place at The Old Blue Last on October 29th with free entry! Headlining will be Norwegian noise rock pugilists, Årabrot, who released their latest self-titled album in August. Read main man, Kjetil Nernes give a track by track account … Read more
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105262679″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Three years since the last Dead Meadow release the band has seen line-up changes, continued their rigorous touring schedule and worked with legendary artists like Dave Davies of the Kinks. Members of the band have made solo records and Jason Simon has continued his country-Dylan-inspired Old Testament … Read more
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/104565881″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Russian Circles hit the road in the EU and UK with Chelsea Wolfe (who also supplies guest vocals on the album’s title track) in October. Both bands will play full headlining sets. Perhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial is its … Read more
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/102109353″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Saint Rich is the musical partnership of Delicate Steve bandmates, Christian Peslak and Steve Marion. Under the name Delicate Steve, Steve Marion recorded Wondervisions, an instrumental record released by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label that entered the world via a glowing New York Times review. He followed … Read more