Victims only of their own success, Cult of Luna have written perhaps the best post-metal album of the year here and yet it still feels just a little underwhelming. That’s because as good as ‘A Dawn To Fear’ is (and it’s very very good) it still bobs under the high-water marks of 2013’s ‘Vertikal’ and the Swedish outfit’s last album, […]
Read moreOne-man studio-based post-rock passion-projects tend to power-surge my love-buzz. Kota Kota, the chosen moniker of Leeds-based artist Michael Holmes, is no exception. His debut album is a bass-heavy, propulsively-paced many-textured journey for fans of late Maybeshewill, early 65daysofstatic, and dreams of flying.
Read moreColored Moth have transformed. No wait, they’ve evolved. Pupated, perhaps? Whatever… they’ve changed. If the Berlin-based trio’s first full-length was a searing but relatively straight-ahead slice of hardcore punk, ‘DIM’ is a firecracker in an oil drum. The band are working with the same blueprint as before but it’s been warped and distorted, still kind of recognisable but now something […]
Read moreKristin Hayter has already made her statement. With her 2017 self-released debut, the one-woman powerhouse behind Lingua Ignota parlayed her church choir roots and classical vocal training into a monolith of monstrous noise. A year later and the excellently-titled ‘All Bitches Die’ might have needed a rerelease on Profound Lore to get the attention it deserved but it was a […]
Read moreI hope you find something to love. BON IVER– Jelmore BORN GOLD- Lawn Knives BATS- Old Hitler OUT OF BODY– Leaping Faith SIGNALS MIDWEST- Sanctuary City SOMOS- Ammunition PINE- Maladroit GAFFA TAPE SANDY- So Dry WILD PINK- How’s the Tap Here JOYERO– Salt Mine EL TEN ELEVEN- A Watched Pot INFINITY SHRED- Earth TOOL- Faaip de Oiad TENGIL- The New […]
Read moreEven if you’re not familiar with Andy Stack’s name, there’s a chance you’ll know his work. He has spent the last decade as one half of indie-folk duo Wye Oak, toured with members of The National, performed with Lambchop and Shearwater and more, and composed music for film and television. Now though, he has struck out on his own as […]
Read moreFriends in higher places? A neater name? A London postcode? It remains a mystery what more Her Name Is Calla required, to collect the fame and the fortune that they’ve so richly deserved over the years. It certainly hasn’t been for lack of effort or endeavour. For more than a decade this beast of a band has composed some of […]
Read moreIn the past year or so, Pijn and Conjurer have proven the UK metal scene to be full of life and promise. This, a full-on proper collaboration between the two bands, might even be better than the sum of its parts, though. Given the people responsible (and perhaps even that title if you didn’t know it was a Peep Show reference) you’d […]
Read moreBenjamin Power pushes buttons. I mean that literally of course- he writes experimental electronic music and performs live behind an array of machines – but figuratively too. Since establishing the Blanck Mass moniker almost a decade ago, Power has navigated from experimental alien ambience into increasingly challenging sonic territory and taken what feels like every opportunity to engross, but also […]
Read moreSurprise! It’s been nearly five years since the last Cloudkicker release and while that may not seem a long time for some, Ben Sharp had produced something new every year between his first full-length under the moniker in 2008 and most recent record, 2015’s ‘Woum’. And while Sharp never declared an end to his one-man band, he was certainly, and […]
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