Following the release of his ‘Megadead’ album, we asked Audio Antihero Records signing Benjamin Shaw to talk us through five songs that influence his sound and five that he’s enjoying right now. Influences Katie Dey – ‘Unkillable’ I feel like my album is a whole big mess of influences, or things I’ve definitely tried…
‘Megadead’ is the new album from now Melbourne-based polymath Benjamin Shaw. Released through Audio Antihero in the US and UK and Kirigirisu Records in Japan, it’s a concept album of sorts about a party where everyone is having a good time except you (as a teetotaller, that’s something I can associate with only too well)……
Following shows with the likes of DZ Deathrays, Dream Wife and Idles and ahead of a nationwide tour, Leeds-based DIY art punks Dead Naked Hippies have released the riff-heavy ‘Rare’. Opening with a disgustingly catchy riff, the song finds Lucy Jowett letting rip at the way advertising companies use the general public’s discontentment to make…
Following a world tour supporting The Cure and ahead of a UK run of dates with Mogwai (whose Rock Action label they recently signed to), The Twilight Sad have released a VHS-inspired video for recent single ‘I/m Not Here [missing face]’: The 5-and-a-half-minute song finds James Graham laying his anxieties bare as he discusses his…
Idles offer scathing and darkly humorous observations (‘Islam didn’t eat your hamster, change isn’t a crime) on what the likes of Brexit and Trump have done to communities across the world in pro-immigration anthem, ‘Great’. The fourth song to be released ahead of their second album ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ (out 31 August),…
After seven years away, Art Brut have made a welcome return with the enthusiastically titled ‘Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!’. Now signed to Alcopop! Records, the song opens with Eddie Argos stating ‘I’m just looking for a party’ and it’s one you’ll want to be at. Amidst Gang of Four-esque guitar work, a chanty…
Foxing’s third album, ‘Nearer My God’, has been three years in the making. It will be released ahead of a UK tour with Pianos Become the Teeth and an eagerly anticipated performance at this year’s ArcTanGent Festival. Produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) and Foxing’s own Eric Hudson, with help from Joe Reinhart,…
Ahead of the release of new album ‘Thunder Follows the Light’ in September, Transgressive Records signing Mutual Benefit (multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordan Lee) has shared not one but two tasters of what we can look forward to. ‘Come to Pass’ is a gorgeous 2 minutes and 42 seconds all about the futile nature of nostalgia…
‘The American Dream’, the third album by Sydney, Australia’s Trophy Eyes finds the band stepping into new and exciting territory. Inspired by frontman John Floreani’s experiences living in Burleson, Texas, the album promises to be their most expansive and anthemic yet A huge, glowing burst of Gaslight Anthem-meets-Menzingers guitar signals the start of album opener…
We caught Ross Leighton of Fatherson performing an acoustic set ahead of the band’s main stage performance at 2000 Trees over the weekend and it was stunning. The exquisite setting and quiet crowd were a complete joy and we can’t wait to hear the band’s third album ‘Sum of All Your Parts’ (out 14 September).…
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