28 November 2017

Alright?

Amyl & The Sniffers - I'm Not A Loser
Old school mullets on show on this Melbourne band. This is off the EP Big Attraction which came out way back in February.

The Living Eyes - Horseplay
Also from Melbourne, this is off their third LP Modern Living.

Orange Bomb - Coventry
Surrey indie-poppers with a track from the LP Pop Heavy which came out in the spring.

Star Rover - Socialitis
From Edinburgh, this is off their self-titled album which came out last month.

Bleak Zero - Reap Your Rewards
From Stoke, this is off D U S T which came out a couple of weeks ago.

Pale Rider - I Run On Rain
A debut single from the Liverpool quartet.

Dressed Like Wolves - Tiny Ides
This is Teessider Rick Dobbing and friends and taken from the album The Big Try.

Paul Mosley & The Red Meat Orchestra - Wintersun
"An exercise in smart-arse time signatures" says Mosley. This is from the EP Wintertide.

Birdskulls - Over It
The title track of their summer EP.

Sir Robert Orange Peel - When The Boat Comes In
One of a number of recent releases from the enigmatic Peel which will go to make up the forthcoming LP The Jammy Bugger Files.

Fold - Choose Love
Among our very favourite bands, this is the new single.

10-80p - Blunt Sticky Bake Off
Another enigma, this is off the album Crass Hippy, released in October.

Kelly Lee Owens - Spaces
A new track which will appear on the de luxe edition of her acclaimed self-titled LP.

Skotch & Skeef - Let It Be Alright
Dutch house. And if that's your thing, the Atomnation label, on which this is released, is where you need to be.

Mark Seven - The Promised Land (Chapter II - Enter This House)
From the 12" The Promised Land which features chapters 2, 4 and 7. Mark Cheney is the man responsible - British, but now based in Stockholm.

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More of the same in a week.

21 November 2017

Packed show, so let's crack on.

LA Salami - Terrorism! (The ISIS Crisis)
Politically charged new single from Lookman Adekunle Salami who had one of last year's best albums.

Moderate Rebels - When The Cost Has No Value
A track from the debut LP The Sound Of Security which is out December 8.

Frauds - Sandwiches
Another debut LP, this time from the Croydon noiseniks. With Morning Toast And Jam And Juice is also out December 8.

Wild Evel & The Trashbones - Der Bucklige
Viennese rockabilly off the album Digging My Grave which is out Friday.

Black Cat Attack - Death Punk Prowl
I only heard this this week, but the album is from 2012. They're from Ontario and the LP is Vamparty.

Godflesh - Post Self
The title track to the new LP which follows 2014's A World Lit Only By Fire which itself followed a decade-long hiatus. Formed in 1988 in Birmingham, they sound as good as ever.

The Jacks - She's A Mystery
A single from the forthcoming debut EP from the Californians. Should be with us in January.

The Spook School - Less Than Perfect
A second single from the highly anticipated third LP Could It Be Different? which is due on January 26.

On The Wane - Sultry Song
Ukrainian four-piece whose new LP Schism came out yesterday.

Autumn - The Fall
Minneapolis trio with their new single with the LP, Chandelier, to follow in February.

SPC ECO - All The Voices
London duo with a track from their LP Calm which came out in August.

Moonchild Sanelly - Dance Like A Girl
Port Elizabeth singer whose style she describes as 'ghetto funk'. This is the lead track off the 2015 LP Rabulapha! which I have only just come across.

Farm Hand - International Dreams
This is the project of Islet/Shape Records supremo Mark Daman Thomas and this is the title track from the debut album.

Benin City - Take Me There
A new track, their first for new label Moshi Moshi, with an album to follow.

Outside Your House - Gallant Encounters
The title track from the new album by the Durham 'barely rap' duo comprising Faithful Johannes on words and Jonathan Swift on beats.

Abra - Bacardi
New one from the Atlanta singer-songwriter, launched on Soundcloud with the caption 'Let's get back to having fun with our art'. Yes, lets.

Long Distance Dan - The Call Beyond
Experimental hip-hop which came to our inbox off the LP The Dust Man Stirs, a title given by Dan's 2-year old son. Terrific stuff.

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And thoughts now turn to the winter festival. If you've got a festive single that would fit in with the show, give us a tinkle. dobsonjp[at]gmail[dot]com

Back next week

14 November 2017

You know how I often say 'this thing isn't just thrown together'? Well it was a busy weekend, so....

The Circus Villains - Tell Me
Don't know much about these. They're from Darlo though and this is good.

Drahla - Form Of Luxury
A new one from the Leeds outfit off the new EP Third Article.

Nachthexen - Disco Creep
They've been touring with Sleaford Mods, which has certainly got them noticed. This is the title track to the new EP and yeah. Don't be a disco creep.

Elstow - For So Long
This is beautiful. They're from Sydney.

Bridport Dagger - Harry Dean Stanton
And so is this. Bloody stunning, in fact,

Beliefs - All Things Considered
To Toronto now. This is off Habitat.

Royal Podencos - Break Us Down
And now Santander. We get around. Good old garage rock off the album Broken Bones.

Cup - Apparition
Based in Queens now, this is off the new one Hiccup.

Bee Bee Sea - DI Why Why Why
I get the impression these like a bit of word play. From Castel Goffredo in Italy, near Brescia, Sonic Boomerang is the new one.

Boy Azooga - Face Behind Her Cigarette
Exciting new signing to Heavenly from Cardiff.

Ought - These 3 Things
Always good to get new stuff from the Montreal outfit, which is always welcome. Room Inside the World is the new one.

Hookworms - Negative Space
After MJ's studios were flooded out and painstakingly rebuilt, Hookworms has been on a sort of hiatus. But the third album, Microshift, is due early next year and here's a teaser. Sounds good.

Eli Hermit - Flint & Steel
A really interesting piece from Scottish spoken word artist on the EP/mini album Natural Progression.

James Holden and The Animal Spirits - Each Moment Like The First
And a track from the new LP The Animal Spirits which is pretty fine.

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Back and hopefully more organised next week.