“Motto" In the dark timesWill there also be singing?Yes, there will also be singing.About the dark times.”― Bertolt Brecht I need to admit to being a bit late to the party as far as it goes with The Band Of Holy Joy. Certainly I've been aware of them as a recurring...
I Am A DJ An interview with The Sexy Wild East The Sexy Wild East are a duo of electro punk northerners based in Budapest whose first EP Ranting & Raving made some waves with it's scathing political anthems like 'Donald Trump Is An Arsehole' and just released...
Panophonic 'Awakening'In the 14 or so years since I first encountered his music, I've more or less lost track of how many albums Tom Lugo has had an involvement with, either with the band Stellarscope or, as here, with his own ongoing project Panophonic. His first...
Davey Woodward And The Winter Orphans For about as long as there has been a Bristol indie scene, Davey Woodward has had a hand in it somewhere. With approaching four decades as a working musician behind him, he was still able to find time to talk with...
Dreams Take Flight Punk Folklore stalwarts The Band of Holy Joy and Scots/ Norwegian experimentalist musician and sound artist Bjorn Hatleskog are hosting an online four day exhibition of film and performance at Gallery 46 this week from the 24th to 27th. Notes...
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ― Barack Obama Or as Vincent Van...
Raves From The Grave In the first of an occasional series of features on independent record shops, Tom from Frome’s long established Raves From The Grave tells us about the highs and lows of running a CD and vinyl store, and about the challenges of keeping things...
Image: I Am A Child Of The Post War (detail) - Thomas Schliesser Band: CAMERA Album: Prosthuman Label: Bureau B Records In the ten years since their formation, and in the now nine years since their first full length release, 2012's 'Radiate!' album, Berlin based...
Luna Park When releasing a third album, you could expect that a band would go just a bit further to ensure that those listeners as yet unacquainted with their music got to know enough about the musicians in order to enhance their aural experience of said album. What...
Simon Taylor recalls seeing Radiohead for the first time. He also happened to his camera at hand to capture a few images of the band. Back in the 90s, while studying Graphic Design at Southampton Instituted of Further Education (now Southampton Solent University), I...
Formed in 2015, The Psychotic Monks have taken their unique brand of noise-core and heavy rock across the clubs and other venues of France. Now they are preparing to bring the atonal dissonance to other countries as well, including the UK. One or more members...
Coldharbourstores 'Dearly Devoted' They've never been ones to rush things, Coldharbourstores. 'Dearly Devoted' is their fourth full length release since their original line up got together in 1998, which makes for an average of one album in every 5.2 years or...