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Spotlight On: Daughter
Daughter is a three-piece band that centres on the husky and saccharine vocals of Elena Tonra and it’s a voice which often breakdown to a murmur. The project was originally envisioned as a solo...
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Spotlight On: Red Aces
Red Aces are a band made up of four brothers from the quiet Melbourne, Victoria suburb of Coburg. It’s a suburb that is notable for producing good athletes and not musicians so it is with much...
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Spotlight On: Fake Major – Have Plenty Of Fun EP
I was fortunate to have the chance recently to interview David McGinty and Richard Ferguson, the duo that make up Fake Major, and you can read that interview here. The band’s debut EP Have Plenty Of...
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Spotlight On: Harts – The Music (Video)
As a follow-up to the piece on the Harts track The Music, (From the debut EP Offtime) which coincidently secured itself a TOTW spot on March 5th comes a brand new promotional video for the track. The...
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Spotlight On: The Flaming Lips / Horse Thief
This is an interesting and fun little endeavour from the Oklahoma bands The Flaming Lips and Horse Thief. Both of whom have had releases recently and coincidentally been featured on this blog – so it...
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Spotlight On: Prince Innocence – Lapse EP
Prince Innocence, in spite of sounding like an individual is in fact a Canadian duo involving Josh McIntyre and Talvi Faustman. They released their debut single To My Right last year on Pretty Pretty...
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Spotlight On: Washington Irving – Palomides: Volume 1
Palomides: Volume 1 is five tracks in length and about 22 minutes in duration yet the band claim to be upset if this release is called and EP and claim it to be the first part of their album (with the...
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TOTW: Julio Bashmore And Kowton – Mirror Song
There is a classic film noir from 1947 called The Lady from Shanghai which starred (as well as being directed by) the legendary Orson Welles; co-starring with him for this movie was his then wife Rita...
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Spotlight On: Bravestation – Somewhere We Belong
A fresh track has emerged from the forthcoming EP IV by the new Toronto band Bravestation, it’s called Somewhere We Belong and it represents an interesting intermingling of vocals and music that...
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TOTW: Wild Nothing – Empty Estate EP
To most extent Wild Nothing is the brainchild of solitary figure Jack Tatum and after the rightful critical acclaim that he received for his last full length Nocturne (2012) it is very welcomed news...
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Track Of The Week: Burial – Truant
Just sneaking in before the end of last year was a fantastic two-track digital download release (which is also available as a physical twelve-inch) by the London electronic artist Burial (William...
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Track Of The Week: Haim – Falling
Haim are a four-piece band from Los Angeles that have been generating much attention within the past few months, mainly due to their infectious live shows and their debut EP ‘Forever’ (released last...
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Album Of The Week: To Kill A King – Cannibal With Cutlery
To Kill A King have released their debut album ‘Cannibal With Cutlery’ this week and it beautifully exhibits their trajectory from when they first appeared, being plagued by compassions to Mumford and...
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Track Of The Week: Harts – The Music
‘The Music’ is the opening (and best) track from the debut EP ‘Offtime’ from Melbourne artist Darren Hart. Better known as Harts, he is a new addition to an increasing number of bedroom-bound musicians...
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Spotlight On: Single Mothers
Single Mothers are a band that have been on these shores for a string of live dates with their live UK debut being made at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on the 8th February, supporting The Bronx. They...
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Spotlight On: Grappler
Storming out of north London is a new hardcore band by the name of Grappler, consisting of: Jon Deacon on vocals, Tom Knock on bass, Denis Vittoz on drums and the twofold guitar attack of Sam Ricketts...
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Interview: Grappler
Grappler are a very impressive hardcore band that were the subject of a spotlight on feature at the beginning of the week on this site, and just before their set at the The Black Heart in Camden last...
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Spotlight On: Fake Major (with Interview)
Fake major are a duo from Glasgow, Scotland born out of the embers of a band called Endor which was originally a four piece band but continued to swell in number to encompass seven members towards the...
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Spotlight On: Nai Harvest (Album Launch)
Traipsing out on a cold and very wet night last Friday (March 22) I was attracted to the showcase that Dog Knights Productions was giving at The Fitzherberts in Brighton. The showcase was spearheaded...
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Spotlight On: Hookworms
Bundled with the latest crop of new psychedelic bands is the five-piece assemblage that call themselves Hookworms, this is a little unfair though as assigning them lineage to (most recently) bands like...
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Spotlight On: From A Window
Imagine if Amy Winehouse wasn’t as deep-rooted in R&B as she was and that her vocals spiritually transgressed into being the front woman of a band similar to Florence and the Machine, then you...
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Spotlight On: Horse Thief – Grow Deep, Grow Wild EP
Current Oklahoma City based band Horse Thief has just released their debut EP Grow Deep, Grow Wild and to promote this fact they have a new video to accompany their track I Am The Bear. It’s been...
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Spotlight On: Mt. Wolf
London based Mt. Wolf are a new four-piece outfit signed to fledgling label Two Sisters Records who will be issuing their second EP Hypolight on Monday containing four tracks of delicate vocals melted...
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Spotlight On: To The Wind
Promising to contain the heaviest set of tracks they have so far recorded is the forthcoming album from the band To The Wind. This is an interesting claim for the five-piece band from Seattle,...
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AOTW: The Flaming Lips – The Terror
The Terror is the thirteenth studio album by The Flaming Lips and not counting their (mostly) excellent 2012 album The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends (which was a collection of several EP’s and other...
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