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And following last night’s Hitsujibungaku show in Los Angeles, we’ve got more Asiangaze as a chaser with Hong Kongers Lucid Express at The Echo – practically the same venue as yesterday. This trip was nothing if not efficient. “Wellwave” was the debut single from their 2021 self-titled album, which they’re certainly due to follow up. […]
Almost a year ago I jetted across the ocean to Japan not just to see Hitsujibungaku live at Yokohama Arena, but that was certainly one of the highlights. This year, I’ve undertaken a similar trip – certainly not as far but possibly more perilous – to catch the Los Angeles date of their first-ever US […]
Following the announcement of their North American tour this Fall, Miki Berenyi Trio celebrated the release of their debut album Tripla last Friday with another single. Accompanied by a moody video filmed in Dijon, France, “Kinch” is more melancholic than the previous previews. Berenyi describes the inspiration for the song, as: The lyrics are inspired […]
Less than two weeks before Gang Of Four are set to kick off the North American leg of their farewell tour, the band have bid a farewell of their own with the passing of original bassist Bruce Allen this weekend. In an official statement, Hugo Burnham said: It is with broken yet full hearts that […]
They may take their name from one of the more meditative singles in Slowdive’s oeuvre, but Athenian dreampoppers Sugar For The Pill occupy a different musical track, one more uptempo and sun-dappled than their namesakes, thanks in large part to Vana Rose’s soft yet strong vocals and their gift for crafting a strong hook. Some […]
Technically, Catherine Wheel marked the 30th anniversary of their second album Chrome in a timely manner with a mandatory vinyl reissue of the album in August 2023 (to go with the one six years earlier), but the band – or their representatives – aren’t quite done celebrating. They’ve prepared some new shirts – their first […]
Keeping up with Japanese bands when you don’t have any real kind of understanding of the language is… imprecise at best. You have a fighting chance with the acts who exist at least at a cursory level in English, but those who transact mainly in Japanese kanji will always remain, at some level, a mystery […]
Austin’s Ringo Deathstarr are one of those bands that I’ve always meant to spend more time with than I have, despite having had ample opportunity – they’ve been at it for nearly 20 years – and having already even seen them live, but I just haven’t done more than a few drive-by passes through their […]
“Steve Queralt featuring Emma Anderson” is a little more of a mouthful than, say, “Ride featuring Lush“, but when the first preview of the Ride bassist’s debut solo album comes with vocals from Lush’s co-frontwoman – truly a confluence of OG shoegazers – you pay attention. And when that preview slaps – in the millennial […]
When we last checked in with Venice, Italy’s Glazyhaze, they’d just announced details of their second full-length album SONIC and shared the second of three preview tracks from the album. Well the album arrived this past Friday and with it came another video for latest single “Slap”. Which, in the parlance of our time, this […]
