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Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven.Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of infectious energy. The band’s most recent video, Holy Strength, was showcased on these pages a few weeks ago, and the sheer verve their music broadcasts was writ large. The video was a teaser ahead of the band’s eponymously titled seventh album, and, for those unfamiliar with The Fugitives, it is a perfect scene-setter for the album.Holy Strength is one of a trio of similarly paced…
Credit: Pat JohnsonPeter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on the West Coast and encompasses punk rock, new wave, acoustic rock and contemporary folk, though his songwriting has always been at the heart of what he does. His first recording band was The Nerves, which he formed in 1974 with Jack Lee and Paul Collins in 1976. They were influential in the emerging punk and new wave scenes in San Francisco and…
The Overmono Lockup listen moment is here, and it arrives with a bigger announcement attached: brothers Tom and Ed Russell have confirmed a brand new album titled Pure Devotion. If you have been following the duo since their early Trusss releases or caught one of their relentless live sets, this is the news you have been waiting for. And from the sounds of it, the record is going to be something genuinely different. What makes Pure Devotion sound so intriguing before you have even heard the full thing is how the Russells made it. The brothers have been unusually candid…
Originally published in Uncut, November 2017. THE invitations, remembers one guest, were printed in blue, red and purple psychedelic designs. In keeping with the switched-on spirit of the times, the party they described was to be fancy dress. Accordingly, the soirée at the newly opened Westbourne Suite at the Royal Lancaster Hotel was a grand affair. The 200 guests enjoyed an extravagant buffet, drinks and splendid views across London’s Hyde Park. It was December 21, 1967. The occasion was The Beatles’ fabled Christmas Party – an annual event hosted for friends, family and an ever-expanding entourage. John Lennon came as…
The tour, titled The Rats In A Cage Tour, will see the Pumpkins play “two distinct sets” that each celebrate “the 30th anniversary of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness plus nearly four decades of hits and dark treasures.” Smashing Pumpkins will hit the road at the end of September – right after taking their orchestral and operatic re-imagining of Mellon Collie across the UK and Europe – beginning in Columbus, Ohio. The tour will then continue across North America throughout October and November. Smashing Pumpkins’ Rat In A Cage 2026 tour: September 30 Columbus, OH – The Schottenstein Center…
When Emmylou Harris made her UK debut at London’s New Victoria Theatre in November 1975, she was barely a year into a solo career precipitated by tragic circumstance. In September 1973, her mentor and singing partner Gram Parsons fatally overdosed in a desert motel room, before the release of Grievous Angel, their second album together.At a time when she and Parsons should have been taking their music to even greater heights, she found herself a guardian of Gram’s legacy – even as she made the new musical life for herself she has lived now for over 50 years, during which…
JK FLESH/MONRELLA: SHOUTING THE ODDS(GIVE/TAKE | Avalanche)DL | LP | CDOut Now – Order HERELouder Than War talks to Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris about their new album, SHOUTING THE ODDS. A demonstration of what each artist’s arsenal is bursting with as distinctly split release, yet a collaborative concentration of overlapping histories, everything is eaten and flattened as techno is stretched on a splintered rack. By Ryan-Lewis Walker.It’s difficult to quantify what happens when JK FLESH (Justin Broadrick – Godflesh, Jesu, Final, Techno Animal) and MONRELLA (Mick Harris – Scorn, Lull, Painkiller, Napalm Death) release an album together. The various…
Amsterdam based artist Latanya Alberto returns with ‘Window To The Soul’, a warm and intimate new single following March’s reflective release ‘Humble’. Produced by Onome Edgeworth of KOKOROKO, the track offers a tender blend of live percussion, subtle trumpet lines and afrobeat inspired rhythms that perfectly frame Latanya’s soulful songwriting.Taken from her forthcoming debut album SEEN, out 5th June, ‘Window To The Soul’ explores the intimacy of being fully understood beyond romance. “Being truly seen for who you are inside is a form of intimacy far beyond romance,” Latanya explains. “It shows up like not having to explain, crying without…
Alongside the album, Saleh has also shared a new video for standout track “Firestorm,” a tender coastal love song written in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires. Featuring the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles and production from Justin Vernon alongside Billy Lemos, Ethan Hansen and Jeremy Nutzman, the track captures a fleeting sense of beauty and intimacy born from collective trauma.Speaking on the song, Saleh described “Firestorm” as a reflection on the contrast between LA’s obsession with glamour and the devastation communities faced as fires swept through the city in early 2025.Dua Saleh will take Of Earth & Wires…
FM PRO TECH Cultureadidas and Stormzy bring the #Merky FC Cup back to Croydon on Sunday 31 May, turning #Merky FC HQ into a full grassroots football and culture takeover. The 2026 edition expands the format with a youth tournament, an exhibition match featuring adidas guests and content creators, and a 3v3 competition carrying the biggest prize yet: a trip to New York for the FIFA World Cup.The winning 3v3 side will travel to New Jersey to watch England face Panama. A new film featuring Micah Richards sets up the Cup as a London-first tournament rooted in free play and…
Sig And The Fire Pilots deliver a swaggering slice of classic-inspired alternative rock with “LITTLE BLACK DRESS”. This powerful new cut reminds me of those fiery songs that you’d hear all over the radio in the 1990s…. a90s-leaning rock anthem with swagger, grit and undeniable live energy.Based out of Cannock in England, the band have fused together punchy rhythms and deep, rock-ready vocals with a nostalgic undertone that can easily bring in fans of the rock scene from the 1990s all the way to the modern day. The song is written about that very famous ‘Little Black Dress’ – Coco…
Annika Bellamy’s “Palm Tree” is a breezy, feel-good blend of power pop, surf rock, reggae and alt-country. Based out of Long Beach, California, this song, right from the get-go, sounds like the kind of track that you’ll hear all summer long in cafés up and down the coast…. asun-soaked, genre-blending summer anthem built on hooks, warmth and effortless charm.The feel-good sound is no doubt a reason why we got into this from the get-go. With the song unfolding, a few of its sub-genres are evident well before the first minute has even come and gone.Released during her Japan-Philippines tour on…