<PÎG> “Pain Is God” album through Metropolis Records released 20 November 2020

“Pain Is God” album through Metropolis Records released 20 November 2020

Raymond Watts is <PÎG>. Plain and simple. Mr. Watts has been at this since late in the last millennium with more than 30 albums, EPs, and collaborations online. This industrial hellraiser has the corner on industrial creativity! Think Rob Zombie,...
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Kath & the Kicks “Underground” independent single released 20 November 2020

Kath & the Kicks “Underground” independent single released 20 November 2020

In keeping with the underground theme for the weekend, meet Kath Edmonds (Vocals, guitars), Shaneen Mooney (Bass), and Matt Larkin (Drums). Collectively known as Kath and the Kicks, this Leeds trio have unleashed their latest single Underground to an unsuspect...
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Live Music Review – Whiteford album launch @ Underground, Civic Hotel Sydney 21 November 2020

Live Music Review – Whiteford album launch @ Underground, Civic Hotel Sydney 21 November 2020

Yes- live music is back! In celebration of the release of their eponymous debut album last month, Whiteford booked a room, brought along a mate, put some local and intrastate dignitaries on the door, and celebrated with some hard-core fans...
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DemonScar “DSXX”* independent album released Friday 13 November 2020

DemonScar “DSXX”* independent album released Friday 13 November 2020

If this year* has been, to use an overused word, unprecedented, releasing an album on Jason Vorhees Day is just asking for superstition to deliver! But if you’re a doom-laden metal act, it’s a date you’d be aiming form, as...
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Dö “Black Hole Mass” album released Friday 13 November 2020

Dö “Black Hole Mass” album released Friday 13 November 2020

There isn’t much to say about this band, which isn’t a bad thing- letting your music speak for itself is generally a better introduction than tomes and tomes of what each of the band-members has done, wants to do, thinks...
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National Service “Caving” single on Fierce Panda Records released Friday 13 November 2020

National Service “Caving” single on Fierce Panda Records released Friday 13 November 2020

National Service is an alt-rock quartet from North London comprising Fintan Campbell (lead vocals, rhythm guitars), Daniel Hipkin (bass, keyboards, vocals), Iain Kelly (lead guitars, vocals) and Matthew Alston (drums). Backed and promoted by Fierce Pand...
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Jools “Cross Dressing in a Freudian Slip” independent single released 27 November 2020

Jools “Cross Dressing in a Freudian Slip” independent single released 27 November 2020

Jools‘ sixth single “Cross Dressing In A Freudian Slip” is slated for release toward the end of this month. Comprising, in no particular order, Mitchell Gordon, Peter McLeod, Ellis Crowson, Chris Johnson, Sam Shooter, and Thomas Selby, Jools (named a...
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Tides “Silver Lining” independent debut-single released 3 July 2020

Tides “Silver Lining” independent debut-single released 3 July 2020

Tides is a 5-piece heavy-music outfit based in Lincoln in the East Midlands of the UK. Comprised of Aaron Hall on guitars and songwriting, Chloè Jokivel killer vocals up front, Thomas Osbourne on lead guitars, and the powerh...
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Ignea “Realms of Fire and Death” album released through Kadabra Music 3 July 2020

Ignea “Realms of Fire and Death” album released through Kadabra Music 3 July 2020

When asked to consider terms in connection with the Ukraine, I think of an Eastern European country located on the Crimea: a turbulent hotbed of political intrigue in which Mother Russia plays a very large part. But when it comes...
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Megan Freedman “Perfect” single released 20 November 2020

Megan Freedman “Perfect” single released 20 November 2020

Try to paint an aural picture that combines Alanis Morrisset, Marian Call, (Jill Sobule on Lift You Up with some seriously familiar chanting in the chorus), and Fiona Kernaghan with that clean pop-rock and a very slight Nashville feel. That may give you...
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