It has been a while since we heard from Anna Calvi so it’s good to see her back. Her passionate, operatic vocals add a unique, haunting intensity to her compositions. Anna’s unique appeal widened after she composed and performed the musical scores score for seasons 5 and 6 of BBC’s Peaky Blinders, whose final episode aired in…
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The second, long-awaited album by darkwave synthpop supremos Magnetic Skies called Fragments will be out on 7th November. Till then we’ve been listening to singles from the upcoming release and the final drop, Everything’s Alright is out today. Front man Simon Kent has this to say about the single: “This is the most hopeful, positive track on the…
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The Besnard Lakes’ previous album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, was released in 2021. The album, created in the wake of the death of front man Jace Lasek’s father in 2019, explored the darkness of death while searching for light and life on the other side. In contrast, The Besnard…
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The track in question is WMG/WMD – a remix by David Holmes, with that riff given a scuzzy quality, combining with Peter Perrett’s distinctive careworn and vulnerable vocals. At the end of last year, Peter Perrett released The Cleansing – his third album for Domino which featured Johnny Marr, Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell and Tom Coll, Bobby Gillespie, Dream Wife guitarist Alice Go…
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When Lael Neale toured the UK earlier this year it was great to find the venue so packed — a sign that others have discovered what a quietly brilliant artist she is. Her album Altogether Stranger shows her songwriting at its most focused and affecting (see review here). Today, Lael Neale is sharing the official…
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Animal Collective are having a busier year than usual – as well as single releases Love on the Big Screen and Buddies on the Blackboard, they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark sixth studio album Feels with two new limited-edition formats via Domino: Feels 20th Anniversary is a reissue of the original album with a bonus disc…
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Releasing his first new music in three years, UK musician Joe Hicks channels grief and confusion into the dramatic single Time is a Thief out 29th August. Having built his profile in the years leading up to his 2022 debut album The Best I Could Do at the Time, Joe Hicks has been praised for his solid songwriting…
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Celebrating 10 years as a recording project, Hello Cosmos return with a flurry of activity. They are back with a refreshed lineup and a lead track called Grind into the Shrine. There’s a second studio album on the way for release sometime in autumn. Check out their live shows too. Grind into the Shrine is the…
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Woof Woof! Pray to That is yet another great full-on track by Fat Dog. Energy levels at full pulse – the track is propelled at breakneck speed by an urgent four-to-the-floor beat. And there’s a suitably unhinged video to go with it. Front man Joe Love remains as cool on the video as he does when…
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Synthpop band Magnetic Skies launched their dramatic single Back To Life on 25th July. Their spring release ‘A Place on Earth’ was the first new track from the band since their debut album Empire Falling. Now Magnetic Skies unveil Back To Life – a powerful number that blends their signature synths, darkwave textures and euphoric beats. Sublimely anthemic, with…
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