“It’s There Forever”: Orange Doors on ‘Corn Planet’ and What Comes Next
Orange Doors will release 'Corn Planet', a six-song EP, on June 12. The Charleston, South Carolina band recorded the project itself; Ryan McPhun mixed it and Bevan Smith...
Dr Space: Øresund Space Collective, Improvisation and ‘Wicked Sonic Bulls’
Øresund Space Collective is an improvisational space rock collective centred around Dr Space, the musical name of Scott Heller. Rather than working with a fixed line-up, the group...
Oxford indie group Beaker return with ’50 Men’, their first single in 27 years
Beaker formed in Oxford in the 1990s, after guitarist Teresa "TJ" Ward and drummer Clare Howard-Saunders, who had previously played together, recruited singer Sam Batlle. They had seen...
TESLA’s Frank Hannon Explores His Improvisational Side on ‘Reflections’
Frank Hannon, co-founder and lead guitarist of TESLA, has released a new solo instrumental album, 'Reflections'. The record focuses on a more improvisational side of his playing, with...
The Jack Rubies: “Reality is currently strange enough”
The Jack Rubies returned in 2024 with 'Clocks Are Out of Time', their first album in more than 30 years. Less than two years later, the original five-piece...
The Blasters: John Bazz Looks Back on the Band’s Classic Years
The Blasters came from Downey, California, with a repertoire grounded in early rock’n’roll, postwar Chicago blues, rockabilly and country. By the early 1980s, they had become part of...
Unsung But Not Forgotten: Julian Mount, Weaselsnout And The Private Press Afterlife Of ‘Unsung Lies’
Julian Mount emerged from the busy South East folk circuit with a record that still seems almost too singular, too private and too peculiar to have made its...
Upupayāma on ‘Honesty Flowers’: Music Should Be A Dream
On 'Honesty Flowers', Upupayāma moves away from the enclosed dream world of 'The Golden Pond' and into something more physical. The new album is built around rhythm, movement...
tellKujira Stream New Album ‘La lucha es un poema colectivo’
Italian quartet tellKujira have released their new album 'La lucha es un poema colectivo' via Superpang. The album was conceived and composed during an artistic residency at IRCAM...
Jérémie Ternoy Streams New Album ‘Ça commence par la marche’
French pianist and composer Jérémie Ternoy has released his new album 'Ça commence par la marche' via Circum-Disc. The album is built around one clear idea: a 13-note...