Author: Dave

Following the sonic takeover that GOAT have embarked upon with their new album release, Commune, and their cosmic live performances across Europe through the past months, we are delighted to share their first official music video online.

Naturally, this visual is an ode to all things mystic and mind melting, existing in a virtually unexplainable realm all of its own. Stream it below!

One of, if not the, mightiest women in music Kim Gordon has announced her highly anticipated book release, Girl In A Band, for publication in February 2015.

An icon to many a young musician, Kim Gordon inspired the masses in her Sonic Youth days as the driving force behind Lee, Thurston and Steve. Standing out in an often male dominated scene, Kim fast gained status as an underground hero, and until now has remained a very private person, rarely agreeing to interviews. The upcoming memoir’s blurb was released online today and reads as:

Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon truly opens up in Girl in a Band. Telling the story of her childhood, her life in art, her move to New York City, her love affairs, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, and her band, this is a rich and beautifully written memoir. At the heart of the book is the examination of what partnership means—and what happens when it dissolves. An atmospheric look at the New York of the 80s and 90s that gave rise to Sonic Youth, as well as the Alternative revolution in popular music that Sonic Youth helped usher in, paving the way for Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and many other acts. One of the most revered people in modern rock and roll, Kim Gordon is also a highly regarded fashion icon, visual artist, and the source of much fascination.

After wowing us all with their fabulous new album, Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs have just announced a UK tour for February 2015, including an appearence at Brixton Academy, the band’s biggest UK gig to date. Tickets go on sale from 9am Friday.

February Tour Dates
19th February, Manchester, Albert Hall
21th February, Southampton, O2 Guildhall
22th February, Brighton, Dome Concert Hall
24th February, London, O2 Brixton Academy
25th February, Nottingham, Rock City
26th February, Leeds, O2 Academy
27th February, Newcastle, O2 Academy
28th February, Edinburgh, Usher Hall

London four-piece Netil drop their debut single ‘Sweet Teeth’ this week on a small run of limited edition hand painted 7″s.

The post-punk gazers have shared a mind bending music video to match their blurred and jagged soundscape – stream it below.

The relentless Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods have announced a follow up EP to their widely acclaimed 2014 LP Divide and Exit.

November 24th will see the arrival of highly-anticipated new music from front gob Jason Williamson and music master Andrew Fearn in the shape of Tiswas, their new Invada Records EP. Featuring four brand new studio tracks, alongside ‘Tiswas’, lifted from the Divide And Exit album, It will be released on both yellow and orange Tiswas coloured vinyl and digital download.

Jason Williamson explains the EP, track by track:

‘Tiswas’: “An attack on the waning power of guitar based rock n roll and its short-sighted viewpoint combined with the armchair anarchic lobbyists who fucking point their fingers at the masses like c**ts. I know works shit but I’m not putting my daughter on the street to please you c**s.”

‘The Mail Don’t Fail’: “The dross of right wing media. Easy target I know but one that all the same is getting worse. Good people brainwashed by these c***s. Plus another stab at the slow death which is local government and its banal workings.”

‘6 Horseman (the Brixtons)’: “Part fictional account of misguided drug use to fit a stereotyped image in order to sell records. Also a stab at delusional self-images which always end in tears. The people may tow the line but they will eventually tell you to fuck off if you keep telling them you are Elvis. Also a cheeky stab at the purists who inhabit the gig scene, so informed yet so uninformed.”

‘Bunch of C***s’: “Random observations from a city in 2014. Bunch of Cunts also touches on the distain you can sometimes have for your fellow human beings, the despair in conformity, and the despair of your own place in conformity.”

‘The Demon’: “The nickname for a specific leader of an army currently fighting wherever. The cause or the country or the reasons are of no relevance really. War and its on-going trail of death is an enemy of our existence, regardless of fucking wherever or whoever. F*ck the excuses. It’s a money spinner full of ego and extremely insulting methods of justification. F*ck off demon. F*ck off.”

Catch Sleaford Mods on tour through October and November at the dates below. (^ Supporting The Specials)

October
16th The Scholar, Leicester
23rd The 100 Club, London
24th The 100 Club, London
25th The Haunt, Brighton
26th Exchange, Bristol
31st Rock City, Nottingham ^

November
5th Broadcast, Glasgow
6th Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow ^
7th Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow ^
8th Electric Circus, Edinburugh
9th O2 Academy, Newcastle ^
10th O2 Academy, Leeds ^
11th O2 Apollo, Manchester ^
13th Roundhouse, London ^
14th Roundhouse, London ^
20th Civic Hall, Wolverhampton ^

Following July’s announcement of The Endless River, Pink Floyds upcoming new album and their first in over 20 years, the band have shared the album’s artwork online and in various locations across the world.

Large images of the sleeve art were displayed in numerous capital cities including, London, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Los Angeles and New York to mark the upcoming release.

The artwork itself, pictured above, was created by 18-year old Egyptian artist Ahmed Emad Eldin. An honorable feat, as The Endless River is just the second album from Pink Floyd that does not feature artwork by the late Storm Thorgerson, the extradonaire responsible for every ‘Floyd album cover besides their 1967 debut, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.

Constructed from over 20 hours of sessions recorded shortly after the release of 1994’s The Divison Bell, by David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, the album is said to be mainly instrumental, and features 18 tracks. The main force behind the project comes from Gilmour and Mason, revisiting and re-working the 20 year old sessions for release as a tribute to Richard. Head to Pink Floyds website to hear a clip of the album’s first track ‘It’s What We Do’.

The Endless River is due for release November 10th.