A couple days ago an artist removed her entire back catalogue from several key streaming sites, notably Spotify. This followed the windowing of the artist’s latest release, which is now breaking sales records. The result was the entire music industry forgetting that there were in fact thousands more artists, not just the one.
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Well, after completely forgetting I even started this it looks like I wasn’t wrong in my predictions in the original post. Continuing this incredibly limited and largely tenuous series, here’s another song associated with following in an alternative, yet just as tedious, #followfriday tradition. Children of Bodom’s title track from ‘Follow the Reaper’, which opens with a classic line from John Donne before dropping into … Continue reading #followfriday Music Video: Follow the Reaper
It might be on a major, but the riff in this new track from Mastodon’s upcoming album ‘Once More Around the Sun’ will make your socks damp. Listen to ‘High Road’, enjoy, and buy new underwear. Continue reading Track of the Week #2 – Mastodon ‘High Road’
OK, I’m a day late to the party and I didn’t even buy streamers, but it’s just come to my attention that ‘Smash’, The Offspring’s classic third album was 20 years old yesterday. Not particularly exciting new in itself, plenty of things happened 20 years ago [insert one of the thousands of Cobain tributes here]. But, for me, ‘Smash’ was the definitive album that took … Continue reading Offspring ‘Smash’ 20 Years Old (Yesterday).
It’s a good week for new music. When late last year progressive black metal wonders Altar of Plagues came to an end, it was a massive loss – ‘Teethed Glory and Injury’ was one of my top albums last year. It’s good, then, that songwriter, James Kelly, is back and ready to put out a new release with his solo act WIFE. It’s a sonic … Continue reading WIFE Ready for Debut Album
If you missed Brontide’s intense, jangly, instrumental debut, San Souci packed with math-madness and some quiet bits, then catch up. They’re about to release their new album, ‘Artery’, and it’ll probably be awesome too. Due for release on 30th June Pink Mist, the band have released this little teaser. Stick it in your eyes (in a pleasant, non-retinally damaging manner). Continue reading Brontide Are Back With New Album
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