Polish Club: ‘That’s how these things last beyond the people that make it, the people who experience it – that’s the thing that appeals to me about creating music, it’ll outlive all of us’
Sydney-based rock duo Polish Club will release their touching and emotionally charged fourth album Heavy Weight Heart tomorrow (13 September). The duo comprises David Novak (lead vocals and guitar) and John-Henry Pajak (drums, percussion and backing vocals). Novak and Pajak met towards the end of high school through ...
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StrateJacket: ‘When people hear the album, I hope they feel a little nostalgic’
StrateJacket, the punky alt-rock trio from California's Bay Area, have learned the hard way that good things come to those who wait, something they sum up neatly in their brilliantly energetic debut album Bad Start, out on 11 October. The band's singer-guitarist, Jackson Roemers, and bassist, Fabian Angel, went to the ...
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Luke Kelly: ‘I wanted the EP to have dips and arcs’
London-based but Perth-born folk singer Luke Kelly has released his evocative debut EP 'Early Twenties'. The album comprises five original tracks and a cover of Waifs' 'London Still', all of which take us on Kelly's own journey from a teenager to his early twenties: 'I wanted the EP to have dips and arcs and be mellow ...
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Ramble Gamble: ‘He was a weird piece of the puzzle that we didn’t know we needed, obliterating a lot of cajons!’
Lincolnshire alt-folk band Ramble Gamble has brought out their latest EP, 'Hangovers: Volume 1' , giving us dark tales of love, loss and despair, all delivered with their trademark exuberance. They describe themselves as a bunch of 'reprobates' who formed the band 'out of a love for music, drinking and refusing to ...
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Doomsday Outlaw: ‘It’s different to everything else on the album, the strings really brought it along, it’s one of the things I’m most proud of’
Sheffield-based blues rock band Doomsday Outlaw are re-releasing their back-to-bricks remixed and remastered versions of their albums Hard Times (9 August) and Suffer More (27 September), giving us two double albums stacked full of their trademark Sabbath-meets-Clutch riffs hitched to soulful vocals, telling tales of ...
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Desert of Talking Shadows: ‘I thought, what if I wrote a character that could be in a Wes Anderson movie?’
Orange County, California rock band Desert of Talking Shadows have released their second full-length album, I Thought You Knew, chronicling nights dancing to Iggy Pop, encountering unscrupulous music promoters and being inspired by Wes Anderson. The band comprises Mikey Qubti (vocals and guitar), Jack Thomas (bass), ...
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Alright: ‘I like that it’s not something that you really see, two men pouring their hearts out’
Lancashire-based band Alright have released their summer anthem track 'Run Away', which will get the crowds bouncing. The band comprises Joe Darnell (vocals), Ben Warwick (guitar), Matt Bunnage (rhythm guitar), Liam Smith (drums) and Brad Mills (bass): 'It was just after lockdown that it all all started off, really,' ...
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