Category: Sound

Without music, life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Asphyx

Killer Cocktail: Incoming Death (Asphyx)

08/10/2016

Fusing doom and death, and even a touch of thrash, Asphyx get the balance spot-on...

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Wide-brimmed hats off for The Mission

07/10/2016

Interview with Wayne Hussey (The Mission) ahead of October UK tour...

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Sludging Up the Lady: Red Fang @ Koko (London)

05/10/2016

Groovier than their norm, Red Fang give an early taster of their new album at Koko...

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If it Ain’t Broke, Don´t Touch(é) It! (Touché Amoré)

04/10/2016

Artistic development from out of musical diaspora, Stage Four consolidates Touche Amore´s approach...

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Loitered Lens: Nite Jewel

02/10/2016

Icy intensity and liquid cool. Nite Jewel at the Jazz Cafe, London. Photos...

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Into the Catacomb Abyss (Unearthed Elf)

01/10/2016

Epic without being overblown, Unearthed Elf plunders the dungeon...

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Curious Oxymoronic Aggression: Be Nothing (Boston Manor)

30/09/2016

Weighty, progressive pop punk rock metal from Blackpool's Boston Manor...

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Loitered Lens: Sharks @ King’s Cross Station

28/09/2016

Scenes from King's Cross as Sharks bring the Ya Ya Pop to London...

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Sleep Not Before the Winter’s Gate (Insomnium)

27/09/2016

Epic and ambitious melodic death metal from Finland's Insomnium...

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Nite Jewel

Sharp Synths and Sweet Beats at the Jazz Cafe (Nite Jewel)

26/09/2016

Ballerina deportment, Existential composure, and a swathe of lo-fi grooves. Nite Jewel at the Jazz Cafe...

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Peter Hook and the Light, Kentish Town Forum September 2016

Loitered Lens: Peter Hook and the Light

25/09/2016

A duel of personalities, That stretch all true realities. Peter Hook and the Light at the Forum. Photos...

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Nu Gods for Old: Sumerian Alliance Tour (Born of Osiris/Veil of Maya)

24/09/2016

Black Crown Initiate, Volumes, Veil of Maya and Born of Osiris on the Sumerian Alliance Tour...

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Overwhelming and Almost Annihilating Awe: Dark Matter (Lustmord)

23/09/2016

Lustmord draws upon an audio library of cosmological activity to confront us with deep, cosmic time...

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Freak Show Candy Floss (Voodoo Vegas)

22/09/2016

Voodoo Vegas serve up hard-hitting no-frills rock, killer riffs and shredding solos. ...

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Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix… Rock ‘n’ Roll In The Making

20/09/2016

Join producers Terry and Phill Brown in Metropolis studios to hear the tall facts behind legendary sessions by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Rush, The Who, Pink Floyd and many more....

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Sonic Space Opera via a Magic Machine (An Endless Sporadic)

17/09/2016

Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic's sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa...

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Devin Townsend Project, Transcendence

Astral Tweaks: Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project)

15/09/2016

Never one to keep things simple, Devin Townsend returns to the Project with characteristically symphonic grandeur...

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Mugako

Manifesto for a Future Sonic Programme: Mugako (J.C. )

13/09/2016

J.C. delivers abstract and ominous techno soundscapes with a political edge...

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Loitered Lens: Elvana

12/09/2016

Elvis? Nirvana? Elvana. Photos of Elvana at Islington Academy...

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Stone(r)s of the Desert Age (Truckfighters)

11/09/2016

Five albums in, stoner-rock trio Truckfighters bring the desert to your living room...

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Gospel Grunge with The King of Seattle (Elvana)

10/09/2016

Elvis meets Nirvana for moshpit mashups at the O2 Academy. Uh huh....

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Jah Wobble

Everything is nothing but mind: Interview with Jah Wobble

08/09/2016

Iconic bassist and composer Jah Wobble talks music, spirituality and politics...

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Loitered Lens: Space Elevator

05/09/2016

Space Elevator and their catsuited Duchess rock Cambridge. Photos...

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Man-and-the-Echo

Be As Vile as You Want to Be (Man and the Echo, Lexington)

04/09/2016

Trebuchet reports on Man and the Echo at the Lexinton, and finds no need to be vile...

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Becoming Aware (Paradigm Shift)

03/09/2016

With forward-looking approach to progressive rock, Paradigm Shift avoid the cliches. Review...

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Loitered Lens: Man and the Echo

30/08/2016

Photos of political popsters Man and the Echo at the Lexington, London...

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Loitered Lens: Anabella’s Bow Wow Wow & Ed Tudor Pole

28/08/2016

Photos of two eighties icons unlikely to crop up on safe pop nostalgia tours...

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Loitered Lens: 4th Labyrinth

25/08/2016

Photos of the exuberant 4th Labyrinth at Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...

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Mixed Bag: Bleeds, Deluxe Version (Roots Manuva)

24/08/2016

Remixed and reinvigorated, or bleeding a good album dry? Roots Manuva's Bleed, redux....

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Act V: Hymns With The Devil In Confessional (The Dear Hunter)

23/08/2016

Running at full tilt to catch up with The Dear Hunter's epic multi-part rock opera series...

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