Norwegian band Mayflower Madame have released their debut album ‘Observed in a Dream’ via their own label Night Cult Records in Europe and Custom Made Music in North America.
To celebrate the release of the album, the band have shared the video for ‘Self-Seer’. A track partly inspired by the art of their fellow countryman Edvard Munch, ‘Self-seer’ is a dark and feverish tale about obsession, escapism and longing. Watch the video here:
Featuring members of Joanna Gruesome, Thin Privilege and Black International, Glasgow purveyors of no-wave noise are unleashing their debut album via Good Grief records on a pay-what-you-want basis. Which means you can get it for free, but obviously, chipping in a few quid is a good way to show appreciation and to help bands to keep making music. This one’s definitely worth it. Watch the vid below, and check the album out via the link below that.
Norwegian avantgarde rock/metal band Virus have announced details on their 4th album Memento Collider which is their first release for Karisma Records. You can check out new track ‘Steamer’ below.
End Of Mirrors is the forthcoming full length from Oakland-based dark punk conjurors Alaric. Set for global release on May 6th on CD, vinyl, and digitally via Neurot Recordings, and on cassette via Sentient Ruin Laboratories. The record, captured and mixed by Skot Brown at Kempton House Studios, provides an emotional and deeply physical journey through inky, blackened sonic murk, devoid of all hope. Oppressive, gloomy, and epically grandiose, each of the seven psalms comprising End Of Mirrors is at once beautiful and unsettling, and as a precursor to its release, you can now hear the track ‘Mirrors’ here:
The Poisoned Glass (the duo of Stuart Dahlquist and Edgy59) unveil debut album 10 Swords through Ritual Productions on 22nd April. Ahead of the release and coinciding with the start of their first European tour, they’ve offered up for public consumption ‘Low Spirits’. ‘Stockhausen-esque’, it’s bleak, downtuned, doomy and difficult. We like it. Hear it here:
LIVE SHOWS:
14/04/2016 Netherlands, Tilburg – Het Patronaat, Roadburn Festival
15/04/2016 Belgium, Brussels – Magasin4
16/04/2016 Germany, Osnabrueck – Bastard Club
17/042016 Czech Republic, Prague, Chapeau Rouge
18/04/2016 Germany, Hamburg, MS Stubnitz
20/04/2016 Norway, Oslo – Blitz
22/04/16 – Belgium, Antwerp – Antwerp Music City Issue
24/04/2016 Netherlands, Amsterdam – OCCII
26/04/2016 – France, Lille – Centre Culturel Libertaire (CCL)
27/04/2016 France, Paris – La Mécanique Ondulatoire
28/04/2016 UK, Bristol – The Exchange
29/04/2016 UK, London – The Black Heart, Desertfest
Chelsea Wolfe recently announced the release of the Hypnos/Flame 7” scheduled for April 1st via Sargent House, following on from her most recent album Abyss. She has now unveiled a haunting new video for ‘Hypnos’.
The video features Wolfe draped in serpents, fading between fleeting moments of clarity and pixelated visual noise. Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep, and this video translates Wolfe’s distorted love song of the same name into a stark, black-and-white hallucination. The video was self-directed by Wolfe, shot and edited by Ben Chisholm with additional camera by Ricky Verrett.
‘Hypnos’ and ‘Flame’ are both spare and haunting; even at her quietest Wolfe’s music is full of tension and fierceness. ‘Hypnos’ is available to listen and share now via the Sargent House soundcloud. The two songs are available on a special deluxe version of Abyss, available digitally April 1st, which will also feature demo versions of album tracks ‘Grey Days’, ‘Simple Death’, and ‘Survive’. Pre-order is available for the 7” via Sargent House, and digitally via iTunes.
Meanwhile, you can watch the video here:
She will also be undertaking an epic tour of the US in April with support from labelmates A Dead Forest Index. Dates are as follows:
Chelsea Wolfe 2016 Tour Dates
4/24 Las Vegas, NV – The Bunkhouse
4/25 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
4/26 Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
4/28 Austin, TX – Mohawk / Levitation Kick Off
4/29 Dallas, TX – Trees
4/30 McAllen, TX – Cine El Rey
5/02 Memphis, TN – The Hi-Tone
5/03 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade Heaven
5/04 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
5/06 Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony
5/08 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/09 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
5/10 Boston, MA – The Royale
5/11 Providence, RI - Fete Music Hall
5/12 Hamden, CT – The Space
5/13 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
5/14 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre
5/16 Montreal, QB – Theatre Fairmount
5/17 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
5/19 Detroit, MI – El Club
5/20 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
5/21 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
5/22 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
5/24 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
5/25 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
5/26 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
5/28 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
5/29 Vancouver, BC – Imperial
5/30 George, WA – Sasquatch Festival *
6/1 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
6/2 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
6/7 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
6/8 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
*Chelsea Wolfe only
This week will see the release of One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache, the fittingly-titled, collaborative debut between apocalyptic doom duo, The Body, and grindcore/harsh noise sculptors, Full of Hell. Set for release on March 25th via Neurot Recordings, the offering came together during last year’s massive North American trek which united both bands. Amidst the chaos of tour life, the two groups found time to record together at Machines With Magnets in Providence, Rhode Island. The session eventually culminated into the harrowing sounds found on One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache, which is ultimately an audio reflection of their surroundings and their inability to cope therein.
As a precursor to its release, they’ve unleashed the video accompaniment to second movement, “Fleshworks.” It’s suitably challenging, and you can watch it here:
Instrumental post-rock 4-piece Tides from Nebula are set to release their new album Safehaven on 6th May. As well as announcing details on the album and European tour dates, the band have also revealed a new track ‘We Are The Mirror’ which you can listen to here:
TIDES FROM NEBULA live
6 may: DunkFestival, Zottegem, Belgium
7 may: We Are a Young Team, Metz, France
8 may: Sanctuary, Basingstoke, UK
9 may: Boston Music Room, London, Uk
10 may: Audio, Glasgow, UK
11 may: Firebug, Leicester, UK
14 may: Heretic Club, Bordeaux, France
16 may: Le Saint Des Seins, Toulouse, France
17 may: Sidecar, Barcelona, Spain
18 may: Le Molotov, Marseille, France
19 may: La Gravière, Geneva, Switzerland
20 may: Freakout Club, Bologna, Italy
21 may: Lo-Fi Club, Milan, Italy
22 may: Rockhouse, Salzburg, Austria
24 may: Sedel, Luzern, Switzerland
26 may: Druckluft, Oberhausen, Germany
28 may: Neushoorn, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
29 may: Badehaus Szimpla, Berlin, Germany
30 may: Cosmic Dawn, Jena, Germany
Liverpool three-piece, Elevant are set to release a new single on their own Elevant Music Limited imprint on the 4th of March 2016.
Audience’, the follow up to the recent ‘Again’ single, was recorded at 3rd Planet Recording Studios in Liverpool and was self produced, engineered by Kyle Western and mastered by Pete Maher (Jack White, Patti Smith, Scissor Sisters). Available to download, the new single takes inspiration from The Melvins, Nirvana and Bauhaus and is a taste of what to expect from the Elevant’s eagerly awaited forthcoming third album ‘There Is A Tide’ which is due for release on the 4th of March.
The Elevant line up of Michael Edward (guitar / vocals), Tom Shand (drums / piano) and Hannah Lodge (bass / organ) have over the last two years combined their love of My Bloody Valentine, God Speed You! Black Emperor, St Vincent, Tame Impala and Portishead to create something very special. Effortlessly twisting a pop hook to their post punk, psych and krautrock sound to great effect, there is an energy and vision that sets them apart from their contemporaries.
A truly innovative and exciting live band, Elevant are set to play the following UK shows to coincide with the new single and album release. The dates will include a hometown album launch show at Liverpool’s Buyers Club on the 9th of March and a London date at the Sebright Arms on the 16th of March with label mates Too Many Poets.
LIVE DATES:
FEB 24TH MANCHESTER, GULLIVERS (w/ False Advertising, Mothers & Duke Mercury)
MAR 09TH LIVERPOOL, BUYERS CLUB (w/ SPQR) ALBUM LAUNCH
MAR 12TH BIRMINGHAM, THE ACTRESS AND BISHOP (w/ MUTT & Wax Futures)
MAR 16TH LONDON, SEBRIGHT ARMS (w/ Too Many Poets)
MAR 22ND EDINBURGH, SNEAKY PETE’S (w/ Frantic Chant)
MAR 23RD GLASGOW, BAR BLOC
MAR 27TH NEWCASTLE, THE HEAD OF STEAM
APR 22ND SHEFFIELD, THE WASHINGTON
MAY 07TH LIVERPOOL – BUYERS CLUB (w/ False Advertising & Bathymetry)
Watch ‘Audience’ here:
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