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Listen: ‘Absent Thereafter’ by Between the Buried and Me

Posted: 26 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Between the Buried and Me offer fans a second preview of the prog-metal titans’ upcoming album, The Blue Nowhere (Sept. 12, InsideOutMusic) with the release of the new track, ‘Absent Thereafter’.

Tommy Rogers describes how the song captures the spirit of the upcoming album: “To me, ‘Absent Thereafter’ feels like the quintessential BTBAM song – fun, intense, spacy, and still fucking heavy. I like to think it takes the listener on an unexpected journey, with ear candy waiting around every corner. It’s a deeper dive into all of the dynamic places you’re taken within The Blue Nowhere!”

Dan Briggs elaborates on the musicality of the single: “This song moves arrangement-wise in two parts divided by a key change and tonal shift of the chorus, but is ultimately the big fun time bombastic energy of a Van Halen shuffle with Huey Lewis and the News horns going through variations that are sometimes heavily syncopated, sometimes lost in space, and sometimes inspiring you to break out into a do-si-do. Grab your washboard and let’s go!”

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Tour dates:

July 30  Istanbul, TR  IF Performance Hall

July 31  Râşnov, RO  Rockstadt Extreme Fest

August 1  Budapest, HU  Monolit Festival 2025

August 2  Wien, AT  Szene *

August 3  München, DE  Free & Easy Festival

August 4  Berlin, DE  Hole44

August 5  Katowice, PL  Miçdzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe

August 6 – 7  Jaroměř, CZ  Brutal Assault 2025

August 9  Kortrijk, BE  Alcatraz Metal Festival

August 10  Utrecht, NL  Pandora

August 11  Tilburg, NL  013 Next Stage

August 12  Köln, DE  Luxor

August 14  Dinkelsbühl, DE  Summer Breeze

August 15 – 16  Compton Martin, UK  ArcTanGent

August 17  Carhaix-Plouguer, FR  Festival Motocultor

September 14  Philadelphia, PA  Union Transfer

September 15  Boston, MA  Royale

September 16  Ottawa, ON  Bronson Centre

September 18  Toronto, ON  Danforth Music Hall

September 19  Montreal, QC  Théâtre Beanfield

September 20  Portland, ME  Aura

September 21  Albany, NY  Empire Live

September 22  New York, NY  Warsaw

September 23  Sayreville, NJ  Starland Ballroom

September 25  Raleigh, NC  The Ritz

September 26  Charleston, SC  Music Farm

September 27  Atlanta, GA  The Masquerade

September 29  Ft. Lauderdale, FL  Culture Room

September 30  Orlando, FL  House of Blues

October 1  New Orleans, LA  The Joy Theater

October 2  Houston, TX  Warehouse Live

October 3  San Antonio, TX  Kill Iconic Fest

October 4  Dallas, TX  Granada Theater

October 7  Phoenix, AZ  The Nile Theater

October 8  Riverside, CA  Riverside Municipal Auditorium

October 9  Las Vegas, NV  24 Oxford

October 10  San Francisco, CA  August Hall

October 12  Portland, OR  Revolution Hall

October 13  Seattle, WA  The Crocodile

October 14  Vancouver, BC  The Pearl

October 16  Edmonton, AB  Union Hall

October 17  Calgary, AB  MacEwan Hall

October 19  Spokane, WA  Knitting Factory

October 20  Boise, ID  Knitting Factory

October 21  Bozeman, MT  The ELM

October 22  Missoula, MT  The Wilma

October 24  Denver, CO  Summit Music Hall

October 25  Wichita, KS  TempleLive

October 26  Des Moines, IA  Wooly’s

October 27  Chicago, IL  The Vic Theatre

October 28  Columbus, OH  Newport Music Hall

October 29  Nashville, TN  Brooklyn Bowl

October 30  Charlotte, NC  The Fillmore

July 30 – August 17: Performing Colors in its entirety

September 27-October 30: Co-headlining dates with Hail The Sun

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Watch: ‘Typical Girl’ by Mari Kattman

Posted: 25 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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US electronic musician and vocalist Mari Kattman has issued a video for ‘Typical Girl’, the opening song on her new album Year Of The Katt, released in late June by Metropolis Records. The clip was shot in downtown Providence (Rhode Island) by Mark Allison of @401FilmsPVD.

“Typical girl. People say it constantly, so much so it feels almost criminal to be female by birth,” Kattman states when explaining the meaning of the song. “Like it’s vulgar or something to carry characteristics that are even remotely female. That it makes you difficult, unlovable or crazy when it’s not packaged up and tied with a pretty bow or something. There are so many misunderstandings about what it is to be a woman.”

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Kattman has recently announced a UK tour in October 2025 as the special guest of Assemblage 23, the electronic act founded in 1988 by Tom Shear, who is Kattman’s collaborator in the electronic duo Helix and her husband. Dates are as follows:

15th October  BRISTOL Exchange
16th October  MANCHESTER Rebellion
17th October  GLASGOW Ivory Blacks
18th October  SHEFFIELD Corporation
19th October  LONDON The Dome (downstairs)

Listen: ‘Rex’ by Jo Quail

Posted: 24 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Following recent tours with Wardruna and God is an Astronaut, composer and sound designer Jo Quail is set to release her 7th album Notan on 12th September.

Notan is the seventh album from composer and sound designer Jo Quail—a work of striking contrast and graceful power. Drawing its name from the Japanese concept that explores the interplay of light and dark, the album unfolds as a deeply personal journey through polarity: presence and absence, softness and intensity, expansion and return.

What began in June 2023 as a series of raw, looped improvisations evolved into something far larger: a symphonic tapestry titled Ianus, now destined for recording with full orchestra in late 2025. But Notan is not that orchestral vision—it is the source from which it sprang, and the space to which it returns.

In these solo iterations, the music breathes with both intimacy and grandeur—cello, electric cello, and piano intertwine in richly layered textures. The sounds Jo creates on both acoustic and electric cello range from the traditional to the highly sculpted; all sound design and modelling is her own, forming the distinctive sonic identity that makes her music instantly recognisable. Each track is a live take, with every looped section performed in full, capturing the immediacy of live performance while allowing for a more considered control of sound—one that honours the context of making a record.

Across its arc, Notan evokes archetypal energies. ‘Butterfly Dance’ embodies matriarchal authority—stately and untouchable in its raw grace. First single, ‘Rex’, by contrast, traces Jo’s own evolution. First appearing on her 2010 debut as a tentative, fragile offering, the piece was left untouched for years. Reawakened during the solitude of lockdown, it transformed—emerging here as something altogether more commanding: majestic, grounded, and complete. Jo comments,

The first single from Notan is Rex, some of you who’ve been with me since the early days might remember it first appearing back in 2010. It’s a piece I’ve returned to in live performance, and over time it’s evolved and reshaped itself. This version is something quite different: a reimagining that feels both familiar and entirely new. I’m really proud to be releasing it now — and yes, it’s over 9 minutes long (a bold choice for a single, I know!).

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Jo Quail is also set to tour the UK in September to support the release:

12/09 – Manchester – Deaf Institute

13/09 – Newcastle – Cluny 2

14/09 – Glasgow Core Fest

15/09 – Edinburgh – Voodoo Rooms

16/09 – Nottingham – Bodega

17/09 – Bristol – Jam Jar

18/09 – Leicester – The Big Difference

19/09 – Southampton – Joiners

20/09 – London – Omera

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Photo: Jiawei Zhang

Watch: ‘Schwedentrunk [Official Music Video]’ by Scalpture

Posted: 23 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Skål! German death metal militants SCALPTURE unleash the new video clip ‘Schwedentrunk’ in the wake of the release of their new full-length Landkrieg (‘Land Warfare’), which hit the world hard on March 7, 2025.

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The title ‘Schwedentrunk’ (‘Swedish Drink’) refers to a torture method, which was allegedly used at first by the troops of Gustav II Adolph, King of Sweden but got quickly adopted by all marauding troops ravaging the German lands during the 30 Years’ War (1618-1648). It was executed by forcing liquid manure and sewage down the throats of its victims.

The video clip was partially shot during SCALPTURE’s release show at Rare Guitar in Münster, Germany on March 7, and on the subsequent tour with CARNAL TOMB.

SCALPTURE comment: “The track ‘Schwedentrunk’ has quickly grown into a favourite both of the band as well as during our shows since Landkrieg was released in March”, guitarist Felix Marbach writes. “Much of the footage was shot at our release show and also during the tour with Carnal Tomb. The live video captures the raw ferocity on stage, but it is also a reminder of the intense time that we were able to share with so many of you. With some summer festivals on the horizon, we are going to pick up right there, where we left off.”

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Watch: ‘Eve Had The Metallic Shine Of Summer’ by Marie Ann Hedonia, Black Kite

Posted: 22 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Dark-electro artist, MARIE ANN HEDONIA has unveiled her new cinematic video, ‘Eve Had the Metallic Shine of Summer’.

The video concept was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film, Persona. Eve, our mannequin represents a toxic relationship. Eve is a person we pour our whole self into, a person who takes all of our energy, time, money, soul, and gives nothing back.

MARIE ANN HEDONIA’s collaborator, BLACK KITE, states, “This song is about the potency and allure of destructive, codependent relationships and how they require us to self-abandon. It speaks to both addiction and toxic relationships that masquerade as love or comfort, but are actually antithetical to both.” The ending is completely dependent on the viewer’s point of view: Do I go mad? Am I the bad guy? Am I free now?

The video was shot over a period of 13 to14 hours during one day of “guerrilla” style film making, all over Baltimore city and county. Director Alex Shaak was pivotal in creating the striking visuals seen throughout the video, bringing the concept to life. The weather was completely coincidental. The energy of the thunderstorm very much translates the powerful ending of the video.

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GHXST – Cosmic

Posted: 21 July 2025 in Reviews, Singles and EPs
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21st July 2025

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I’ve been digging GSXT for a whole decade now and shouting about it whenever the opportunity arises. I’m not sure how many people have been paying attention, but anyone who hasn’t has been missing out. They took their timing building up to their debut album, released in 2022, with half a dozen EPs preceding it. ‘Cosmic’ is the first material since Admire, three years ago, and this new single continues their trajectory of extending their repertoire, taking the form of a slow-building expansive brooder.

A cinematic piece of post-punk desert rock, and with hints of recent releases by Earth ‘Cosmic’ tones down the snarling overdrive that’s the duo’s signature sound in favour of something more hypnotic, in the vein of ‘Sonores’. It suits them well, as it happens: Shelly X’s voice drifts and aches through the bass-led verses, floating in a growing swirl of guitars in the chorus before a straight-up rock guitar solo swoops in.

To describe ‘Cosmic’ as commercial would be rather misleading, because it’s certainly no sell-out. But it does mark a significant step. What’s more, it’s absolutely huge, and immediately accessible, making it the cut which has the broadest appeal yet. Maybe now they’ll listen up, eh?

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Listen: ‘I Thought You Liked Me!’ by Sour Tongue

Posted: 20 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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The Los Angeles-based punk band Sour Tongue was formed in the early days of the 2020 pandemic by Satori Marill and John Murphy, the mission of the alternative rock, grunge and riot grrrl influenced quintet remaining the same ever since their inception: “when it stops being fun, we’ll end it.” Fusing disco with grunge, hardcore punk with country, plus much more, Sour Tongue utilise humour and a degree of sonic absurdity to convey a deeper message of angst and desperation.

Having developed a global fanbase via four previous singles, an EP, plus a US tour with industrial rock heavyweights KMFDM, the band’s bright and breezy new single ‘I Thought You Liked Me!’ was written about a near universal experience felt by girls. “I wrote the song about being manipulated and lied to, getting fed up and reversing the roles,” states vocalist Marill. “I wanted to talk about reactive impropriety, but with a feeling of guilt tucked beneath it, because I think a lot of people are ashamed to admit when they do something out of spite. I think anyone who has ever had their heart broken and done something stupid in return can relate to it.”

The single is taken from a forthcoming EP entitled Final Girl, their most personal set of songs to date. Told as a story in four parts, it is about the intersection of grief, betrayal and heartbreak, yet loving through it all. It’s dark, it’s angry, it’s funny, it’s heartbreaking. It’s a horror comedy.

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Watch: ‘I Am Cold’ by Tombstones In Their Eyes

Posted: 17 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Los Angeles psychedelic rock outfit Tombstones In Their Eyes present their new single ‘I Am Cold’, born from a period of intense personal freefall. It’s a raw, unflinching look at vulnerability and the chilling acknowledgment of emotional detachment, transforming inner turmoil into a powerful, resonant anthem. 

‘I Am Cold’ is released by Kitten Robot Records, along with the B-Side ‘Take It Down’, which was recorded during the Asylum Harbour sessions. Spawned from a dark night of the soul, is a visceral outpouring of longing and a stark confrontation with a perceived numbness. A testament to creativity salvaged from the depths, this song is a gripping sonic journey forged in a crucible of personal hardship.

‘I Am Cold’ is the final offering from the band’s latest Asylum Harbour album, following psychedelic audio-visual trips for the singles ‘By My Side’, ‘Gimme Some Pain’, ‘I Like to Feel Good’ and ‘Mirror’. Recorded at Kitten Robot Studios, this album was recorded produced and engineered by Paul Roessler (known for his work with Josie Cotton, Nina Hagen, Hayley and the Crushers and Gitane Demone) and co-produced by John Treanor.

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Today, Tombstones In Their Eyes is made up of long-time members John Treanor (vocals & guitar), Stephen Striegel (drums), Courtney Davies (vocals), Phil Cobb (guitar) and Paul Boutin (guitar), along with new band members Nic Nifoussi (bass) and Clea Cullen (vocals).

What started as a demo-swapping exercise between Treanor in LA and James Cooper in NYC a decade ago evolved into a powerhouse band crafting expansive psychedelic soundscapes. For Treanor, these sonic explorations are not only an immersive subliminal journey, but a way to grapple with anxiety and depression by channeling it into art that boldly gazes outward at the universe while diving deep into the soul. Literally a cosmic therapy session.

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Watch: ‘Cosmocrator’ by KHNVM

Posted: 16 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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KHNVM unleash a new video single featuring the title track  of their new full-length Cosmocrator. The fourth album of the German death metal act with Bangladeshi roots has been scheduled for release on August 29, 2025.

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KHNVM comment: “The title track of our new album, ‘’Cosmocrator’, delves into the duality of its name, which translates as ‘Ruler of the World’ as well as its sinister connotation meaning ‘Satan’ within ancient pagan texts”, singer and guitarist Obliterator states. "This reflects our exploration of themes that are both universally human and also profoundly dark. Through intense musicality and complex lyricism, we confront the unsettling truths that lie beneath the surface of existence, appealing to those who seek adrenaline combined with philosophical depth.”

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Watch: ‘Strike It’ by Rún

Posted: 15 July 2025 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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New Irish trio Rún are preparing to release their debut self-titled album on Rocket Recordings on 22nd August, and today share with us another taster in the form of ‘Strike It’.

About the track the band comment, “’Strike It’: A barely contained explosive doom riff with an industrial patina; points to the hypocrisy of a religious institution in profound dereliction of its duty to the most weak and vulnerable of us. The song addresses the macabre details of the Tuam babies controversy in Co. Galway, Ireland.”

The Irish word Rún can mean secret, mystery, or love, or perhaps some elusive combination of the three, reflecting the many aspects of life that defy easy explanation. In wrestling with these, it can become necessary to commit oneself entirely, to jump in at the psychic deep end in search of the vibrations and feelings at hand. This is where the band Rún come in.

The debut album of Rún – the result of three powerful artists locking horns and bringing equally passionate and uncompromising approaches to bear – is no less than an extraordinary collective catharsis. Yet more evidence that true heaviness is about much more than a cranked amp. It’s an emotionally driven and richly atmospheric journey into the darkest recesses of states earthly and unearthly, from a spiritually intrepid outfit who alchemise experimental methods and improvisatory states to reach intimidating heights of sonic and psychic intensity.

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Live dates:

21 Aug / Galway / Roisin Dubh
22 Aug / Cork / Nudes
27 Aug / Dublin / Spindizzy Records (instore)
29-31 Aug / Birmingham / Supersonic Festival
6 Sep / Sligo / Minor Disturbance Festival
15 Nov / London / Rich Mix (w/ Sirom)
19 Nov / Glasgow / The Glad Cafe
20 Nov / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend

Rún comprise firstly Tara Baoth Mooney – sometime Jim Henson voice artist, with a longstanding background in everything from folk and choral music to experimental film-making. Diarmuid MacDiarmada – Nurse With Wound co-conspirator and brother of Lankum’s Cormac, brings with him the experience of avant-garde collaborations with a plethora of artists stretching back over thirty years. Drummer, sound designer and engineer Rian Trench, meanwhile, has worked on everything from the psychedelic IDM of Solar Bears to auto-generative experiments to orchestral arrangements, and owns the studio – The Meadow on Ireland’s East Coast – in which the album was made.  
The disparate artistic practices of the three members of the band collude in this context to create something no member could have foreseen. “Beyond the larger themes we explore, the work is often inspired by dreams, synchronicities, and other uncanny influences found in everyday life” reckons Diarmiud.

Besides this, an extremely diverse range of musical influences make their presence felt here, from William Basinski and Pauline Oliveros to Om, Coil and The Necks. “Suffice to say that there was a variety of sacred musics, acid-folk, cosmic jazz, stoner / sludge-metal, avant-garde composers and a hint of R&B being ground up and baked in with everything else in our wonky witches’ kitchen.” They say, “Things that possibly shouldn’t go together are juxtaposed to create something surprising and new.”

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