Today’s selection is something of a bittersweet choice, as it is the first taste of what will be the last EP by these Belfast indie shoegazers, who have decided to call it quits after half a decade of helping to reshape and reinvigorate the local scene.
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The grassroots music sector is still “structurally fragile” in the post-Brexit and post-Covid eras, according the charity which represents hundreds of venues across the United Kingdom.
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Twenty twenty-six is certainly starting off with a massive bang so far as Jase W’s Saturday in mid-January finds him heading off to Netherlands’ second city, Rotterdam. January sees the continuation of Electric Callboy’s most ambitious tour yet after stomping around a massive chunk of Europe including their home country of Germany seeing many dates. It’s a bit of a change of scenery for our man in Europe with coming down to Rotterdam for AHOY, which serves as a similar venue to Amsterdam’s Bijlmer Arena.
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The New Jersey death dealers are preparing to infect Europe and the ÜK with their brand of festering everblack, and preface their visit with this latest slice of bloodied gore from last year’s album.
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The self-titled debut LP from American band Ritual Arcana is a masterclass in what the band defines as “supernatural hard rock”. This power trio – composed of bassist/vocalist SharLee LuckyFree, the legendary “godfather of doom” Scott “Wino” Weinrich on guitar and drummer Oakley Munson – delivers a ten-track odyssey that feels less like a standard studio recording and more like a staged occult ceremony, according to our man David O.
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