Sometimes, here at ÜR, we get something so leftfield that we don’t even realise quite how far out it is until we give it its first spin. Lots of things claim to be experimental these days without even really getting 1mm off the tried and tested footpath, yet ‘Skeleton Blush’ is definitely a release you cannot accuse that of, as Astrocreep now explains…
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Have you found yourself getting into new hobbies to try and pass the time at home? Jonny B definitely has; in fact he’s previously written about his adventures taking up yoga, which is absolutely something he never thought he would find himself doing! But as a result, he’s no stranger to hearing the term “namaste” at the end of a session, a term that is supposed to hold a fairly sacred meaning. But that didn’t stop Ten Foot Wizard putting their own unique spin on it when they dropped their excellent leading single for their new album – ‘Namaste Dickhead’…
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When John B opened his email and saw “for fans of Nightwish and Kamelot”, Osyron’s ‘Foundations’ had his undivided attention. Those are some pretty high bars in our mind. To our man in Kentucky, it is like someone walking into a talent show and singing ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston: you had better be able to hit that note because if you can’t we will know that you have a very inflated view of yourself and will probably not be taken seriously in the future. So now that JB has set up how seriously he takes this genre, does Osyron hit those notes? Do they deserve a place on your playlist next to Nightwish or Kamelot? Hell yeah, they do!
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Just 24 hours after it was announced that he had left the band, former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has been found guilty of assaulting his former fiancee.
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If you like lo-fi on your hi-fi, garage-produced sounding sound that’s as raw as… ehm, the contents of a vegan lunchbox, DITZ may well be for you. These five post-punkers from Brighton take noise rock to a new level with their live shows known to be chaotic and unpredictable events. In other words, vivid experiences that you will always remember, whether you want to or not. Not ones to conform to the hardcore scene in sound or personality, they also speak to challenge common societal attitudes having addressed issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community such as bigotry and homophobia.
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