Our resident panda had not been to a gig where she had been photographing and reviewing for ages, so what better way to return to action than doing it in one of her favourite Glasgow venues with four amazing bands – and one very good night!
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January 2019 sees Zed reissue the now out of print ‘Desperation Blues’. Working alongside label Ripple Music, the re-release sees not only the original tracks brought forward but also a number of earlier demos. The hard rocking, blues driven four-piece independently released ‘Desperation Blues’ in 2013 and have been bringing their sound to the masses since 2007. What can established fans and new comers alike expect from this revamp of what is considered a standout album from Zed’s catalogue?
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There’s no denying that alternative music is getting long in the tooth. With some bands stretching back as far as the late ‘60s, we now face a point where alternative hasn’t just grown up; it’s had kids, grandkids, and retired to a house in the country. Whilst there are plenty of bands raging against the old guard and injecting the whole musical sphere with a new breed of snotty angst, Mozes and the Firstborn have gone in a different direction for their third record ‘Dadcore’, opting to pull together a mix-tape style compilation of styles that serves as a love-letter to the slacker and weirdo happy music of yester-year.
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Young Northern Irish band, Brand New Friend have today (Monday) released their latest single, ‘I Was An Astronaut’. Coupled with a new track, ‘You Make Me Want To Grow Up, Sometimes’, the song is taken from their debut album ‘Seatbelts For Aeroplanes’, released last year through Xtra Mile Recordings.
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‘Hounds Of Perdition,’ the second album by Finnish genre-benders Wolfhorde is an eclectic affair. Theoretically they’re a folk metal band but there’s far more to them than that narrow definition suggests. Over these seven tracks there are elements of black, death and power metal, not to mention traditional folk music and grandiose cinematic scores. It’s an ambitious and impressive release that’d even impress Wintersun. This is folk metal that dares to push against its own clichés and ‘Hounds Of Perdition’ is a highly rewarding listen.
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