Three former students from the Musicians Institute of Hollywood, The Quarantined bill themselves as a grunge punk band and on their second EP, the tight musical trio take the listener on a voyage through various sounds dragged back from the nineties into the second half of 2015. Their retro grooves also come with a socio-political eye, though there are times when this comes across as somewhat vague, sometimes more soundbites than truly focused anger. Concentrating purely on their musical talents, however, this EP has a fair amount of enjoyable tunage – especially for those perhaps too young to have appreciated some of the sledgehammer influences the first time around.
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ALPHA SHALLOWS – Set The Fires EP
Alpha Shallows are an indie/alt-rock quartet from the north of England whom set about making some fairly weighty sounds on their debut EP. These four songs, always heavy on the guitars, often appear quite interesting in terms of creating a good balance between retro influences and something a little sharper and more distinctive.
Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
“Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course, points are made that make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. Songs start to define periods of your life…and that’s kind of the beauty of it.” — Scott Weiland
On December 3rd 2015, vocalist Scott Weiland died in his sleep while on tour with his band The Wildabouts. The forty eight year old musician had a chequered history with addiction problems, but cut a forceful presence onstage and his career gained him a legion of fans.
New video from Lifeline
Lifeline, a new project featuring Nigel Bailey (of 3 Lions) and Lee Small (Shy) have released a new video for their track Jezebel.
The deliberately low budget clip features a whole host of friends including Paul Hume, Chris Ousey, Veronica Freeman and the almost legendary Ted Poley among others. You can view it in full below.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: A Digital Downfall
We appear to be living in an ever more digital age. On the one hand, this is good as it allows so many DIY bands and musicians an outlet to get their material out there whereby previously the costs of getting records made would have been prohibitive. On the other, we’re living in a world where the market has been flooded by music; a lack of quality control means there’s a potential for so much good stuff to go unheard and – to paraphrase the great Brian Wilson – appear like little more than a cork in the ocean.