It’s been a while since the Steve Rothery Band released their critically acclaimed ‘Ghosts of Pripyat’. Since then, Steve has been busy with Marillion, writing, recording and touring ‘FEAR’.
The beginning of March saw his solo band go back out on the road, where they will be playing sporadic dates between now and May.
In February 2018, singer songwriter Sophia Marshall released ‘lin-dah’, a three track EP of Kasabian covers. She was able to take the original material – including the massive hit ‘Fire’ – and strip it back to its core, resulting in recordings that found a place somewhere between folk and dreampop. [A full review of the EP can be found here.]
Fusing elements of shoegaze and the more accessible bits of a post rock sound, Norwegian trio Spielbergs make a big impression on their new single.
‘We Are All Going To Die’ harks back to the 90s whilst keeping one foot firmly in the present. Their wall of sound approach can be emotionally draining, yet at the same time, their new music has an intensely rousing quality that fans of shoegaze and associated subgenres shouldn’t miss.
You can listen in full below.
Following the first batch of UK live dates promoting their second album ‘Knowing What You Know Now’, Marmozets headed off to Europe. The shows were extremely well received.
At the point other bands might take a short rest, Marmozets are trucking on with the live work and have just announced another batch of live dates. All confirmed shows can be seen in the poster below.
(Read a review of Marmozets’ London performance here.)
With their new album ‘Autonomy’ just released on February 23rd, indie rockers Table Scraps continue promotion for the new record with a brand new video featuring…sock puppets.
The visuals that accompany ‘I’m a Failure’ – taken from the new LP – come across like a hybrid of MTV’s past with elements of Beavis & Butthead and Liam Lynch’s ‘Sifl & Ollie’ show. Musically, this new offering from Table Scraps is very much in keeping with the visual, since their brand of wantonly fuzzy indie pop retains a very irreverent style.