Gregory Darling
A New Dream featuring Julian Lennon White Feather Foundation / Reluvotion Written in the South of France with long-time friend Anthony Caligagan, the track which first appeared on Gregory Darling’s debut album Shell is reinvented and rerecorded for a new and ever-hungry audience. Gregory Darling and Grammy nominated Julian Lennon have been working together since meeting up in Los Angeles in the 1990s. Darling Cruel was Gregory’s band and Julian was working on his own projects as usual. They began writing and collaborating together after discovering a kinship in universal values and character. Since then, the duo have written plenty of songs together and been on world tours that highlight the music and the ethics of their organisations. White Feather Foundation was founded by Julian Lennon and aims to protect indigenous cultures, children, and the environment. Reluvotion was founded by Professor Nicholas Dungey and JR Smith and aims to promote human rights, equality, and sustainability; Gregory Darling is the head of artist outreach at the organisation. This new single has a great hand-drawn animated video provided by Charlie Warner; A New Dream has a message that resonates and can help bring us all together from all sides of the banquet table, including the ones on the floor and, of course, the butler. A flurry of kaleidoscopic synths reels in a roundabout of rhythmic melody. The vocals begin, folky rock words and delivery hang in the air like fluttering leaves. The duo take it in turns to portray the message as the band bubbles with lush and sculpted synthesiser and bass. Blues and jazz feels sink through the flow as the chords shimmer and vibe on the rhythmic flow. Luxurious layers of musicianship run through the air with a sing-a-long motivation we can get into with just a couple of listens. It swaggers and sways on the backbeat as a one two step is sectioned into movements that link passion to purpose and back again. You can follow Julian Lennon on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Gregory Darling on Facebook and Instagram Hey, if world peace, prosperity for all, and compassionate understanding is something you want (who doesn't) then once you've looked at the big stuff, check out my noble effort with Alternative Fruit. 
OK Go
A Stone Only Rolls Downhill Los Angeles With a new video that premiered on The Kelly Clarkson Show a couple of weeks ago, Grammy Award winners OK Go get into Sound Read Six. A brand-new concept art has made its way into the format, as the video makes use of hours of simultaneous footage filmed over several takes after meticulous planning. Co-produced with the band’s singer, Damian Kulash, and Chris Buongiorno (Spider Man, Star Wars), the video fulfils the theme of out-there artforms the band are known for. Shown together in a mosaic of moving images, you’d need to watch the video loads of times to get an idea of the holistic craft involved. The music sounds as good as you can expect for a sought-after and peer act such as these. Taken from their fifth album due in the near future, And The Adjacent Possible, this new single and video for A Stone Only Rolls Downhill takes their rock band sound to a new audience. Vibrant drumming with talkative beats takes us out of the door and into OK Go’s musical world. A summery vibe tingles along the lines of guitar as it plucks and strums in gentle evolutions. Damian begins to greet us with his vocal, a laid-back and calm atmosphere hits the beats as upbeat chord progressions layer over vocal harmonies and melodic fills. Sways of dreamy effect mingles with a classic verse and chorus structure, sitting at home you could play this by yourself on an acoustic. The song makes use of the band to fill in the gaps with memorable hooks and evocative mindscapes of lyrical charm. You can follow OK Go on Instagram X TikTok and Facebook Want to do something awesome? Check Amazon Daily Deals. Any onsite purchase rewards the journal. 
Andy Stochansky
Oxygen Enci Records A song-writer of serious repute, Andy Stochansky has been involved with plenty of musical success stories over the years. Perhaps his most notable work has been with Annie Lennox’s daughter, Lola, who has been crafting her own legacy with help from her mother in the studio. He’s also written tracks for Goo Goo Dolls, Dragonette, and Ferry Cortsen, who notably gained a top-ten spot on the Billboard dance music chart. Originally from Canada and now living in sunny LA, Andy Stochansky has been working on his own projects simultaneously to those of other stars. An ambidextrous work ethic is good if you’ve got it, I’m sure. Since learning the ropes of the trade in the late 1990s as part of Ani DiFranco’s touring and studio band, Andy has been able to hone his skills and release music of his own since the start of the century. As he sets the record straight for his new album, Poetry of Birds, we also get a great video single for the highlighted track Oxygen. A thump of bass hits the tone as a guitar gently plucks an RnB melody. The lyrics begin, intimate and meaningful, a telephone distortion gives a sense of closeness and distance. After a few moments, a wave of guitar layers in with generous melody and jingling steel strings. The chorus lines holler through, bass and drums kick the pop rhythm into a dance beat and the uplifting sentiments carry the weight of all the greats and let them breathe. You can stream Poetry of Birds from this menu Follow Andy Stochansky on Instagram and X Want video clips for creative use? Pond5 give them away free. (As seen on TV) Psychedelia And Fuzz Fans Can Indulge In This Video For Mirror From Tombstones In Their Eyes28/1/2025
Tombstones In Their Eyes
Mirror Los Angeles Blissed-out fuzz rock is on its way as LA’s Tombstones In Their Eyes release their first single of the year. Mirror takes a flagpole and holds it high in the name of the new album, Asylum Harbour. Given the expert treatment in video form from the phenomenal Francesca Bonci, the Italian multi-disciplinary artist known for working with Pete Holstrom of The Dandy Warhols, Mirror is one of those inkblot tracks that lets you see what you want in it. Based on putting your faith in your instincts and letting intuition be your guide, looking in the Mirror can leave us vulnerable yet empowered. A melodic sludge of guitar and drum creates a bubblebath of neatly organised dream sounds. A one two paced rhythm keeps punching the cards in perfect time as the abstraction builds in effervescent dimensions. Harmonies in the vocal lean towards the 1960s while spatial effects resonate and reverberate like a psychedelic disco of the acid generation. Choppy chords blend with distorted fizz as the rhythmic and tuneful composition bobs along on energetic windy lakes and the lyrics carry us outward and inward in a Trismegistus of triumphant song. Get music from Tombstones In Their Eyes on Bandcamp Find out more on the Tombstones In Their Eyes website Follow Tombstones In Their Eyes on Facebook and X Essential reading: Psychedelia: An Ancient Culture, A Modern Way Of Life From Their Seventh Album Asphodels New Zealand’s The Veils Present Folk Dreams With The Ladder25/1/2025
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The Veils
The Ladder New Zealand The single from the brand-new Veils album Asphodels, New Zealand rock n roll crooner Finn Andrews takes his band to the next level. The Veils have recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their first record, The Runaway Found. A force of nature like an oceanic current, the continual push of fresh and chilled creativity gently melts into the hub of activity as its released. This is their seventh record, and the singer remarks that by this time the band have fully fledged and it’s time to stop counting. Does life ever stop teaching us lessons? Perhaps the ladder can help us to find out if there are any left. The epic voice of Finn Andrews casts out like gusts of colourful breeze. Piano joins his melody, creating fluid and harmonising waves for his vocal boat to glide across. Haunting instruments hang gently in the background as the drums build to bring out the chorus, Snare-driven beats then adapt to greet a rhythmic piano as bass and string rise in melancholic hopefulness. We can sing with the lyrics; its repeating phrase makes the chorus memorable and morish. A graceful journey of poetic intrigue and forlorn dreams, The Ladder is a classic already. Listen to the new album Asphodels on Spotify and YouTube You can find out more on The Veils website Follow The Veils on Facebook and Instagram Also, Asphodels are a mythical flower from the Greek Underworld. You can learn all about it in this book: Greek Mythology: An Exciting Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Myths and Traditions of Ancient Greece. 
Ecce Shnak
The Internet Records Man, Records Based in the world-famous New York City, the five-piece Ecce Shnak take care of the crowd with unusual and memorable music. Influenced by artists like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, and Ween, the coming together of many sounds in mathematically relevant ways can result in some fascinating and great sounding experiments. One such experiment is The Internet, this latest single taken from next month’s brand-new Shadows Grow Fangs EP. The EP has been recorded at New York’s Art Farm by Jeff Lucci, mixed by Nicholas Vernhes, and mastered by Grammy Award winner Greg Calbi. Written about a time-travelling poet who has to ask what the internet actually is, The Internet is a playful psychodrama played out to great sounding backdrops. Distorted television voices curdle along a glistening guitar that rises in amplitude. Chanting and choral singing then merges with drumming to deliver a multi-faceted surge of muse. Then, in a funky dig towards the disco, the music begins to pulse and chop in smoothly distorted bass and off-beat fills. The vocals are dramatic, a strangeness is layered into the delivery making the sound completely unique. A clever use of rhythmic fractions and layering bring out surprisingly fitting harmonies and fast corners of progression. Elements of classical merge seamlessly with punk and funk rhythms and voice, The Internet from Ecce Shnak is a crazy and fun circus of multi-dimensional talents. Download music by Ecce Shnak on Bandcamp You can follow Ecce Shnak on Facebook X and TikTok PS. The best bit about the internet is free to read media and daily deals that support it. Have a look.
Rafiq Bhatia
The Voice Of Love featuring Chris Pattishall Each Dream, A Melting Door A member of the BAFTA Nominated band Son Lux, Rafiq Bhatia is continuing his exquisite form with a new solo production. Taking up the talents of piano legend Chris Pattishall, the music carries justice for both musicians with well-chosen and soul-captivating compositions. Since co-writing and recording the score for Academy Award Winner Everything Everywhere All At Once, Bhatia has turned his talents to more music that connects with the beautiful and avant-garde. This cover version of an Angelo Badalamenti original, well-known for being a key part of the Twin Peaks Soundtrack, especially hits home with the passing of the Twin Peaks propagator David Lynch. His creation has inspired millions with its story-telling, visual film art, and of course, its soundtrack. Putting their own take on the classic cinematographical piece, Rafiq Bhatia and Chris Pattishall reinvent sliced bread and show us what can be done with their local ingredients. A tingling radiance glistens in mirror-like shine as piano begins to distil a semblance of melody. The tune grows like branches on coral, mysterious shades of spectrum whisking past in gliding motions of ambience. A form of story unfolds as the piano adapts and evolves along with an invisible energy that conducts the essence of feeling within the piece. Subtle and storm-like undertones rumble and drone within the flux of finger-work as gentle harmonies rise from thundering distances. Guitar adds yet more layer, pitch-shifted and exploratory, a fascinating action is manifested through charming and drama-infused passages of pianist-led atmosphere. The new album, Each Dream, A Melting Door is available here You can find out more on the Rafiq Bhatia website Follow Rafiq Bhatia on Facebook and Instagram You can find out more on the Chris Pattishall website Follow Chris Pattishall on Facebook and Instagram Are you missing David lynch too? Reserve your copy of this forthcoming book about the man himself. David Lynch: His Work, His World (Release date September 11 2025) 
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Watch This Artistic Animated Video For Even Before From Michele Ducci On Monotreme Records23/1/2025
Michele Ducci
Even Before Monotreme Records Following on from the swathes of success that have accumulated over the past year, Michele Ducci is back in the saddle and rounding up some fantastic sounds. His new album is out tomorrow; it’s a studio live recording, so we can expect fluid and free renditions of his masterful talent as the music and recording happens simultaneously. Only the crowd is missing, and when it’s the kind of atmospheric and intelligent stuff we get from Ducci, it’s not a bad thing. We want to hear every note. They’re played with a range of alternative instruments, Michele Ducci himself is a one who performs with a flute and a Bontempi keyboard. Duetting the vocals with synth player Letizia Mandolesi, the twosome bring a wide curtain of intrigue to draw over our silences. One of the singles from the album, which contains re-recordings and original, has just been released. Written about absolute change, Even Before digs deep and recovers diamonds. A quick cymbal-led rhythm breaks out a samba rhythm as keyboard adds frill in melodic jolts. Michele Ducci begins to sing as synthesiser whistling hums add air to the flow in gentle gusts of ghostly ambience. A poetic and folk inspired voice hits the beat in liberated song, happy melodies finding their way through a brambly emotional backdrop. A simple skeleton of music manifests as the keyboard and voice merge in a twine that encapsulates subtle harmony and female voice. Prettiness and mesmerism keep a balance across the path of music that’s outlaid in this beautifully enchanting composition. You can get music by Michele Ducci on Bandcamp Also you can follow Michele Ducci on Instagram For your consideration: Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back by Oli Freke 
Noanne
Jack You Up (If My Blade) Prague Fiercely independent and living her own life like a boss, The Czechian alternative and gothic inspired song writer Noanne presents Jack You Up (If My Blade). She’s channelling energy found within the works of artists such as Florence + the Machine, David Bowie, and Lana Del Rey. Produced by the highly-skilled Gregory Darling, the atmospheric and introspective track explores a depth of ranging human emotions. Betrayal, perseverance, and courage are all something we have likely experienced ourselves. No amount of practice makes it easier, with new angles and trajectories piercing our armour with every misplaced narrative. Noanne is able to conjure an artistic flow of composition that expertly expresses her own reality of these feelings and gives us something to indulge in when we want to connect with them. A winding dynamo of melody portrays the tension with synthesiser and voice creating a wave of predetermination. A shudder of bass takes control as the drumming pulses in with gradual and graceful dance beats. Noanne begins, her voice is strong and evocative. A character like a film-star, the song launches her personality with vibrancy through shifting harmonics and production. A dramatic delivery, the emotions run through in thick and artful colours that ring with the memories of story. A hip-hop element pushes the beat through its hard-earned paces as the music creates spell after spell through notes and feeling. You can follow Noanne on Instagram TikTok and X On Basement’s Basement The New Baths Single Tingles With Atmosphere As We Head On Over To Eden16/1/2025
Baths
Eden Basement's Basement This video was only released twenty-four hours ago and its already amassed thousands of views on YouTube. A high-flying artist of reputation in his field and its adjacents, the forthcoming and ambiently euphoric sounds of Baths delves deep into the rhythm and the mind. With vocals and themes that resonate with the shadow side, from his upcoming new album Gut, this latest track Eden throws on a white shawl and walks barefoot through fresh creativity and wonder. The album, which is out next month, takes us to a theme of deviant sex and corruption of psyche. A tour is on the cards, with dates in several international venues. Check at the end for those. Before all that, I wonder what’s happening in the garden today? A heady rhythm unwraps gently over wobbly guitar sounds. The rhythm progresses with clicks and claps that add vibrancy to the thump of bass. As the lyrics begin, a semblance of loop begins to frame the pulse as the sounds begin to fit snugly into place. Quick lyrical bursts and poetic explorations leap forward as the music shifts once more. New layers of melody and percussion give extra influence to the chiming sounds that merge and mesh inside the flow. An upbeat drama points the vocal melody in blues and RnB directions as the foamy mix continues to effervesce in gracefully meandering turns of consequence and break. You can get music by Baths on Bandcamp Follow Baths on X and Facebook Tour Dates 2025 May 06 - Glasgow, UK - The Poetry Club May 07 - Leeds, UK - Headrow House May 08 - Bristol, UK - Strange Brew May 09 - London, UK - Corsica Studios May 11 - Prague, CZ - Palac Akropolis May 13 - Paris, FR - Badaboum May 14 - Copenhagen, DK - Pumpehuset May 15 - Stockholm, SE - Hus 7 May 16 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso May 17 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain Speaking of Eden, it's a chance to plug my latest book, Meeting God In The Middle. It's a sociological look at the whole thing. 
Restless Mosaic
Lost Within This Time West Coast Featuring the enamorous vocals of LoveSpirals' Anji Bee, the synth pop and alternative music outfit Restless Mosaic shifts the pieces once again with Lost Within This Time. Self-released, the former Projekt Records artist brings an extra few colours and shades to this timeless adventure. The single from this year’s third studio album, Lost Within This Time is set to enchant and allure through mysterious musical phrases and spine-tingling singing that leaves you feeling fulfilled. A fascinating story about a music poster in an elevator that’s possessed by the girl, then our hapless hero is drawn in and left to exist within her two-dimensional domain, this video is a must watch. A synth-wave selection of notes knits a melody over a droning bass that shudders in the foreground. The 80s retro feel takes its place as modern sentiments manifest through technology and mastering. Anji Bee begins to sing, her voice is delicate and colourful, delivering pretty lines in rows, the music turns a corner and she begins to whisper. Haunting bells crumble and chime in the shadows as strange sounds of the elevator take a rhythmic stance. The synthesiser begins to rise from the sonic mulch and a rising progression meets captivating drumming where the metalwork becomes an instrument all on its own. A hypnotic journey, with a non-commercial formula, Lost Within This Time takes us in and keeps us there. Find out more on the Restless Mosaic website Buy music fromRestless Mosaic on Bandcamp You can follow Restless Mosaic on X Bluesky and Instagram Library update: How To Program Any Synthesizer: Second Edition 
Let Me Downs
Broken Promises Felony Records Based in Washington, the emo-punk trio Let Me Downs are almost ready to release this year’s high-energy new album. Their 2000’s punk rock sound carries the flame into 2025 and ensures the genre and sound maintain their effectiveness on the dancefloor and on the stereo. To kick off the party the band provide us with the second single from the record, Broken Promises. It follows on from December’s One More Round that no-doubt put a bit of festive cheer on the playlist even when it’s based on punk rock. With a lyric video made by the superstar film-producer Matt Powell and cream cameraman Doug Reimer, Broken Promises shunts a dose of nostalgia and emotional intelligence into the airwaves. An upbeat melodious guitar riff opens the tune with a solitary instrument. The band joins in after the first round of the melody, chords bump up the energy and the drums and bass thrash out the quick-paced rhythm. An evolution of the notes then churns the music in a rotation of chugging palm-muted and melodic breakdowns. Lyrics enter just as the music becomes whole, the guitars finding a new pattern that takes the progression into new dimensions. A voice full of feeling takes a full-frontal assault to the lyrics, extreme emotional projection gives way to class musicianship as the scale always hits the mark. I don’t think many people can pull it off, but that’s why these are the pros. It feels like it’s 1999 and we’re listening to that brand new sound, INXS and Blink 182 with a bit of Megadeth in there to make it kick. Great stuff. You can get the music by Let Me Downs on Bandcamp Follow Let Me Downs on TikTok and Facebook For your consideration: Punk Women: 40 Years of Musicians Who Built Punk Rock 
pMad
Feed Galway The independent post-punk and gothic rock solo artist Paul Dillon returns as soon as the year begins with his latest single Feed. Known as pMad, he produces rampaging riff-based compositions that drip with shadow and etherealism. On the heavy side, with a dose of loud we usually find in hardcore bands, pMad makes up for his musical solitude with a wall of sound Donald Trump would be envious of. Speaking of politicians, Feed is about how a world of war, poverty, disease, one-upmanship, and mistrust means that our souls are being starved of everything they need to grow. The song offers an escape, into ourselves, where we can create a dreamworld that nourishes the soul from within. Sounds like it’s worth a listen. Atmospheric synthesiser launches the music forward. Delicate guitar plucks span chord shapes as the drumming builds across soaring notes of blues. pMad sings with his gothic inspired voice. A poetic dream sensation crafts itself over the music as it builds gradually across progressive bars. It surges with mathematical clarity, breaking free from chains the song begins to fill spaces before unknown and create new boundaries to gracefully overcome. A lyrical tragedy with a carefree element of free-flowing guitar, the juxtaposition of aesthetic comes together to make a great sounding rock song. You can buy the music from pMad on Bandcamp You can follow pMad on Facebook X and TikTok PS. Are you a ROX Star? Claim your free tokens and earn interest. 
The Chameleons
Second Skin Live At The Camden Palace Some gigs are so memorable that they get played over and over. The band in their peak, the crowd filled with the excitement of their trending new album, the crackle of the electronics, it all adds up to an experience to be lived on repeat. Breaking the UK music scene in 1981 with their debut, The Chameleons shot to fame in the post-punk and pop music scene as their sound captured the spirit of the moment and dictated the future progression of the fashion. A plethora of post-punk and melancholy pop bands emerged during this time, with The Chameleons being one of the big names that made it to the top of the festival poster where ever they performed. Their iconic show at London’s Camden Palace has been put to limited edition vinyl in a brand-new pressing that captures the night in its entirety. To entice the fans to invest in this beautiful set of records, the final 4th side consists of tracks recorded in Barcelona at their phenomenal 1985 Arsenal gig. The middle 80s Mancunian sound is always relevant with aspects of rock and soul mixing with angsty sentiments that resonate with the youth and their contemporaries. The drum fill brings out a wave of guitar that’s buffeted by reverb and chorus, encapsulating the classic post-punk sound. The riff builds the emotional scene, as a scale of introspective notes casts a shadowy light over the room. The lyrics begin, a despairing timbre to the voice lends a spooky and melancholy edge to the music. An upbeat hypnotism meets downswings of feeling as the dramatic delivery casts tragic serenades through choice melodies. Live energy fizzes through the crowd as the song progresses into a well-known chorus. The band release their mojo with a musical escape from the formula and the structure shifts along with the vocal key. A swaying energy of momentum barrages the room as the story continues, intensity rises and a free-floating moment takes the air away in a rush of realisation. A surge of passion and emotional projection brings everything back down to the ground as the band fills the space with the roar of distorted chord progression. A post-punk opera condensed into 6 and a bit minutes of pure feeling, Second Skin from The Chameleons comes alive in Camden. Merch, merch, merch Any vinyl left? Check on Moochin' About Records' Bandcamp Find out more on The Chameleons' website Follow The Chameleons on Facebook and X Finally, you have the sounds but you need the look. Support this journal by using the code WELCOME at checkout for 10% off. Retro and Vintage Fashion. And here is the full live show from The Camden Palace. 
Morlocks
The S.N.A.F.U. Principle v3.0 Sweden Comprised of Gothenburg’s J. Strauss, Innocentius Rabiatus of Darkside Cowboys, and KMFDM’s Käpt’n K, Sweden’s Morlocks are starting the year with a monumental EP. Blending thumping darkwave and sinister electronic adventures with the throb of classic industrial metal, the massive sound this band creates has so many angles with influences ranging from Ministry to Mozart to Mortiis, a searing blade of cutting-edge composition meets time-tested frameworks and sound mixtures that people get all over. Released on the 10th, the 5-track record titled Amor, Monstra Et Horrore Profundi on Metropolis Records takes you by the collar and drags you into a shady universe of Goblins, mysterious lakes, and strange compendiums of feeling. This featured track, The S.N.A.F.U. Principle v3.0, plus The March Of The Goblins which follows, are re-recordings from their collector’s edition first album, For Your Pleasure? With a professional standard that was unavailable at the time, the brilliance of the music receives its due with a modern version the band can apply their latest sound to. Let’s see what all the fuss is about. An epic orchestral prelude takes us into realms of fantasy championship and legendary storylines. A few vocal samples instil a captivating empire of feeling as the synths and drums begin to churn and drive the forward momentum. A chunky guitar riff takes the lead with vibrant and rhythm-based motifs that punch through the bars with quick and palm-muted perfection. A growly and harsh vocal reverberates through the soup of rhythm, melody, and atmosphere knitted tightly together by the expert technicianship of the band. Gruesome and harrowing inflections of the vocal give a black metal feel to the delivery as the industrial rhythms pound like machinery on hard-nosed steel fixings. Full-body impulses line the walls of the track as ferocious guitars splendidly alchemise with thunderous electronic style drumming and thick cakes of synthesiser. You can get music by Morlocks on Bandcamp You can follow Morlocks on Facebook and Instagram Want to browse rare music on eBay? You'll support this journal with any purchase. |
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