End of the Trail’s Kelly Munro’s back with this week’s top picks.
The Wilderness – ‘If I have To Die’
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Hugo Hamlet – ‘No One Can Stop Me
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The Shop Window – ‘Evacuate’
Evacuate is the 3rd single from The Shop Window. To be released on 14th August 2020. The track is taken from their forthcoming album 'The State Of Being Huma...
The Mandevilles – ‘You Feel Like Nothing’
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Civic Green – ‘There Is Always A Light’
⚡️ BRAND NEW MUSIC ⚡️ The official lyric video from our debut single "There Is Always A Light". You can stream the song via Spotify here: https://open.spotif...
Blvck Hippie – ‘Bunkbed’
video design by Natalie Hawkins single engineered by Crockett Hall single mixed and mastered by Matt Qualls STREAMING everywhere
Nick Wagen – ‘Ladybug’
Stream "Ladybug" on any platform! Link: https://ampl.ink/4xlNo Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/nickwagen/ https://twitter.com/nickwagen Lyrics: i see...
ChooseDay warble;
What a week. Young power (again) shaking evil establishment’s elite empire with resistance to cynical downgrading. Also, youth’s ongoing philanthropy – see Stormzy, Marcus Rashford, John Boyega and other possible stop-and-search-if-not-famous folks.
Music is Nature’s communication from the original tweets – bird song – to the breeze in the trees and the sigh of the seas. Humans sing and dance. Life pulses.
Communicating: ‘Even In Exile’ album by James Dean Bradfield with Patrick Jones, has exemplary musicality blessed with a statue-topple of lyrics. By that, I mean that many more people know of Chilean Folk Hero (in every literal sense) Victor Jara in the same way that the national history syllabus got a boost about slave owning tory MP, Coulston from #BlackLivesMatter
“…Love of justice as the instrument that provides equilibrium for human dignity…” (Victor Jara)
Stream/Download 'The Boy From The Plantation' and pre-order 'Even In Exile' here. https://orcd.co/eveninexile The Boy From The Plantation - Lyrics I knew whe...
Word Wizard, Patrick Jones, is no stranger in our story. He is the original reason TheZineUK’s little doc of grassroots rock n roll movement exists. I met the intergalactic teen, Dizzy Spell (now our Editor) at a show he played for Rockands (now Events Department) in Central London. Poetry fans can see the world in parallel dimensions of space and time – like drugless drugging.
Later, as we became friends, Dizzy and I found out we were Manics fans, too. It’s a THING that weaves seamlessly through some of our crew and our tales.
Sincere good soul, James Dean Bradfield had came out in support of Patrick at that show and was in the audience at The 229. Was that really a decade ago? (It’s also where TheZineUK’s short lived gigging adventures began this year.
If somebody asked “where do you see yourself in ten years time?”, then, we’d have got the answers wrong. So let’s keep trying to put things right. Aural uplifts help. ‘La Partida‘ could soundtrack the protests for a fairer and kinder world that never seems to end, but never fails to inspire. Hope is un-dimmed with music as an energy source.
Postcard from inspirational Street Preacher
Mary O’Meara
Crapitalism’s fascist coup-as-comic-horror is a farce that rich arseholes (farce-holes?) have waged against the many, for too long. It doesn’t occur to propaganda pushers that most humans are basically still humane. How would they nurture their newborns, tend their gardens, hug their pets or treasure their friends, otherwise? Lovers gonna LOVE.
‘Allegedly’ – The Movie.
The Plot: Once Upon Another Time, ameriKKKa revealed ShitlerTrump’s gestapo to prove that no(non-rich) lives matter. People even disappeared from the streets. “Protect And Serve Ourselves” said Lawless “Law”. “News” never questioning who the real baddies and savages of history and present are. In RoyalNonce Brexitannia, Eugenics is the order of the day
World misleaders were over-promoted and unfit for purpose. A grave new world siphoned the poor’s money into wealth’s repulsive, ingreeding pockets. Alien hearted NaziToffs coined #HumanCapitalStock with dystopian contempt (and their usual impunity) as churnalism sucked flaccid, future-exterminating fascist cock.
Add a Climate Emergency and a Pandemic for a twist plus vapid celebrity as the weapon of mass distraction by the divide and conquer team.
That would be some story, eh?
Even then, poetic souls would continue being born.
Beautiful hearts, paying it forward, enthralled by the art of the heavens, cat/dog/horse lovers united. Laughter. Children of all ages excited by music, the moon…
They’d meet around family and friend engagement or at exhibition/entertainment events while their industrious imaginations informally rebuilt new worlds with words then actions.
They’d have secret pop stars that belong on bigger stages. Back story concepts with very much to say, having formed, endured and developed in the heist’s decayed decade.
In 2014, sofa critics would declare that “guitar bands are over”. By 2016, hate crime increases five-fold. Despite all that, a Love (r)Evolution broke out in the interdependent arts, rising, virtually invisibly.
One year after Brexit…
Planet Lockdown’s rock opera narrative has inciteful insight as the small venues already being culled before pandemica’s tragedy, are in danger of never opening again. We will make new ways to share joy.
We learn new/unlearn old things consistently. Manic Street Preachers are a University Of Life course, knowledge-wise.
Via the people and activism that their songs magnetise – alongside a band name, being street preachers as a way of life.
Diversity in the DNA of our “Generation Tremorists” proves there are no borders from the sky.
New video for No Borders From The Sky from the forthcoming album Renegade Psalms by Patrick Jones/John Robb released on Louder Than War Records September 13t...
Aargh, now I miss gigs.
Do I regret all those years spent on punky safari adventures? No way.
Will I grow up? What the fuck for in a world like THIS. What’s the point? I wanna be Grace Jones meets Keef when I keel over (hopefully after the last song, ha ha) somewhere.
People used to ask whether Soul, Funk or Reggae was the music I liked. I truthfully replied “yes”.
But…I am so much more than my skin.
A decolonised punk, a Love Pirate (thank you Mr Nice), sailing the high seas of a happily low life with high standards. In escapist entertainment, especially!
Come and mutiny, friends, we are NOT all in the same boat!
Music just isn’t life for people who believe that it can’t mix with politics.
For anybody who can trust my ears, I feel that this is one of the most heart warming, statue toppling years for poem souled, guitar blessed British/Irish album releases, EVER.
Words: Caffy St. Luce.
On first hearing, ‘Lumbering’, a couple of weeks ago, my first reaction was “well, I wasn’t expecting that!” You can’t really hazard a guess at what a band will sound like, but here is a song for breaking out of the matrix.
The musicians, A Cause In Distress, have maybe just stepped out of a TARDIS – via 20th and 22nd century Planet Telex. This is their first release (via the ever creative Cool Thing Records) and I’m sticking with it sounding (pleasurably) unexpected.
Sci-fi pulses throb with hook line electro beats and “aliens-abducted-The-Associates” tinted drama-vox. Restless and charismatic, ‘Lumbering’, is a weird, wonderful computer data-tape feed into the medium of dance. Reconstructions of layered movements ride the rhythm. This may prompt an initial response of “what?!”– and then need to be played again.
As a new band introduction, it goes boldly. There’s a fine thread that runs between N.I.N., A Cause In Distress and fellow sound boundary (“soundary”?) pushers, Birthmarks.
Image: Owen Stephen Foran
Emitting atmospherics into 2020’s virtual world, A Cause In Distress looked to the horizon at New Year and arrived eight months later, beyond Earth’s mainframe into a parallel dimension which their aura befits.
What a time to arrive (!) but they’ve crafted their development through lockdown via streams, visuals and session. Futuristic means now, and now contains moon-pop with intergalactic-choir-boy vocals and tricky disco beats. An acceleration of accomplishment for a debut.
Stream/Download ‘Lumbering’ by A Cause In Distress (out now: Cool Thing Records)
https://smarturl.it/ACauseInDistress
Words: Caffy St Luce
Written/performed by Tiger Mimic,
new single is out now, produced and mastered by Kevin Vanbergen – released via 31% Wool.
All Band Shots by by Robert Alleyne.
A grand, surf-rocked entrance which then saunters across to a plaintive pop rhythm that The Shangri-Las would appreciate (before diving into dramatic storms). Tender to tearing tempos that never lose this ode’s heroic core. This is cinema as sonic vision and an alternative adventure in song. Play it loud.
It’s constantly uplifting to see appreciation bloom for the interdependent music world’s entwined scenes. Tiger Mimic, help fuel creative passion’s Uniqulture. The UK based quartet emit rays of intrigue which have gathered pace and reputation in less than two years.
Tiger Mimic formed when Jess R (vocals/keys) and Bram Johnson (guitar/vocals) arrived from New York and united with Ben Willis (bass/backing vocals) and George Latham (drums).
They immediately started recording the debut EP ‘Elephant Skeleton’ with Grammy Award winning producer, Matt Lawrence (Adele, Foals, Amy Winehouse, White Stripes). It makes sense for their wealth of music ideas.
Released in January 2019, it wowed audiences, reporters and promoters alike.
Alongside picking up favourable fans and feedback, they graced the new festivals where “It’s All Happening!” – including Cro Cro Land, The Brighton Mix-Up and The Camden Crush (Camden Rocks Fringe) – plus key music social events.
I’d previously described their aural theatre as Moulin Rouge Punk. It’s only their start but already sounds influential.
So what’s new with Tiger Mimic?
“We were very busy making the music video which we finished the day before single release and we’ve been writing so much music lately.”
More anticipations! New video, new songs!
The story behind ‘Where The Fire Used To Be’ maybe explains it’s plaintive movements.
“The song is about loss and hope, the bittersweet gratitude of having had something worth losing. The title refers to a dormant volcano that Jess and Bram once hiked, at the top there was a misty lake that had replaced all of the heat and energy one expects from a volcano. It felt like a fitting image to describe the loss of a parent, a place devoid of the life that once filled it, yet still so sad and beautiful, literally the place where the fire used to be.”
It’s hard to mimic Tiger Mimic‘s tangents of melody with mood swing musicality bursting into rock noise joys. A clash of “the surf-tinged riffs of The Pixies and the soaring cinematic vocals of Anna Calvi,” in the mix, ensures they stand alone. Tiger Mimic are fiercely bold, pulling off dynamics that some bands might save while they develop. But if you’ve got it now, flaunt it now. They have. They do. So their giggingcalendar for this year was also looking lively. No spoilers, but; “2020”.
“For a while during lockdown things got quite hard, but it’s all getting a bit better lately, so we’ve been feeling inspired again. We are really looking forward to gigging again and going to gigs, nothing compares to that.
We miss all our music family and friends from the scene. Sending everyone love.”
Recently they signed to the incredible 31% Wool. An inclusive creative consultancy combining art, music, branding, design, marketing and management with events that become a consistent talking point. Many ArtBeat faves of TheZineUK in this collective. Jess R is also a poet hearted #StageStyle vision of the new rock’n’roll and she radiates grace and suss. More about that, soon, no doubt.
In the mean time, Tiger Mimic have recorded new material, including this single, with the previously mentioned producer Kevin Vanbergen (who has also worked with The Slits, Nova Twins, Nick Cave, Depeche Mode and Kid Kapichi). The plan is for these to be released throughout 2020.
Their spring single (“springle?”) release, ‘It Was Still Dark’, was played by John Kennedy on Radio X airplay alongside radio shows on Amazing and Boogaloo in UK and Scallywag Beats, USA) and many more. It is the interdependent artwork sibling of this latest release. With so much more up their sleeves, and more radio for the new single already, Tiger Mimic are off to a strong start with ‘Where The Fire Used To Be’.
Hear here!
Listen to Where The Fire Used To Be on Spotify. Tiger Mimic · Song · 2020.
Words: Caffy St Luce.
Doc update Summer 2020. Continuing #MusicWomen forging entertainment’s next multi media, Beatriz De La Pava Hucke‘s DIY TV interviews blossoming #FuturePicks Calva Louise and Strange Bones.
I was drawn like a moth to a flame by recent interview docs uploaded by Front Raw.
As a collective, TheZineUK have a thing for the band. There’s a wealth of newer wave art rising. Raw Front‘s capture is captivating how the Fertile Environment’s story tells itself. Even despite a hostile environment. Gigs are escapist home from home. We get through this pandemic tragedy, grateful to see good souls thrive and develop. Virtually with empathetically.
Beatriz reflects the lives with energised personal insight while asking the highly relevant question ‘Are we approaching the death of genres?’
Excited to share with you the Manchester band Calva Louise. In another small venue backstage conversation, we talked about the rock and roll life, which with...
Talking genres/genders, “Futuristic”, is NOW. The dystopian futures of science fiction are a reality. Lockdown sucks but safety first rocks. Our collective tapestry is woven from friends of all genders at events with guitars of many genres in the mix. Alternative art audio’s imagination inspires an action fraction of whatever’s next.
At The Garage (North London), Beatriz interviewed Calva Louise, a hard working, tangent-pulsing trio of passion. The short film with glimpses of the ecstatic live show, covers worth ethics and metaphors for life itself. From Raw Front‘s viewpoint as fan, the viewer is engaged on a personal level.
(A few amateur snapshots for the DIY diary from the night (The Blinders, Calva Louise, MOSES) where I met the friendly and very much “On It” Beatriz. Typically uncool-clumse, I accidentally interrupted the interview a bit, but ever professional and inclusive, the punchy Front Raw filming continued, including the reality. Beatriz is a seasoned multi media professional (and adventurer!). I am thrilled for Front Raw at the results. “The best interview we’ve done in I don’t know how long” (Calva Louise).
The choice of also interviewing Strange Bones is inspired. It feels like a front row seat as Beatriz reports “Their live show is ANIMAL”. I concur!
Strange Bones is a band from Blackpool, which is on the shores of the Irish Sea. Their live show is A NI MAL! One of the most powerful band I´ve seen in the ...
“It’s very exciting and even touching to witness the emergence of all these bands that are so… Banging” (Beatriz).
Agreed. Uniqulture watching what’s not under mainstream spotlights means we can report, hand on heart, that interdependence has gifted a credible, artist-first ethic to the entertainment world. Developing without being “moulded” makes it all anything but mouldy.
ArtBeat’s audiovisual cottage industry of broken Britain’s best bands means many friends were also at The Lexington to go crazy, then crazier, for Strange Bones,
As the band mention in the Raw Front interview, more females are pulling their own reins, on and off stage these days. Watching, I see glimpses of beloved faces. Another super talent, Sandy K. Moz, documented the gig photographically.
Hopefully, our myriad new dawns will find their way, post pandemic through whatever is left of our previous structures, uncomfortably uncompromised. We are a catalogue of promise. TheZineUK has witnessed artists recommending and supporting each other, fans becoming tour managers, drivers, assistants etc.
Organic necessity creating employment enjoyment possibilities. Our cast/contributors are a kaleidoscope. Check out Ragged Cult Magazine and Why Generation? for starters. More in Spring 2019’s #MusicWomen (r)Evolution.
Beatriz has definitely made a mar, recently also celebrating a year of BBC Minute in Spanish. Now on stations in Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela as well as on Spotify.
Time travel; Calva Louise‘s ‘I Wish’ (August 2020, video by Jess; guitarist/vocalist, produced/mixed by Bobby of Strange Bones). Beyond genres to tune-pulsed to hook – like engaging popular music tends to do.
Produced and mixed by Bobby Bentham Mastered by Mike Cave Video by Jess Allanic a.k.a Mescalitas http://calvalouise.com https://instagram.com/calvalouise htt...
2020’s apocalyptic panic erupts in hysteric volcanoes of negativity. Then… you play the new austerity’s arse kicking bangers, alongside the classics of any decade, and realise that we are fucked up and locked down but so lucky to be connected by three degrees of celebration. I see so much possibility. Beatriz is a thread of this tapestry, love your smile, lady. Xx
Front Raw, Beatriz De La Pava (YouTube)
Beatriz IG https://instagram.com/tu_patrona/
p.s. was just proof reading and saw this ace tweet, so adding it because what’s not to LOVE about the situationist rock opera reality of our stories.
Words: Caffy St Luce