The Music Room

WILD NOTHING announce ‘Empty Estate’ EP out Monday 14th May on Bella Union

April 23, 2013
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Fresh out of the desert for their Coachella debut, WILD NOTHING return with Empty Estate, the follow-up EP to the critically acclaimed “Nocturne”, which received several year-end accolades including album of the year in Under The Radar and iTunes. The 7-song EP was recorded in Brooklyn at Gary’s Electric by Al Carlson in January...
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Rob Palladino interviews Matt Thomas of The Joy Formidable

April 5, 2013
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Our own resident drummer Rob Palladino interviews another drummer, Matt Thomas from the Welsh alternative power trio The Joy Formidable. Dummers talking drums, and drums, and more drums. A real joy indeed!
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Album Review : “Bush Live”

March 4, 2013
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Bush have always kind of passed me by for some reason. They’ve been on my personal periphery for donkey’s years but have released some decent material in that time. They were around in the nineties when I was plying my trade in the same indie/alt/rock arena as these guys. I knew...
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Album Review : Dio : Dream Evil

March 3, 2013
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Bloody hell fire, this takes me back a bit. Let’s not do half measures here. I was a metal kid in the late 70s/early 80s. While virtually living at Hammersmith Odeon and the old Marquee Club, I saw band after band after band. You name ‘em, I probably saw ‘em. Rush, AC/DC,...
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Album Release & Exhibition – ‘Luftbobler’

February 25, 2013
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The much anticipated debut solo album by British artist Dinos Chapman is officially released today Monday 25 February, on gatefold vinyl, CD and digital by The Vinyl Factory. To celebrate the release date there are two more tracks ‘Sputnik’ and ‘He has no method’ available to stream on Soundcloud today. Also this week, Thursday...
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Album Review : The Joy Formidable : Wolf’s Law

February 6, 2013
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It’s not often that I come across new music in whatever form and scream “WOW!” at the top of my voice. Not that it happened with Welsh power/alternative trio The Joy Formidable either. My reaction was more of a silent jaw-drop than anything else.
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