Our Music Editor picks out some of the best tunes to have come out of our city recently...
Juga-Naut & David ‘Stickman’ Higgins – 16 Barz In A Bar at Ye Olde
Not content with being (maybe) the oldest pub in England, The Trip To Jerusalem can now boast another claim to fame – playing host to this father and son freestyle tag team. Recorded to promote the Breakin’ Convention festival that is going off in May.
Birthrights – Rebirth
Cerebral electronic brain tonic from the talented duo of CJ Mirra and Kirk Spencer, two of Notts most fearless sonic explorers.
Moths of Japan – Dream Sequence
Warm housey piano chords give way to a spectrum of sounds from whispers of guitar, wubbing bass, and fragmented vocals. The effect is both woozy and intoxicating.
Fudge Tunnel – Spanish Fly
Earache have just whacked up the back catalogue for these late eighties/early nineties heavy rockers. All of it is a must-listen, but we’ve gone with this from the classic Hate Songs In E-Minor. Frontman Alex Newport would go on to produce At The Drive-In and Death Cab For Cutie among others…
Grey Hairs – Capable Man
Following on from January’s Serious Business comes this newie, a skronky surfy garage rocker courtesy of a split 7” with fellow noise-mongers Part Chimp.
Shelter Point – Without A Light
A welcome and lush return from the duo determined to make the dance floor cry. Is that drum fill a Phil Collins reference? Answers on a postcard.
That Jimmy Person – Algorhythm
Mansfield house-head has offered up this lively shoulder-popper as a freebie via the Lighterworks label. Grab it nah.
The Idolins - Seasons
‘Whispering’ Bob Harris is a fan. And you can see why. This is has it all: majestic harmonies, soaring strings, a breezy country rhythm, a guy playing the acoustic guitar with an E-bow, and a bit of interpretive dance. And that Rob Rosa. He gets everywhere.
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