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Bróna McVittie Announces ‘ Supernatural’ — A New Album of Myth, Mystery and Cosmic Folk, Released to coincide with Halloween / Samhain on State 51 / Company of Corkbots Ulster singersongwriter, harpist and biologist Bróna McVittie returns this autumn with ‘Supernatural’, her fourth solo album and her most ambitious work to date: an immersive journey into the mythic imagination of Ireland and beyond. Released to coincide with Samhain, the ancient Irish festival when the veil between worlds grows thin, ‘Supernatural’ stands at the threshold between folklore and contemporary sound art, between ancestral memory and modern storytelling. Born in County Down,…
Originally published in Uncut Take 310 (March 2023 issue)… In February 25, 1998, Bob Dylan sauntered out on stage at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan to pick up the third Grammy Award of the night for his LP Time Out Of Mind. The record had already won Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, for the clamorous track “Cold Irons Bound”. But this was the main event: crowned Album Of The Year, seeing off nominees including Radiohead’s OK Computer and Paul McCartney’s Beatles-referencing Flaming Pie. The Grammys hat trick capped an extraordinary moment in Dylan’s career,…
Low-budget filmmaking can produce some impressive results, and there’s a lot about this new horror from Shogun Films to enjoy. Released on Blu-ray by 101 Films,Harbingeris one of those ‘group of people get slaughtered in a house’ type films, but they have added an original twist that the killings are being carried out by a possessed arcade machine called ‘Harbinger’, a variation on the Zoltar seaside ‘tell your fortune’ machines. Thus a group of documentary film makers descend on the house in which Julia (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott) lived and was attacked five years previously by a serial killer Henry Decker…
The story of a band piecing themselves back together is compelling, even though viewers experience little jeopardy; the sumptuously shot concert footage – often jump cut with work-in-progress studio scenes – and ecstatic crowd reactions from their first Sao Paolo stadium show indicating from the get-go that this particular saga ends in success. Which makes it strange that the omission in this Mission: Impossible is any band reaction to the fan backlash that followed both the general decision to carry on, and the specific one to appoint Emily, given controversies over her past. In the end, it doesn’t really matter:…
Former NY Loose frontwoman Brijitte West returns with a brand-new album, Brijitte West and the Greenowskis. Recorded in Italy with an all-Italian band, notably Wilko Zanni, guitarist and singer with Italian rock institution Rats, and Lester Greenowski, Italian singer, songwriter and bassist, the album features 14 tracks, including 12 new songs, a cover of the Dead Boys, All This and More, and an acoustic version of an NY Loose deep cut, The Luckiest Girl. Brijitte West says, “A lot of people think of me as an omniscient character – I’m sort of there, but I’m not there. This new album,…
A new film from the horror streaming channel Shudder … and apparently it’s based on a bestselling video game. I’ve never heard of it, but then I don’t ‘do’ computer games so I’m not the target market in that regard. I suspect though that this background is at the same time the film’s greatest strength and it’s greatest weakness. I’m reminded of other films taken from computer games where I’ve never played the games. Movies likeSilent Hill, Resident EvilandDoom. In each case the film makers took the apparent essence of the game, and managed to construct a decent plot around…
Directed by: Molly MannersWritten by: Rose Tremain, Miriam BattyeStarring: Marni Duggan, Galaxie ClearPoignant, heartfelt, and low-key, Extra Geography is the new coming-of-age comedy drama directed by Molly Manners. Based on the Rose Tremain short story, we follow Flic (Marni Duggan) and Minna (Galaxie Clear) as they navigate their tumultuous time as boarding school students on the precipice of adulthood.Initially traversing the school like they own the place, the pair set themselves the task of “falling in love” with the first person they lay eyes on (their geography teacher), Flic and Minna then begin to experience the anxiety-provoking yet inevitable growing…
Grime legend D Double E is heading to Bristol this Thursday (01.10.26) for an exclusive student-only party at Lakota, with Deliveroo and Wingstop joining forces for a one off night built around one question: can Bristol students master his legendary ad-libs?Taking place on Thursday 1st October, the event will see students challenged to deliver everything from “bud-a-bup-bup” to the unmistakable “bluku bluku”, with free tickets up for grabs through surprise challenges taking place across Bristol’s streets and university campuses. D Double E will even be out in the city himself ahead of the show, handing out some of the final…
Southampton born, London based artist Reuben Aziz continues his rise with new single ‘Real U’, a stripped back and deeply personal release that was already making waves online before its official arrival.First teased through a TikTok snippet, the track quickly gathered momentum before Aziz performed it at his sold out London headline show in August, where fans were already singing the chorus word for word. Built around gentle guitar-led self production and his soulful vocals, ‘Real U’ captures the small details of lingering attachment, with lines such as “I check your reposts every once in a while” giving the track…
After previewing it on his socials last month, Kodak Black shares his own version of Drake’s song “Little Birdie”. Kodak’s version is spelled as “Lil Birdie” and comes with an accompanying video. Hopefully, we can expect a new Kodak Black project to drop later this year. Listen and watch below: View Original Article Here
A Perfect Circle have shared a new single, To Whom It May Concern, and announced an extensive North American tour for 2027.The band’s second new release of 2026, To Whom It May Concern follows on from Starless, which was released in May. And guitarist Billy Howerdel promises that there’s “more to come” from the alt.metal supergroup, who also feature Tool/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan, Smashing Pumpkins James Iha, bassist Matt McJunkins, and Nine Inch Nails/Vandals drummer Josh Freese.”It’s exciting to finally get some new music out into the world,” says Billy Howerdel, “and seeing Starless reach No. 1 at rock…
Photo by Jon UleisThe Americana UK archives are not exactly rammed with Sufjan Stevens content. Andrew Frolish selected the sublime John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for his Chain Gang feature in 2022 (here). Otherwise, there are a few ‘guest appearance’ or ‘produced by’ mentions and the odd ‘reminiscent of’ comparison—and that’s about it. However, one can’t help but admire the ambition and creativity of this multifaceted multi-instrumentalist with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. So figuring out the reason for this paucity of AUK appearances could prove to be “a difficult pancake”, as the members of Flann O’Brien’s constabulary…