The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Feel It (Peel sessions 1998)

Having impressed us over the past nearly three years with their excellent first releases and their explosive concerts, it is now time to get our hands on the first complete work of A Victim Of Society. And its name is ''Distractions''.

Vagelis Makris and Fotis Ntouskas, in other words the two members of the band, manage to fit in their music the best moments of the bands that made us love rock n 'roll and at the same time to create a completely personal sound. Dark, dirty, neurotic, yet addictive, ''Distractions'' steps on the best music of the past but still sounds as fresh and contemporary, as few of its genre. Haunting guitars and loops that produce waves of rhythmic noise accompany the spunky vocals to create the perfect soundtrack for a nightmarish post-urban landscape. Recorded at Sonic Playground Studios by Nikos Triantafyllou and mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music Studio in New York, ''Distractions'' has all the makings to be a landmark album of the greek alternative scene.

''Distractions'' is out on vinyl including bonus cd and digital album from Inner Ear.

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Αφού μας εντυπωσίασαν τα τελευταία τρία σχεδόν χρόνια με τις εξαιρετικές πρώτες τους κυκλοφορίες και τις εκρηκτικές  συναυλίες που τις συνόδευσαν, έφτασε επιτέλους η στιγμή να έχουμε στα χέρια μας την πρώτη ολοκληρωμένη δουλειά των A Victim Of Society. Και το όνομα αυτής, ''Distractions''.

 Ο Βαγγέλης Μακρής και ο Φώτης Ντούσκας, τα δύο μέλη δηλαδή της μπάντας, καταφέρνουν να χωρέσουν στην μουσική τους τις καλύτερες στιγμές από τα συγκροτήματα που μας έκαναν να αγαπήσουμε το rock ‘n' roll, δημιουργώντας τελικά έναν τελείως προσωπικό ήχο.  Σκοτεινό, βρώμικο, νευρωτικό και συνάμα εθιστικό, το ''Distractions''  ενώ πατάει πάνω στις καλύτερες στιγμές της μουσικής του παρελθόντος, ακούγεται και είναι τόσο φρέσκο και σημερινό, όσο λίγα πράγματα.  Κιθάρες που σε στοιχειώνουν αμέσως, λούπες που παράγουν κύματα ρυθμικού θορύβου και συνοδεύουν τα ψυχωμένα φωνητικά, δημιουργούν το ιδανικό soundtrack για ένα εφιαλτικό μετα-αστικό τοπίο.  Ηχογραφημένο στο στούντιο Sonic Playground από τον Νίκο Τριανταφύλλου και με το mastering να έχει γίνει από τον Jamal Ruhe στο West West Side Music Studio στη Νέα Υόρκη, το ''Distractions'' έχει όλα τα φόντα να αποτελέσει έναν δίσκο-σταθμό για την Ελληνική δισκογραφία.

Το ''Distractions'' κυκλοφορεί σε βινύλιο με bonus cd και digital album από την Inner Ear.


A Victim Of Society - Enough Said

From the forthcoming album "No Time" available July 29th on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Soft Walls - Never Come Back Again

From GOAT's forthcoming full-length, 'Commune', out 9/23 on Sub Pop.

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Hide From the Sun

GOAT - Hide From The Sun

Taken from the forthcoming 2nd album, 'The Lucid Dream', released 30th March 2015 (CD/DL via Holy Are You, vinyl via The Great Pop Supplement). 

Saturday 7th February: Wrexham Un Deg Un: http://m.seetickets.com/event/the-lucid-dream-at-psych-club-wrexham/un-deg-un-arts-space/830487

Thursday 12th February: Bristol The Mothers Ruin: http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/eventdetails.aspx?e=7643

Friday 13th February: Liverpool The Magnet: £3, entry on the door.

Saturday 14th February: Manchester The Roadhouse: http://m.seetickets.com/event/the-lucid-dream/the-roadhouse/828869

Friday 20th February: Newcastle The Cluny 2: http://m.seetickets.com/event/the-lucid-dream/cluny-2/828826

Saturday 21st February: Carlisle The Brickyard: http://m.seetickets.com/event/the-lucid-dream/the-brickyard/828863

Tuesday 24th February: London Birthdays: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/298756

Wednesday 25th February: Paris (FR) L'Espace B 
Thursday 26th February: Clermont Ferrand (FR) Le Beraka 
Friday 27th February: Brescia (IT) Lio 
Saturday 28th February: Torino (IT) Magazzino sul Po
Monday 2nd March: Wien (A) Fluc 
Tuesday 3rd March: Feldkirch (A) Graf Hugo 
Wednesday 4th March: Basel (CH) Klub Kashemme
Thursday 5th March: Freiburg (DE) Slow Club 
Saturday 7th March: Liège (BE) L'Escalier 


Cold Killer

‘Ill’ features on FEWS’ debut album ‘Means’, out May 20th. Pre-order and get 3 tracks instantly: found.ee/meansitunes

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Gringo and Faux Discx are set to release an expanded version of HOOKWORMS debut EP on CD and digitally on March 4th 2016

Pre-order: http://gringorecords.limitedrun.com/products/566096-hookworms-hookworms-ep-bonus-tracks-cd

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A reissue of a 7 track expanded version of Hookworms 2011 self-titled debut EP off the back of two critically acclaimed albums - 2013's Pearl Mystic on Gringo and 2014's The Hum released worldwide on Domino arm Weird World – is both a marker from where Leeds five-piece have subsequently hurtled forwards from, but also a document and proof of the undeniable character that they've never allowed to waver even as all around them has changed.

The EP contains the first tracks the group ever recorded in vocalist and producer MJ's original Suburban Home Studio, with the group just a handful of local shows into their existence – one such show, supporting Sun Araw lead to its original release.  "It was a very exciting time for us," bassist MB recalls. "MJ having his first studio meant we'd gone from practicing in a tiny basement and receiving noise complaints to having a place where we could do what we wanted. We played with Sun Araw just as we were finishing the EP and Cameron Stallones enjoyed our set and asked to hear any recordings - then subsequently released it on cassette."

Hookworms have long since evolved into a mighty beast, live able to fill cavernous warehouses with a vitriolic form of kosmiche, as when headlining Liverpool Psych Fest, or when supporting fuzzy legends Slowdive during their 2014 comeback. Hookworms as a listen though already has in place several of the traits that have helped elevate them – the strutting bass and four note repetition of Teen Dreams is pure Modern Lovers, mining the group's 60's garage and proto-punk influences and mixing them with a caustic modernity. It's the only track that still makes an occasional appearance live; another highlight is the rolling bass thunder of I Have Some Business Out West crackles with the energy of an approaching storm: "Our gear wasn't as good back then so we did quite a bit of re-amping and post-production," MB comments. "The EP was basically a playground for experimentation with a bunch of new guitar pedals we'd recently acquired."

In addition, the reissue comes with additional early and rare recordings - the drone heavy initial version of Form and Function, which would appear on a split 7" alongside Nottingham-based peers Kogumaza, plus the swaggering rumbles of The Correspondent – which appeared on 2012 Sonic Cathedral compilation Psych For Sore Eyes. The former is a premonition of phase two of the band, foreshadowing the heavier, dense sound around Pearl Mystic; the latter still sounds like a wonderful outlier – which says something for a band whose boundaries have forever stretched towards the horizon.

MJ would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the support, help and donations he has received after his studio in Leeds was flooded over Christmas. The band had been working on new material at Suburban Home Studios prior to the flood. 

Tracklisting:

Medicine Cabinet
Teen Dreams
I Have Some Business Out West
Resolution
Form and Function (originally released on a split 7" with Kogumaza on Gringo)
Deu (originally released on cassette Spur: Volume One compilation, Magnetic Tapes)
The Correspondent (originally released on Psych For Sore Eyes 7")

HOOKWORMS – Teen Dreams

TRAAMS - A House On Fire

Exclusive new track from Boston's Rock Blues Duo, Mr. Airplane Man (Tara on Drums, Margaret on Vox and Guitar). And what a journey they have embarked on. From their deep blues lo-fi beginnings on Sympathy For The Record Industry(2001), to recording in Memphis with Greg Cartwright and Doug Easley (2004). A few kids and a decade later, they are back! Touring and releasing new songs and compilations of unreleased recordings. This one is brand new, and an album is coming soon on...Sympathy For The Record Industry!

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Mr. Airplane Man - "I'm In Love" (2017)

After what seemed like years of waiting Dead Rabbits have finally put the finishing touches to their triumphant debut album 'The Ticket That Exploded"

Dead Rabbits - It's All In Her Head

from One Track Mind on Sacred Bones Records
http://sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr089/

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Live bookings: rob@progressiveartists.co.uk
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Formed in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 2008. 3 albums, 1 EP, 6 singles later...
Press from Uncut, Mojo, Drowned In Sound, Q, Artrocker, Les Inrocks, The Skinny, The Quietus etc.
Radio from BBC 6 Music (Lauren Laverne, Marc Riley (inc. 2 sessions), Steve Lamacq, Stuart Maconie, Gideon Coe, Nemone, Tom Robinson), BBC Radio 2 (Huey Morgan), BBC Radio 1 (Huw Stephens).



'more than a psych band, a cut above.' Uncut Magazine 

'they've quietly found themselves elevated into the psych scenes premier league. 'Compulsion Songs' aims for and eventually reaches the stars. 8/10.' Drowned In Sound 

'when they go pedal-to-metal it rarely fails.' Mojo Magazine 

'The Lucid Dream are rapidly becoming major players in an ever-increasingly crowded psych scene..utterly seductive.' The Quietus 

'Motorik psychedelia at its finest. The Lucid Dream have stepped up. 8/10.' Classic Rock Magazine 

''Mona Lisa' - critics favourite tracks of 2015 playlist.' The Observer 

'yet again these phantaseers proffer seven 24 carat nuggets to pebble-dash your minds landscape. 5/5.' Music News 

'A resolute triumph. 5/5.' Artrocker 

''Compulsion Songs'' cements The Lucid Dream's reputation as the UKs best psychedelic operators by a considerable distance.' Bearded Magazine 

'You are listening to the most important band in Britain right now. It is in the realm of the post-punk classics that we must place this album.' Colourhorizon 

'they're from Carlisle but sound like they're from L.A.'
Huey Morgan, BBC Radio 2

they're The Lucid Dream, and I love them.'
Stuart Maconie, BBC 6 Music

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