Klammer is a band with, not only a rich history in music but an even richer knowledge of music. They not only know what works, they are what works. And this is none more present than in their new single titled ‘Being Boiled’. With a thick beat, wonderfully decadent guitars, and the rich deep and pound vocals of Paul (Poss) Strickland leading the way, ‘Being Boiled’ is that special drive and sonic assault that give a rush of adrenaline to the brain while staying steady enough to remain in your mind long after that initial listen. We have a brilliant anthem for the summer.
‘Being Boiled’ dropped June 3rd, 2019, on all digital platforms, including Bandcamp and their official store (more links below).
About Klammer
Hailing from Leeds, Klammer draws on the members’ shared love for all things angular, dark, loud and melodic. Previously described as the love child of XTC and Gang Of Four, they offer an enticing contemporary twist on the post-punk attitude, blending elements of goth rock, punk rock, and darkwave, all with dark pop sensibilities. You’ll find plenty of hooks and dark and edgy broodiness coursing through their sound.
Formed by UK Producer Steve Whitfield (The Cure/The Mission/Jane Weaver) in 2014, they have already released 3 albums to great critical acclaim, with last years ‘You Have Been Processed’ receiving fantastic reviews across the board. The singles ‘Modern God’ and ‘Spiral Girl’ off the album, both received airplay on 6 Music.
Having consistently played up and down the country both as a headline act and in support of some big-name bands (including The Skids, The Undertones, Richie Ramone, Chameleons Vox, Penetration, and The Membranes), they have also played at Rebellion for the last two years and The Great British Alternative Festival. Klammer is intent on consolidating their position as one of the country’s finest live Post Punk acts.
LINKS:
https://www.klammer.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/klammerband
https://twitter.com/klammerband
https://klammerband.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/klammer
https://www.instagram.com/klammerband
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOn5ov6NDaBtgdf-iA3LqQ/videos
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/klammer/id579352463
https://open.spotify.com/artist/25buSKBb5QaT31p8vKpxTV?si=JCDN3D5nQniIo0y71ASqAA
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Brocarde Releases ‘Last Supper’ Single (The Week in #Indie Segment)
London-based Brocarde has just released her new single Last Supper. Never one to focus on just one project, she also launches the Last Supper Clothing Collection (featuring lyrics from the single), Last Supper Photography Book and Last Supper photography ibook.
The track has been played on hundreds of radio stations all over the world including Kerrang! Radio and Planet Rock Radio – where it’s been played for over 5 weeks.
Brocarde always had a keen interest in performing and storytelling, but she didn’t launch her music career straight away. It was jewelry making that came first and it wasn’t long before word spread and her designs were spotted on Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
Riding the crest of the wave, she spent every waking hour making jewelry in the hope that the company would give her a platform to launch her music. The bigger the company grew, the more its ethos escaped her. The brand did provide her with a platform to launch music, but not the kind that cuts into your soul, not the kind that made her feel alive. So before she drowned in a sickly, sticky vat of bubblegum, she decided to burst her own bubble.
She closed the jewelry company and never looked back. She went to LA to finish the album she had started and discarded every song that she had previously written. Brocarde made a promise to herself that she would never compromise her vision, and to never be filtered for commercial success. During her time in the studio, her love for making clothing continued.
At this point in her life she was unshackled, supercharged and sassy as hell, so she created a brand called Twisted Bitches. She created t-shirts with slogans like “Pussy Power” and “No F*cks Given”. Her designs were modeled by rainbow haired girls and embraced by the “alternative” community, after being stocked on Dolls Kill.
The first song Brocarde wrote in LA was “Last Supper”. The song and her vision for it existed long before she stepped foot inside a recording studio, and every tiny detail was alive inside her head, from the video concept to the clothing she would be wearing. The song tackles her personal experiences with celebrity culture. It begs the listener to question their relationship with social media and loved ones, and it asks the all-important question “What will you consume at your last supper?”.
The video, written and directed by Brocarde takes the viewer on an uncensored journey and tackles a host of controversial issues such as cannibalism, religion, and abuse of power, which leaves them open for interpretation and discussion. It’s a twisted fairytale with haunting darkness that’s usually only present in horror movies.
Brocarde approaches music in a different way. She is genre-less. She uses instrumentation to capture the emotion in her words. She straddles a multitude of worlds; her vulnerable, fragile side is captured by an orchestra of delicately plucked strings; her full throttle sass makes you stand up and take note, and her angst and frustration marry with the heavy metal undertones.
Brocarde is cinematic, captivating and an artistic storyteller.
Last Supper is out now and the second single and album will follow later in 2019.
LINKS:
http://brocarde.com
https://www.instagram.com/brocarde
https://twitter.com/brocardemusic
https://www.facebook.com/brocarde
https://youtube.com/brocarde
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/last-supper-single/1451735351 -
Jammerzine’s The Week in #Indie for 5/24/2021
Exclusive interviews with The Neverlutionaries and Monta At Odds. Plus exclusives, premieres and new singles, albums, and videos from Evidence, Foxxglove, KARMACODA, Pastel Coast, Tony Steele & The Massacre, Janna Jamison, Matt Peach, and Molosser.
About The Neverlutionaries
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with The Neverlutionaries founder Christopher Harold Wells. Having released what I consider one of the most diverse albums in the last few years, The Neverlutionaries is as much Christopher’s music lab as much as it is music project.
Having cut his teeth and added his resume with some of the most prolific people in music, Christopher now demonstrates his extreme diversity with The Neverlutionaries new eponymous album filled with tracks that really make the album sound like it has multiple artists throughout. Like completely different bands. I have no other way to say it, so I just said it. Check out the playlist below.
In this interview, we talk with Christopher about The Neverlutionaries, the songwriting and recording process and how he maximizes his output, especially in this pandemic, as well as the next evolution for The Neverlutionaries.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/TheNeverlutionaries
https://www.instagram.com/theneverlutionaries
https://soundcloud.com/the-neverlutionaries
https://open.spotify.com/artist/761GJflRuZzXhuuCh9yaKD?autoplay=trueAbout Monta At Odds
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with Dedric Moore from Monta At Odds. today is a special day because their massive collaboration with fellow Record Machine labelmates The Republic Tigers titled ‘When I’m Gone’, featuring Teri Quinn is released!
In this interview, we talk with Dedric about everything remix, including comparing it with the original (both versions below) as well as the history of Monta At Odds, including the name, and what lies in store for the band! Enjoy!
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/montaatodds
https://twitter.com/montaatodds
https://www.instagram.com/montaatodds
https://www.therecordmachine.co/monta-at-odds
https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicTigers
https://twitter.com/republictigersAbout Evidence
Evidence has released his new single and video titled ‘Pardon Me’, from his upcoming album ‘Unlearning Vol. 1’. Laid back and leaned into, ‘Pardon Me’ delves into the mind of a musician as he releases his inner thoughts and trials of life. A lesson for all within the lyrics, the smooth backbeat makes a subtle message of life lessons learned and those learned better appreciated as Evidence appreciates all he’s earned and those around him.
Evidence’s new album, ‘Unlearning Vol. 1’, drops June 25th.
Check out our other features with Evidence HERE.
LINKS:
https://www.rhymesayers.com/evidence
https://www.facebook.com/misterevidence
https://twitter.com/evidence
https://instagram.com/evidenceAbout Foxxglove
‘Bad Timing’, the new song from Foxxglove, releases on May 14th. People say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but they never say it is at the beginning. That was the initial thought I got on that first listen to ‘Bad Timing’. Foxxglove’s vocals with stay with you long after this listen. This song will stay with you because of that alone. But the music has a future classic tinge to it where every note has its place and the hook has a purpose. I’m at a loss for words.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/Foxxgloveuk
https://foxxgloveuk.bigcartel.com
https://twitter.com/foxxgloveuk
https://www.instagram.com/foxxgloveukAbout KARMACODA
KARMACODA has released their new summer remix ‘Make Me The One’ by Peter Tanico (E39). From the upcoming album titled ‘Slow Down’, releasing May 28th, Peter gives an about face with the original version (video below) and gives it a march stomp dance floor beatdown musically enough to make it another track. Now with a new personality and tempo, ‘Make Me The One’ is reborn for a new mood, new audience, and that summer care free in a hopefully pandemic-free world.
LINKS:
https://www.karmacoda.com
https://www.facebook.com/karmacodamusic
https://twitter.com/karmacoda
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/karmacoda/id6085726?uo=4
https://www.youtube.com/user/karmacodaAbout Pastel Coast
Pastel Coast are set to drop their new single titled ‘Distance’ tomorrow. Pastel Coast are a band with personality and ‘Distance’ proves that. The originality of the track is only surpassed by the hook and that hook is an electropop monster that surrounds you through the speakers and engulfs you with a thickness and vivid sound that come from a band that are as much a group of songwriters as they are musicians. ‘Distance’ is a song that elegantly flows throughout.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/pastelcoast
https://www.pastelcoast.fr
https://www.instagram.com/pastelcoast
https://open.spotify.com/artist/41K4V4bBF3r8z9NS3Yr4HX?si=Sjv5jfmfQmudJGBLwt_zLA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGhqLCk0BgfIW-C0MMgQNg
https://twitter.com/pastelcoast_fr
https://soundcloud.com/pastelcoast
https://pastelcoast.bandcamp.comTony Steele & The Massacre
Tony Steele & The Massacre are set to release their new single titled ‘Invisible World’ on May 28th. Leaner and with a more rock and pop sound, Tony Steele presents a more accessible version of his massacre with a hook heavy track focusing more on guitar and his unique blend of vocals. This is definitely a solid evolution in his music.
Check out our other features with Tony Steele HERE.
LINK:
https://www.facebook.com/TonysteeleandthemassacreAbout Janna Jamison
Janna Jamison has released her new video for the song titled ‘Invitation To A Beheading’. Somewhat of a vivid cross between Wes Anderson and Marie Antoinette, the video becomes a beautiful anthesis to the song. And the song itself is a beautiful blend of Janna’s songwriting, signing, and musicianship. As I learned watching her exclusive interview with Sophia Ciravolo, Janna is an artist with a vision and a headful of originality waiting to be brought forth. And those are the artists that last.
Check out Janna’s links below because her new EP drops this August!
LINKS:
https://jannajamison.com
https://www.instagram.com/jannaj_
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MMoxh6MHAH5EZ5KhF4yVA?si=ZXq4dnNVTCCk09X4Z7gi7g
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/janna-jamison/1446839315
https://www.amazon.com/White-Guys-That-Play-Explicit/dp/B084FX9FFL
https://soundcloud.com/user-307356716About Matt Peach
Matt Peach has released his new video for the track titled ‘Crush’. With hints of glam rock and a touch of post-punk, Matt Peach gets the groove in the pocket with slyly sexy deliverance and gritty soul meant for the stage. Best when played live, but the video will more than do.
LINKS:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pcKGKJr927lUUPmH7dfII?si=FSlAaXZcQUOCkZcjEef57g
https://facebook.com/mattpeachmusic
https://instagram.com/mattthepeach
https://twitter.com/mattthepeachAbout Molosser
Molosser have released their new album titled ‘Appear’. Beginning as a cathartic musical journey, ‘Appear’ is dark, brooding, and, at times, very lucid musically and even spiritually on a certain level. Almost conjuring the spirits of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and a few other more obscure artists, not in style but in execution.
Filled with utterly unique chord changes and even more original vocal inflections, ‘Appear’ is most definitely an original concept. Even more so than an album. And that is what makes this an endearing set of songs.
‘Appear’ is out now.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/0Molosser0
https://www.evilear.com
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Soundbytes: Andy Cooper Exclusive Interview
‘The Layered Effect’ by US rapper/producer Andy Cooper offers a punchy reminder of the creative fun to be had in digging for breaks, stringing up loops and layering up strata of sound. Brimming full of delightful inflections from the world of Jazz, Easy Listening, Film Soundtracks and Hollywood voices, it’s a perfectly stitched sound patchwork that pays loving homage to the classic, funky days of early rap. A touching testimony to the joys of Hip Hop then and now.
More than just the skinny white dude who’s into old school beats, Andy Cooper has won his stripes after a twenty year stint with Hip Hop trio Ugly Duckling, then a couple more hanging out with The Allergies, not to mention the recent release of eight 7” singles, an EP and now his second solo LP. What is utterly charming is how enamored and respectful he is how it was at the beginning AND of how it still should be. Far from being the “old timer/delusional revivalist” he describes in ‘Last of the Dying Breed’, Cooper cares not about color or age, but that rap stays fresh, exciting, competitive, similar to a precious martial art.
For Andy, rap is a noble form. He’s a wordsmith extraordinaire, snappy and audacious, tipping his hat “to all the microphoners who still bring that dedication and expertise to their craft” and choosing to work with equally rapid sparring partners like Blabbermouf and MC Abdominal. Ownership of the genre is a constant theme throughout the LP. Like a contact sport, you punch and fight your way to the mic and once there “no one can take it from me”. Reverance is constantly being paid to the dons that went before, overtly Rick Rubin & the Def Jam crew, but covertly the Reggae sound systems and jazzers of old.
Not a sloppy note or shabby rhyme here. It’s an album that pops and fizzes with quirky beats and funky rhythms from start to finish. With production lines neater and sharper than a pair of sta press trousers, it’s impossible not to be seduced by the sheer buoyancy of the lyrics, beats, and intention. A refreshingly entire body of work with no low points, only head-nodding highs. It’s good to stumble across a Hip Hop album that has you giggling, thinking, singing and wearing out the soles of your shoes all at once.
LINKS:
http://www.youtube.com/user/uglyducklingvideos
http://www.instagram.com/andycooper75
http://www.facebook.com/acooper75
http://soundcloud.com/rocafortrecords/sets/andy-cooper-the-layered-effect/s-qKLg0
http://rocafortrecords.com