Category: News & Reviews
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Fifty years on and still pretty: Parachute (1970) by the Pretty Things deserves a top shelf spot in rock music history
In the concrete valleys the electric storm.We members of the midnight circus,Our bodies so brightly adornIn your long sedans and your Oldsmobiles,Through that slit in your face, you ask me,How it feels.Can you hear me, can you hear me,I’m a-telling you again.Daughters of Satan all stand in line,With their faces greased and a mouth full…
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FKA twigs lends Twitter account to Sex Workers Alliance Ireland
Last night singer-songwriter FKA twigs handed her Twitter account over to Sex Workers Alliance Ireland as part of a wider campaign to support sex workers’ rights and the organisations that advocate for the decriminalisation of the sex industry. Over the last few days she has been lending her account to sex worker led organisations worldwide,…
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Open call accepting written and visual work for Spread 003: The Anger Issue
We’re not shy when it comes to expressing ourselves here at Spread. As a feminist zine with an open attitude towards journalism and art, there isn’t room for tip toeing around issues. When it comes to tone of voice we endeavour to communicate a clear, passionate and well informed perspective for our readers. This time…
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Six releases from 2020 that nailed it (part one)
2020 may be a total garbage heap in terms of life in general (RIP all the gigs that should have been). Still, the music that has come out over the last six months has been beautiful, painful, soothing, fucking weird and hope restoring. I know that every year blows me away and I could talk…
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Grassroots compilation A Litany of Failures Vol. 3 now available to pre-order
The anticipated third volume of A Litany of Failures, a series of ambitious compilations of brand new music from acts across Ireland has been announced with 22 tracks and a release date of October 2. A Litany Of Failures began with the release of Volume 1 in 2016. This EP released on CD/Cassette featured Junk…
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The second issue of Spread has been released – download your copy
Issue Two: Data has today been released on Lazer Guided Reporter. You can download your copy of Spread now. A new forum for writers and artists, Spread launched at the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland Art Exhibition in December 2019 and received a warm welcome from the community. The first issue, of which 25 were printed,…
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How to pitch your music to Lazer Guided Reporter
There have been some rumblings on Twitter that generally present this argument: music journalists need to do more digging and more research into the artists that are making music, and look beyond mainstream publications for guidance as to who to write about, and what to say. Fair. I feel this. But I also feel that…
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The best music video from our time in lockdown: Drew Makes Noise, ‘Your Garden Grows’
After writing an ode to his garden, and to psychedelia, psych-pop-rock songwriter Drew Makes Noise created a video to accompany his latest single ‘Your Garden Grows’ which was released on June 11. From Belfast, Drew Makes Noise has wasted no time in planting a flag for his sound and drawing attention to his unique creative…
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“I don’t believe in the American dream”. Elephant Stone and a poignant message about today
Following the release of their 6th studio album earlier this year, psych-rock band Elephant Stone have crafted a DIY video for their song ‘American Dream’, filmed in frontman Rishi Dhir’s garage. The lyrics of the song conveys feelings of disappointment, despair and disenchantment with today’s world. They say that we got it real bad Thousands…
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French Ketamine’s Galway inspired ‘One Thing’
Galway four-piece French Ketamine were one of the earliest bands in the country to take a punt on releasing new music during the pandemic with their self-produced single ‘One Thing’. The single follows on from their 2019 self-titled EP and in the words of the band, “This new single tells many a tale about the…
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