I suppose "occult rock" is a handy enough term for it, anyway; it's easier than stringing together "70's-influenced psychedelic doom rock" to describe the aural spells these wicked women weave. The Devil is bigger than ever (bigger than the Beatles!) and the chorus of converts singing his praises has grown louder with every Ghost album [...]
The noble Báthory family stemmed from the Hun Gutkeled clan which held power in broad areas of east central Europe (in those places now known as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania), and had emerged to assume a role of relative eminence by the first half of the 13th century. Abandoning their tribal roots, they assumed [...]

Ross Kemp eh? When he isn't terrorising the villains of Walford he's off following the army in Afghanistan or fearlessly investigating ultra-hard street gangs. So it's quite a surprise to find him releasing a folk/doom album ( This album is by ROSE Kemp – Baldy-Hardman/Musician Differentiation Ed ). Fuck! I had so many great Eastenders lines ready as well. But "Fuck" is a good way to start this review, as not only is it the opening word of the album (admittedly it's a beautifully delivered choral "Fuck" but it's a [...]

The Croft Bristol , Thursday 23rd July Team Brick smothered us in a noise tarp, the margins all torn aluminium and poltergeist clatter… broken beats and mangled rhythms - melody bypasses of the highest order. Full on, then artfully retracted, shifting the focus into some superb Islamic chant / carpet bombed rant, feedback swung into bottom end squalor… my ears were bruised appendages …The sax sucking at the microphone - a [...]

Gerald Edwards III -The Dump I'm not sure what is so dramatic about a heavy whole note dropped on the first beat of a measure to echo: 1... I'm not sure what is so compelling about the momentum of a fourth beat swinging into the first: 1-2-3-4 and 1. I'm not sure what is so intense about a note held across a measure and then again, again, and again with a breath on the four: 2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- 1-2-3. But I'm glad they mean so much more in [...]

hier ist immernoch baustelle, der header und ein paar kleinigkeiten stehen noch auf der pflichten-liste. foto von inkscar vorgestern waren woven hand zu gast in bielefeld. ziemlich kurzfristig habe ich mich entschlossen, dann doch hinzugehen. es war mäßig gefüllt. irgendwann rauschte eine dame in schwarzem bodenlangem kleid mit transparenten ärmeln, die dafür glitzerten, an mir vorbei und auf die bühne. da ich gesessen hatte, erhob ich mich (u.a. um besser zu sehen). die dame hatte etwas unheimliches an sich, vor [...]

We've had a bunch of CD's kicking around Indie Cred HQ that we've been meaning to review. I'm going to do a quick run through on some of them. The Ledge will follow this up with a couple of more detailed ones, hopefully this week. Seaside Surprise - Simon Connor First up we have the four-track Seaside Surprise EP by local Manc singer-songwriter Simon Connor . We saw Simon back in February opening for Light Syndicate and found him very enjoyable and very good with a [...]
Imagine the disappointment when I learnt Rose was a lady, when I first spotted this release I thought ex-Eastender and supposed hard man Ross Kemp had gone off the rails and made a snarling hardcore punk record. However my disappoint, was abated when TLOBF's Rich Thane admitted that Rose Kemp scared him more than a little bit. It was indisputably a reputation worth investigating further. There is an eerie atmosphere ...

Rose Kemp - 'Unholy Majesty' (One Little Indian) The worlds of folk and metal might at first seem to be widely different ones, but really, they're not at all. In the early seventies, when the three great pioneers of metal Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and the mighty Led Zeppelin all had roots that influenced what they were doing. Purple owed a fair bit to classical, which was why they sounded so goaddamn prog, Sabbath had started out as a Jazz band (listen to 'War Pigs' or 'Fairies Wear Boots') and Led Zeppelin drew not only on the blues [...]

The kind folks at One Little Indian have sent us the brand new single by Rose Kemp to offer you guys as a free download. 'Nanny's World' is the lead single taken from Kemp's eagerly awaited sophomore album Unholy Majesty - out September 1st. If you're not familiar with Rose Kemp, you can picture her music as if it had been made by the love child of Polly Harvey and Jack White. There are parts of the track, that scare the living shit out of me..seriously. It's all very spooky. Or maybe [...]
Quite guilty of not checking my email enough. This is the most refreshing track I've heard in so long. Rose Kemp - Nanny's World

She's british, she's only 22, and she has an impossible rich and reaching voice that sometimes is accompanied by shimmering electric guitars, sometimes looping itself into complex, sumptuous, harmonised hooks, or sometimes simply rising unadorned and a'cappella to silence a room. It was finally announced that the follow-up record to her debut album will be due sometime in Autumn. The new album is titled Unholy Majesty and will be preceded by the single "Nanny's World" officially out on June 30th. It's been said that Rose and her crew have been busy vigourously recording [...]

Just a quick track to share. Give it a spin and tell me it doesn't have Fiery Furnaces written all over it? (that's a good thing by the way) It's from an artist named Rose Kemp (no, I don't know a single thing about her), and is being released as a single next month (on the 30th). Head here to check out her previous releases. Rose Kemp - Nanny's World : Unholy Majesty Visit her label [...]
The temptation is to make some kind of poor, ill advised, typo based Eastenders joke about Rose Kemp . But I will resist. Instead I'll tell you that this song appeared in my inbox yesterday, suggesting I'd like her because I like PJ Harvey . Which is either a pretty damn good way to get me to listen or a stunningly optimistic set up for an inevitably disappointing let down. Luckily it's more of the former. But if I'm honest, while I can hear a resemblance to the rawness of Polly Jean's early records, [...]

Beck's Sea Change always sounds like fall to me. Here is a homonym from that release: Beck ~ Little One Rose Kemp ~ Little One Which song do you dig best? Or did I leave out your favorite "Little One" song? Leave a hullabaloo. Use some of you 25 FREE Downloads from eMusic to get more of Homonyms. Contest reminder: 3 Lucky WINNERS will get a host of Bob Dylan goodies!!!
I've decided I love songs by email, mostly because I don't have to host anything on my own space (unless it's worth it). Thanks, promoters, for saving my bandwidth! Cheyenne - So quintessentially indie - a guy who can't sing, some pretty good lyrics, etc., etc. Perks up a bit in "Write It Down In Red," with addition of female vocalist and harmonica, but mostly does nothing for me. However, I can see hordes of fanboys slavering over their new EP, "The Land Rush." Cheyenne - [...]
Another Thursday Graboid once again, but I couldn't help it too much as there were what would seem like an insurmountable amount of albums to go through. I gave fair warning last week, but really no one should be surprised about what has come out this week. When you look at these releases, there's just a little something for everyone's tastes so hopefully you find something you like out of here. I'm also pretty sure I didn't include many of other releases, so if you see one here that didn't make than please feel free to suggest it here. [...]

My long thought out list. The best music I have heard all year, and enjoyed consistantly. I've tried to make as many as possible downloadable, or at the least listenable. Where not available, have a look at The Hype Machine for mp3s. 1. Jamie Radford - You're so warm [ mp3 ] A perfect instrumental. The one song that hasn't gone way past it's best before date, it still sounds fresh, and it's just as unnerving. [...]

Photo : Jérémy C'était une soirée classique au Freebutt : on était venu pour le groupe tête d'affiche (Bat for Lashes en l'occurrence ce soir-là) sans connaître les premières parties. Pour tout avouer, je n'ai aucun souvenir du tout premier groupe… Mais la deuxième à se produire fut Rose Kemp : une fille qui débarquait toute seule de Bristol avec sa [...]