Cherry Red Records releases a slew of reissues, special editions and box sets every month, Fighting Boredom have been checking out three that caught our eye this time. An Angelic Upstarts singles double CD compilation, a musical history of the… Continue Reading
Jeffk – Tar Golden Antenna Records Out Now Jeffk are a Leipzig-based dystopian post-rock instrumental band. Their second album Tar is out now, they say that “The album title TAR refers to mankind’s tendency to cover their paradise with concrete,… Continue Reading
We get sent stuff constantly, then we hear stuff reviewed on other sites, played on the radio, recommended by friends and as this deluge of sound falls on us we try and make sense of it. Fighting Boredom has decided… Continue Reading
An explanation first I think. This is not my albums of the year, I didn’t do an albums of the year list for 2022. It’s not that there weren’t excellent albums released, just that at the end of the year… Continue Reading
Sink or Swim Promotions presents Richard Pinhas – Attrition – Popcorn Double Feature Just Dropped In Records – Coventry – 19th November 2022 Richard Pinhas is internationally recognized as one of France’s major experimental musicians: the “father” of French electronic music.… Continue Reading
Attrition – Futumche! – Colossloth, The Arches Coventry, 23rd September 2022 Billed as a Night of Dark / Industrial electronics and experimental rock, the first gig put on by The Cage at the Arches Coventry promised to be a night… Continue Reading
Godspeed You! Black Emperor HMV Empire Coventry 17th September 2022 Supersonic Festival presented the excellent Godspeed You! Black Emperor in Coventry last weekend. They said ‘Since 1997, the Canadian collective have been pulling at the threads of late capitalism. A… Continue Reading
Fütumche! – A Healthy Dose Of Fear CD – DL Out Now Fütumche! describe themselves as ‘an alternative rock/post punk band formed in January 2016, Coventry.’ They released their new album earlier in 2022, Fighting Boredom have been fans since… Continue Reading
dälek – Holy Scum – Centrala Birmingham – 11th June 2022 dälek have been described as ‘absurdly loud 808s, speech elevated to the centre of a vocal performance or samples that are mangled and obscured beyond any possible recognition of… Continue Reading
The Bobby Lees – Birmingham – Hare and Hounds Kings Heath – 29th June 2022 Based in Woodstock N.Y. at least that is according to their tee shirts, The Bobby Lees are recent Ipecac (Mike Patton) signings, Debbie Harry is… Continue Reading