Amenra – De Doorn Relapse Records LP – CD – DL Out Now The latest release from Amenra is ‘a departure and a momentous act of deliverance. Stepping outside the run of albums titled Mass I-VI, De Doorn casts a… Continue Reading
Ellipse Promotion Present Charles Dexter Ward and the Imagineers, Thee Acid Tongue & The Big Sugars Coventry Square 1 – September 11th 2021 A year and a half on from my last gig and at long last I’m in a… Continue Reading
Hemi Hemingway – The Lonely Hunter PNKSLM Recordings LP – DL Out Now ‘London-based New Zealand artist Shaun Blackwell delivers a glittering six-track ode to sixties pop, as part heartbroken crooner, part emotional explorer, Hemi Heminway.’ Fighting Boredom have been… Continue Reading
Iceburn – Asclepius Southern Lord LP – DL Out Now Asclepius is the first album in twenty years from ‘ ever-evolving and adventurous collective Iceburn’ they say it ‘fuses elements of metal, jazz, psychedelia, and rock with a seamless flow, monolithic riffs,… Continue Reading
Terry Hall Presents Home Sessions The Pop Group & Dennis Bovell World Premiere of Y In Dub Coventry Cathedral Ruins 31st July 2021 As part of Coventry being city of culture 2021 lead singer of the Specials Terry Hall put… Continue Reading
Brodka – Brut [PIAS] Recordings LP – DL – CD Out Now Żywiec-born, Warsaw-based singer-songwriter Brodka has been and is a child prodigy, TV talent show winner, multi-platinum artist, pop provocateur and conceptual artist. She released her fifth album at… Continue Reading
Godspeed You! Black Emperor G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! Constellation Records LP – DL – CD Out Now Godspeed You! Black Emperor released their new album earlier this year, alongside a statement that I’ll post in full after the review.… Continue Reading
So 2020, Fighting Boredom attended two gigs. Before the world became a mixture of isolation, sitting at home staring at video calls and slowly losing mental well being. Martin Ward, our snapper, managed to do two sets of pictures this… Continue Reading
War On Women – Wonderful Hell Bridge Nine Records LP – CD – DL Out Now War On Women is a co-ed feminist hardcore-punk band. Formed in Baltimore, MD in 2011. They just released their new album, they see it… Continue Reading
GHXST – Dark Days EP Out Now DL Brooklyn based GHXST just released their new EP ‘Dark Days’ it’s described as ‘an exercise in restraint and volume.’ and “We hope someone blows out a speaker playing this record”. Fighting Boredom… Continue Reading