W.H. Lung - Every Inch of Earth PulsatesA huge thing for this record was to make it feel as close to our live show as possible, says Tom Sharkett of W. H. Lungs latest album. We didnt want it to sound live but we wanted to capture the excitement of the live performances. This is something that has become paramount to the group in recent years as they have undeniably blossomed into one of the most joyous and arresting live bands in the country. The reason Im in a band is to play live music,

Closer to grey

and leads than the world had ever imagined

as dancehall exploded onto the island

With that reintroduction and a full year of touring behind them

Recorded in the San Fernando Valley just a stones throw away from the infamous Van Nuys Blvd

Pip Blom’s ‘Welcome Break’ is  adamantly nothing to do with the present state of affairs

including a stirring adaptation of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring - and the results are dazzling

Emma Smith (violin

Kan Mikami: The Japanese outsider blues-folk musician and actor is interviewed by the LA-based saxophone player and composer Patrick ShiroishiThe Willies: And here we have thanks to Tyler Wilcox the most Maggot Brain type article

his latest endeavour - Abstract Concrete - is now primed to release this astounding self-titled debut via state51 Conspiracy

using the songwriting and guitar style of Mike Polizze to come up with a quicksilver sound touched on only briefly on previous records

yet twisted