Not Richard & Her Majesty: "Everything Explodes" video

Neo art-glam rockers Not Richard & Her Majesty made a video for Everything Explodes, a track from their debut EP Not Hot: "The music is deceptively upbeat, which means that casual listeners will miss the pet peeves and emotional turmoil that are the main subjects for the lyrics. Enjoy as is fine, but there quite a few layers to explore, some of them hidden behind bravado and a dry sense of humour." The background footage was filmed at the lead singer's parents' wedding.

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HCTF review of Not Hot

Matt Tecu + Fernando Perdomo: Getting Warmer

Multi-instrumentalists Matt Tecu Fernando Perdomo have switched places on the credits of their new album Getting Warmer, as if to indicate they are equal partners once more on the follow-up for their debut release Art. Both them are in demand musicians in LA, who can play pretty much anything, but having an outlet for their own music every now and then can be liberating.

The ten tracks are smooth and sometimes blatantly sexy, taking cues for late night funk and sophisticated jazz. It is not muzak, although it comes close it, but that is by design. The music undulates like silk sheets wrapped around a couple going at it, with some rougher patches to indicate that things are getting really hot and steamy.

Zebra Crossing Sounds: Five Symbols At Your Door

English singer-songwriter Chris Spurgeon's new album Five Symbols At Your Door by his one-man project Zebra Crossing Sounds deals with hurt, loss and anger. Growing up in the Nineties gave him a taste for towering post-punk meets prog-metal (Lies), introspective, soft-spoken college rock (Streetlight) and a craving for genres that popular before to give a voice to the nagging feeling that he missed out on some great music (The Blitz Kids).

Whatever style he tries his hand on, it is always his voice that is front and center. He can reach the higher notes quite easily, giving him the opportunity to go through hills and valleys, the ups and downs that are part of his emotional make-up. Quiet desperation at its finest.

Words about music (800): John Cale

I don't view audiences as amoeba in a petri dish, that you can just sort of nudge around and play with. It's more like - it's a combination of what the audience wants and what you can give them. You've really got to bring them with you. It's really great when you do a song that everybody knows but they don't recognise it because the arrangement is so different and then it dawns on everybody and it becomes something else entirely.

John Cale

John Watts & Katie Freudenschuss: "No Bohemia" live video

Watch John Watts and Katie Freudenschuss perform No Bohemia at the Ebertbad in Oberhausen, Germany on March 26, 2025.

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