JOYZINE PREMIERE– HOLT – THE STORM

'a Goldilocks mix...the digital precision of beats & bass with the fluidity of HOLT's voice' '

Read my Joyzine review of HOLT's new single 'The Storm' and listen to the song a day before its release.

joyzine.org/2024/04/11/joy…

'(Analog Africa) have been panning for musical gold for over a decade now, releasing a bewildering array of great music'

Read my Joyzine review of Congo Funk! the AnalogAfrica compilation that mixes electric guitar, psych & funk in with Rumba beats.
joyzine.org/2024/04/09/alb…

10 QUESTIONS WITH MILLIE MANDERS
Hayley Foster da Silva put 10 Qs to Millie Manders (double A single ‘Angry Side’/‘Can I Get off?’ out now). Learn how it feels to be called god, what she would change about the music industry, & much more.
joyzine.org/2024/04/08/10-…

MMATSU

Joyzine Thank You for our first ever review! 🙏

'These mods & rackers are expert sound shapers'...'a happy electronic union'.

Read Paul F Cook 's live of the Rack Records launch party held at the Cube Cinema Bristol on 4 April.
joyzine.org/2024/04/07/liv…

Nina Richards
John Doran
Steve Davis

Our irregular feature LITTLE BUNDLES OF JOY shines a light on releases too good to let slip by.

LBOJ#3 with wilks, Bad Breeding, Annie Anxiety, Jody Prewitt, Zawose Queens, Library Card, Shameless, & MF Tomlinson.
joyzine.org/2024/04/07/lit…
Crass
Jody Prewett
Shameless Band SA

!!BANDCAMP FRIDAY!! No royalties so you can pick up '20 Years of Joy Vol. 1&2 with all profits going to
HOPE not hate

Featuring
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The Burning Hell
Piney Gir
@firestationsband
@deuxfurieuses
𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔢
@MJHibbet
Chemtrails (Band)
Healthy Junkies
joyzine.bandcamp.com

Looking forward to my spring UK & Ireland tour! Retweets hugely appreciated, and please buy tix in advance if you can. See sarahmcquaid.com/tour for newsletter signup and info/ticket links for all shows. Thank you so much! #concert #livemusic #keepmusiclive #whatson #events ->

VIDEO PREMIERE: MIKE GALE – UNSTEADY

Joyzine readers get a first chance to see the video for Mike Gale's 'Unsteady' a track with a 'dreamy melody' and 'abstract shapes'

joyzine.org/2024/04/04/vid…

Mike Gale

'Becca Beacon is just breaching adolescence when she hears ‘Love Me Do’ on her dad’s Bakelite wireless'...'a testament to the Swinging Sixties & its revolutionary groove'
Writer Avalon Vowles reviews Fab Four fanatic Fran Raya's book 'Beatles and Beacons'.
joyzine.org/2024/04/02/boo…

10 QUESTIONS WITH: INDIE CULT CLUB

Joyzine writer Hayley Foster da Silva gets to put 10 questions to John Pearman, organiser/creator of Southend's Indie Cult Club which is a mix of DJs and well-known bands.

joyzine.org/2024/03/31/10-…

#indiecultclub #southend

ON FILM: LIVE FOOTAGE OF SCROUNGE PLAYING THE JOYZINE STAGE AT THE NEW COLOSSUS FESTIVAL, NEW YORK

Huge thanks to & The Fine Print for capturing this footage of 𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔢 playing live on the Joyzine stage at New Colossus Fest.

joyzine.org/2024/03/31/on-…

'the song reaches a peak and goes into full on witchy jam mode'

Hayley Foster da Silva reviews ‘Eclipse’, the new single from French riot grrrl astrologers Pythies.

joyzine.org/2024/03/30/sin…

#pythies #riotgrrl

LIVE IN PICTURES: YARD ACT + GUSTAF AT O2 ACADEMY BRISTOL

Photographer Kai Wyeth was at the sold-out Academy show to capture Yard Act perform to a packed crowd. With support from Gustaf.

joyzine.org/2024/03/29/liv…

@yardactband
Gustaf
@o2academybris

'an audio experience that shapes, enhances and transforms mood and perception'

Read my Joyzine review of 'Megaliths' the dark ambient' new album from Welsh sound shaman Llyn Y Cwn. Out thru the Cold Spring label.

joyzine.org/2024/03/29/alb…

@ColdSpringHQ
#LlynYCwn
#ambientmusic

Perennial Joyzine favourite Stephen EvEns is back with 'Here Come The Lights', 'a quite frankly ridiculous record'. Read his blow by blow-track by track account of Casiotone noodling, songs about food, love, hang-over tunes & much more.

joyzine.org/2024/03/28/tra…

Stephen EvEns

INTERVIEW/PLAYLIST: CRO CRO LAND FESTIVAL ORGANISER ANGELA MARTIN LOOKS AHEAD TO THIS YEAR’S EVENT & SELECTS 12 TRACKS FROM ARTISTS TO LOOK OUT FOR.

joyzine.org/2024/03/26/int…

CroCroLand

'like having a floatation tank for your senses'

Read my Joyzine review of 'Golla Gorroppu' the ethereal new album from harpist Andy Aquarius.

joyzine.org/2024/03/25/alb…

#andyaquarius
Hush Hush Records

'amphetamine bongos drive songs at breakneck speed...flutes slink seductively...guitar licks are tight, horns are phat'

Read my Joyzine review of the compilation 'AFRICAMORE-The Afro​-​funk side of Italy' released by Four Flies Records.

joyzine.org/2024/03/24/alb…

Four Flies Records

'Mizu is our guide into an unfamiliar, but bewitching, forest landscape'

Read my Joyzine review of cellist and experimental artist Mizu's new 'awe inspiring' album ‘Forest Scenes’.

joyzine.org/2024/03/24/alb…

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