Arrest! Charlie Tipper – The Astonishing Rise of Charlie Tipper Breaking Down Recordings 2 x CD/ DL Three name changes since 2013 have led to this album from the Bristol based harmonic storytellers Arrest! Charlie Tipper, this is a compilation… Continue Reading
Rainbow Grave – Death Pyramid / Orthodox – Spain Is The Place God Unknown Records 7″/ DL Also part of the God Unknown Singles Club Volume 3 God Unknown Records have gathered the cream of the underground for their limited… Continue Reading
Velvoir – Jackboot DL Out Now Velvoir introduced themselves to fighting boredom as a “trans-fronted, Art rock/psychedelic band from Newcastle upon Tyne”. Their Bandcamp page describes them as “Grooving Cynicism & Sophisticated Filth”. Both descriptions work well for us. Their … Continue Reading
Fighting Boredom has made no secret of our love of Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival. Three days of brilliant music, pop-up events, art and much more. This year “championing an array of ambitious, fiercely independent, and progressive artists, each committed to doing things… Continue Reading
Temple Black – Labyrinthine DL Out Now Coventry based Temple Black have been together since 2013, they have been “treading a blurred line between the sub genres in rock & metal.” They recently released Labyrinthine, an album that, as they… Continue Reading
JK Flesh Whirling Hall Of Knives The Workman’s Club, Dublin 17th February 2018 Justin Broadrick has been a part of the music Fighting Boredom loves for as long as we can remember. From Godflesh to Jesu, Techno Animal to Council… Continue Reading
Alternative Sound – Volume 1 – Various Artists Coventry Music Museum Records CD/ DL Out Now The Coventry Music Museum is a work of love. It’s a space to discover all about the wealth of music that has come from… Continue Reading
Chicken Diamond – Skeleton Coast Beast Records CD/ LP/ DL Out 26th February French Manic Blues One Man Band Chicken Diamond has a new album out, the arid sounding Skeleton Coast. He describes himself as ‘Raw Blues’ and it doesn’t… Continue Reading
Yr Poetry Lost Boys DL Out Now Yr Poetry are a Birmingham based duo who play highly energetic punk with very infectious pop hooks bubbling just under the surface. Fighting Boredom have caught them a few times and we like… Continue Reading
Colossloth – Heathen Needles Cold Spring Records CD / DL Out Now Colossloth released his second album late last year, the record ‘continues his esoteric sonic crusade of volatile yet absorbing audio textures. Cold electronica, with swathes of rhythmic power… Continue Reading