Do we get lost when the soldier is libido
You can’t buy me now that I am free now
One good moment
Take take take to feel now
Don’t drive me away, I could be so fun

As Donzii prepare to hit the road with Adult., they’re not easing into the tour with a polite little handshake and a merch-table smile. They’re kicking the door open with Bird, a track that feels like it was engineered to ricochet off club walls and rattle rib cages. For a band with a reputation for turning live shows into something closer to theatrical possession than standard gig routine, it’s a sharp way to mark the first night out.

Bird is sleek, dangerous, and sensuous. The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Miami outfit has already built its name on spectacle, mood, and a wild performance instinct; here, they bottle some of that lightning. This track is aimed squarely at the club, but it carries enough bite to leave a mark by closing time.

The synths come in with a hard, bright smack, the beat keeps shoving from below like a bad idea you know you’re going to follow anyway, and the guitar slices through the machine throb with just enough abrasion. You can hear Boy Harsher and IDLES as reference points, as well as a dash of Virgin Prunes, though Donzii sound less like they’re borrowing from any particular sound than mashing these temperaments into the same combustible little engine. Bird flutters and flaps with dance-floor purpose, though there’s still enough strain in the performance to keep it from going cold.

And yes, it has a concept, but nobody needs to run from the room waving their arms because the art kids brought theory again. The dream of flight at the center of the song gives it lift without making it precious. You feel that tug throughout the arrangement, that urge to rise above the stale rituals of work, consumption, and low-grade spiritual anesthesia while the floor keeps hauling you back with another kick drum thump. It’s about wonder, escape, and the sorry fact that modern life has trained plenty of people to treat wonder like an inconvenience.

The band explains it plainly enough: “This song was inspired by a dream Jenna had where she had figured out how to fly! She thought it was insane and incredible, but no one seemed to bat an eye or care. Rather than a commentary on ego- this dream reflects the often disaffected approach people have toward the wonder of life. It’s not just about driving a car to work and buying shit. Life is an ecstatic ecstasy! Every breath is so insane and precious. Bird is an expression of wanting to maintain that wonder and share it.”

That spirit comes through. Bird has muscle, mood, and a welcome streak of mania, and it also suggests that Kaliedoscopic may have more on its mind than merely keeping the dancefloor hoppin’.

Listen to Bird below and order the single here:

Tour Dates:

• Apr 10 Pittsburgh, PA @Spirit Lodge
• Apr 11 Baltimore, MD @Ottobar
• Apr 12 Brooklyn, NY @Good Room
• Apr 14 Raleigh, NC @Kings
• Apr 15 Atlanta, GA @The Earl
• Apr 16 Jacksonville, FL @Jack Rabbits
• Apr 17 Orlando, FL @The Social
• Apr 18 Miami, FL @TBA
• Apr 21 New Orleans, LA @GASA GASA
• Apr 22 Houston, TX @White Oak Music Hall
• Apr 23 Austin, TX @29th Street Ballroom
• Apr 24 San Antonio, TX @Paper Tiger
• Apr 25 Denton, TX @Rubber Gloves
• Apr 28 Albuquerque, NM @Sister
• Apr 29 Phoenix, AZ @Rebel Lounge
• Apr 30 San Diego, CA @The Casbah
• May 01 Los Angeles, CA @Masonic Lodge (Hollywood Forever)
• May 02 San Francisco, CA @Rickshaw Stop
• May 04 Portland, OR @Mississippi Studios
• May 05 Seattle, WA @Barboza

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Australian singer-songwriter Phil Jamieson has today announced a huge new chapter in his solo career, unveiling his brand-new single Weekends (out now), alongside news of his forthcoming sophomore album 10Charlie (presave here), set for release August 14.

To celebrate the album, Jamieson will embark on an enormous tour of Australia, PJ AIR, hitting venues across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. With more than 40 shows nationwide, PJ AIR is one of Jamieson’s most ambitious solo tours yet. Tickets go on sale at 9am local time on Monday 13 April from www.philjamieson.com.au/.

New single Weekends offers the first taste of 10Charlie, a record that sees Jamieson diving deeper into his storytelling instincts, blending reflective lyricism, ambient guitar textures and that unmistakable voice that has defined Australian alternative music for decades.
“Weekends. It’s a destination. It’s a place among the tall pines. It’s a restaurant / bar / coffee shop / diner. You can go to Weekends on a Monday. It’s a place to agree or disagree,” explains Jamieson. “The song is built around intimacy and hope. And it has some fun guitars.”

10Charlie represents Jamieson at his most personal and direct, capturing moments of introspection and transcendence. Reuniting with producer Oscar Dawson and featuring collaborations with artists including Davey Lane, Rob Muinos, Ben Edgar and Soph Ozard, the album is at times both meditative and furious; as Jamieson presents stories of reflection fueled by moments of introspection and an overall commitment to pouring into one’s own elevation and fulfilment. 10Charlie weaves its way through melody and nuance with ease, matching Jamieson’s signature charisma and frenetic energy as a rock vocalist and musician. “This album is much more personal than my first record. In times of intense turbulence, I’ve written what I’ve needed to hear,” Jamieson says. “It’s a balm for my soul. 10Charlie is a boarding pass. You are not in the exit row, your luggage can be stored under the seat in front of you. Please follow all cabin crew directions and fasten your seat belt for take off.”

The PJ AIR tour will see Jamieson taking the new songs, alongside fan favourites from across his catalogue, to communities and venues throughout Australia. From breweries and theatres to beloved local pubs, the tour celebrates the grassroots venues and music scenes that have always been at the heart of Australian live music. Excited to perform his new album for fans in every pocket of Australia, Jamieson enthuses,“PJ AIR is a BIG adventure. My co-pilot is Ricky Albeck and I can’t wait to play for you all. Songs will be sung and stories will be told.”

Weekends is out now.
10CHARLIE will be released on Friday 14 August, and is available to presave here.
Tickets to the PJ AIR tour go on sale at 9am local time on Monday 13 April from www.philjamieson.com.au/.

STREAM: WEEKENDS
PRESAVE: 10CHARLIE

PHIL JAMIESON – PJ AIR Tour
with special guests
Tickets from www.philjamieson.com.au/
THU 11 JUN – LEICHHARDT HOTEL, ROCKHAMPTON QLD
FRI 12 JUN – HARVEY ROAD TAVERN, GLADSTONE QLD
SAT 13 JUN – GRAND HOTEL, CHILDERS, QLD
SUN 14 JUN – METROPOLITAN HOTEL, MACKAY QLD
THU 18 JUN – MOUSE PROOF BREWERY, TOOWOOMBA QLD
FRI 19 JUN – NORTON MUSIC FACTORY, CALOUNDRA QLD
SAT 20 JUN – VINNIES DIVE, SOUTHPORT QLD
THU 25 JUN – TANSWELL’S HOTEL BEECHWORTH VIC
FRI 26 JUN – SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE VIC
SAT 27 JUN – YOUNG STREET TAVERN, FRANKSTON VIC
FRI 03 JUL – THEATRE ROYAL, CASTLEMAINE VIC
SAT 04 JUL – EUREKA HOTEL, GEELONG VIC
THU 09 JUL – THE SCENIC HOTEL, NORTON SUMMIT SA
FRI 10 JUL – ED CASTLE, ADELAIDE SA
SAT 11 JUL – PORT LINCOLN BREWING CO, PORT LINCOLN SA
WED 15 JUL – CABARITA BOWLO, CABARITA SA
THU 16 JUL – ELTHAM HOTEL, ELTHAM NSW
FRI 17 JUL – WOOPI BREWING CO, WOOLGOOLGA NSW
SAT 18 JUL – BELLINGEN BREWERY, BELLINGEN NSW
SUN 19 JUL – FINNIAN’S, PORT MAC NSW
THU 23 JUL – LA LA LA’S, WOLLONGONG NSW
FRI 24 JUL – MILTON THEATRE, MILTON NSW
SAT 25 JUL – FUN TIME PONY, CANBERRA ACT
THU 30 JUL – HAMILTON STATION HOTEL, NEWCASTLE NSW
FRI 31 JUL – FLOW BAR, OLD BAR NSW
SAT 01 AUG – THE WHALERS, MOSMAN NSW
SUN 02 AUG – AVOCA BEACH THEATRE, AVOCA BEACH NSW
FRI 07 AUG – THE DECK TRARALGON, TRARALGON VIC
SAT 08 AUG – LIVE AT THE BUNDY, BUNDALAGUAH VIC
SUN 09 AUG – SOCIAL CLUB, BALNARRING VIC
THU 13 AUG – CROWBAR, BRISBANE QLD
FRI 14 AUG – SHOTKICKERS, MELBOURNE VIC
SAT 15 AUG – HEAPS NORMAL HEALTH CLUB, SYDNEY NSW
THU 20 AUG – THE ROYAL OAK, LAUNCESTON TAS
FRI 21 AUG – FORTH PUB, FORTH TAS
SAT 22 AUG – ALTAR BAR, HOBART TAS
THU 27 AUG – MOJOS BAR, FREMANTLE WA
FRI 28 AUG – FROTH CRAFT BREWERY, BUNBURY WA
SAT 29 AUG – THE RIVER, MARGRET RIVER WA
SUN 30 AUG – INDIAN OCEAN HOTEL, SCARBOROUGH WA
SAT 05 SEP – ALICE SPRINGS BREWING CO, ALICE SPRINGS NT
THU 10 SEP – TANKS ART CENTRE, CAIRNS QLD
FRI 11 SEP – THE WAREHOUSE, TOWNSVILLE QLD
SAT 12 SEP – MAGNUMS, AIRLIE BEACH QLD

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It’s a story of spiritual triumph, of struggle and perseverance, of optimism and loss. When THE ALARM started work on their new record, the Welsh ensemble’s singer Mike Peters knew he was about to die, and still he hoped experimental … Continue reading →

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The scene is set

There are candles on the bed

The jacuzzi burps up

Something that’s dead

Charles Rowell has long seemed driven by deeper compulsions than pose or poster mythology. Since 2008, he has kept himself in motion, shifting through bands like Crocodiles, Flowers of Evil, and Issue with relentless momentum. That same charge runs through Crush of Souls. It is all over Sudden Death, the new single from Captive Youth, the project’s third album, arriving only a year after Lézire with the force of someone treating stagnation like a death sentence.

This track carries real bodily force. Rowell steps away from the sepulchral drag and nocturnal romance of earlier Crush of Souls material and drives headlong into the steel-ribbed throb of old-school EBM, 80s synthpop,  and 90s industrial dance music. The beat hits with the blunt certainty of machinery in motion, while the basslines stalk and surge with warehouse intent. The reference points are clear enough to be useful: Technique-era New Order, Nitzer Ebb’s stern propulsion, Psychic TV in ceremonial overdrive, Anne Clark’s urban chill.

Sudden Death is the diseased centerpiece of the forthcoming album, turning escape into rot and pleasure into punishment. A holiday setting curdles into a fever dream of salt, sex, heat, and decay, until every attempt at release feels contaminated. The song locates the strange point where leisure becomes claustrophobic, and desire starts carrying the scent of disaster. That is the track’s real trick: it understands how closely lust and annihilation can sleep beside each other, and it sells that proximity with style, bile, and a wicked sense of theatre. The imagery is humid, damaged, and faintly absurd in the best possible way, as if luxury itself has begun to decompose.

The video by Michael Zimmerman, filmed by Laure Marie Rowell, meets the song on exactly the right terms. Gothic and psychedelic, it presents a performance piece that feels smeared at the edges, as though the image were beginning to break down under the pressure of its own excess. That visual treatment suits the music well because Sudden Death is an album steeped in contamination. Politics, sexuality, dislocation, memory, and bodily appetite all get dragged through the same glamorous gutter.

Watch the video for Sudden Death below:

As album number three, Captive Youth feels both like a revision and a reanimation: a hard, danceable record animated by the rootless charge of Charles Rowell’s captive youth spent moving from town to town. Across nine tracks, Crush of Souls channels the energy of a wandering worker-poet, carrying romance and ruin in the same battered bag and turning urban disaffection into something lean, hot, and dangerously alive. The album also features the track “Domination” with Sade Sanchez of L.A. Witch.

Captive Youth is out 19 June 2026 through Avant! Records. Listen to Sudden Death below, and pre-order Captive Youth here.

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Toronto-based violin-driven alternative project Enough shares their emotionally charged new single Eroica, a long-form, guitar-propelled track that channels artistic rivalry, fractured friendships, and the painful work of self-reflection. The single offers a glimpse into enough’s forthcoming independent EP All Of My Friends Are Dead, arriving June 5, 2026. Fronted by professional violinist Emily Misura — […]

This one’s Alan’s fault as, like several other gigs recently, Rick Astley is someone he liked when he was little but was too little to go and see him. Now Alan’s a big boy (with a knack for taking cracking pictures), he’s catching up on his youth. I, on the other hand, simply never got round … Continue reading Gig Review: Rick Astley / Gabrielle – Hydro, Glasgow (10th April 2025)

The end has come… long revered and widely acclaimed heavy metal giants SPIRIT ADRIFT have released their sixth and final album, Infinite Illumination, today via 20 Buck Spin. Bookending a monumental decade+ long run, the band’s bittersweet swan song is marked by one of their most ambitious and crushing records to date. 

SPIRIT ADRIFT mastermind Nathan Garrett’s final magnum opus is a return to the wellspring that first inspired it all and a testament to a band that in the last 10 years has crafted an impeccable signature thoroughly their own, molded from the elemental matter of more than a half century of heavy metal exaltation. 

Infinite Illumination has a directness to it, a sense of urgency and raw intensity. The songs feel inevitable, like they had to be driven out from deep within during a time of great upheaval. The fatalistic ‘Born in a Bad Way’ summons a vengeful “broken relic from another age” that must “live again and make them pay” via Garrett’s swaggering snarl, while “White Death” impugns “God shined on a chosen few, we must kill the rest of you”.

These songs have a palpable sense of malaise both spiritual and terrestrial, personal and universal, inflicted via crushing traditional Doom riffs, thunderous mid-tempo marches and Garrett’s impassioned vocal delivery. 

Long after the band is gone fans will continue to discover the SPIRIT ADRIFT catalog and witness the breadth of greatness they delivered in just a decade’s time. Every melodic, epic and emotionally charged thread that defines the band’s legacy honors the animating force behind pure creative ambition. And at its core Infinite Illumination carries both the weight of conclusion and the troubling realization that it is rarely painless to say farewell. 

Infinite Illumination is available digitally today. Gatefold LP and CD editions will be released May 15th. Pre-order here: https://www.20buckspin.com/spiritadrift

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About SPIRIT ADRIFT:

Spirit Adrift’s music is an alchemical sonic melting pot that combines classic doom, traditional heavy metal, and the intensity of old school thrash, forging a unique and forward-thinking sound. Led by founder, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman Nate Garrett, the band built a reputation for towering riffs, anthemic songwriting, and emotionally charged performances rooted in both personal struggle and defiant perseverance. 

Emerging in 2016, Spirit Adrift released a string of critically acclaimed albums: Chained to Oblivion, Curse of Conception, Divided by Darkness, Enlightened in Eternity, and Ghost at the Gallows. Earning praise from outlets such as Decibel, Revolver, Metal Hammer, and Kerrang!, who ranked the band among the best of the decade. 

Spirit Adrift toured and shared stages with the likes of High on Fire, Yob, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, Midnight, and has appeared at major festivals such as Download, Hellfest, and Psycho Las Vegas. Their live shows were visceral and cathartic, equal parts power and conviction. 

In 2026, Spirit Adrift announced their end with the release of their 6th and final album, Infinite Illumination. While their band’s story comes to a close, their legacy and profound impact on heavy music will be felt for decades to come.

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Now I’m screaming loud so I can fly away

There comes a point when the screen begins to feel less like a tool than a barrier — a black membrane standing between the body and the world outside. Mazarine’s new single “EyeSpeak2U” springs from that moment of restless recognition, channeling the urge to put the phone down, break routine, and feel fully alive again into a rush of washed guitars, clicking drums, and vocals poised between cool detachment and mounting unrest.

This latest track from the Los Angeles outfit finds Angie Kang and Derrick Perry, now joined by guitarist Eddie Diaz, sharpening their collision of shoegaze vapor, post-punk tension, experimental pop, and no wave abstraction into something brisker and more confrontational. According to the band, “EyeSpeak2U” is a fast-paced, emotionally volatile single about breaking out of confinement and clawing toward some kind of resolution, accompanied by a self-produced video that mirrors that pressure through fragmented performance and analog disorientation.

The song opens with a chiming guitar drone, a bouncy, detached bassline, distant strums, and clipped percussion that recall the snap and sway of late 80s and early 90s alternative underground. Then comes the saxophone, a sly, off-kilter presence that cuts through the track with a hint of downtown nowave mischief, nodding toward James Chance while the band’s broader frame stretches from dreampop to post-punk and beyond. Above it all, Angie Kang’s voice drifts in with a cool ache, airy yet urgent, carrying the melody with a glancing emotional pressure. As the final third of the track begins, the song briefly shifts into a more suspended, sighing section, where the guitars settle into a slow, metallic din and the saxophone flutters overhead like a siren echoing through fog, only for the song to quickly pick up speed again.

Lyrically, “EyeSpeak2U” feels like a restless push against routine and the numb, mediated habits that keep real life at a distance. “Put your phone away” lands less as a throwaway line than a small act of revolt, while “been awhile since I’ve lived” gives the song its emotional center: the sense of someone waking up to how long they have been sleepwalking through the feed, the screen, the same stale cycle. The repeated desire to “fly away” and “make it out of here” turns that frustration into motion, reaching not just for escape, but for contact, air, movement, and the jolt of feeling fully present again.

The video gives that instability a vivid visual grammar, cutting between a bare white performance space and a second plane of stacked CRT televisions glowing in violet and blue. In the studio scenes, the trio plays beneath hard light amid amps, cables, pedalboards, and the plain clutter of a live setup. Elsewhere, the monitors multiply the band into ghosted, grainy apparitions, flashing close-ups of eyes and mouths that make looking feel intimate and invasive at once. Neon triangle graphics tunnel inward behind Angie Kang as she sings, while the band’s name pulses across screens like a station ID from a half-remembered cable channel.

That interplay between clean performance footage and degraded analog image gives the clip its pulse. One moment, Kang stands center frame, bass in hand, flanked by Derrick Perry and Eddie Diaz in motion; the next, the image slips into smeared close-ups, blurred silhouettes, monitor reflections, and enlarged facial fragments that make the band seem caught inside their own transmission. Rather than leaning on retro fetish, Mazarine uses old television textures to suggest feeling filtered through machines — identity duplicated, desire delayed, and escape never quite cleanly won. Purple wash gives way to stark white light, fingers on guitar and bass are set against vast emptiness, and performers become signals, all reinforcing the band’s gift for contrast: intimacy and distance, clarity and distortion, gaze and release.

Watch the video for “EyeSpeak2U” below:

Based in Los Angeles, Mazarine began in early 2024 as a remote collaboration between Perry and Kang before widening its palette beyond shoegaze and dreampop to include trip-hop, grunge, post-punk, and no wave. Perry, a Virginia-born filmmaker and former DJ with roots in guitar bands and sample-based production, reconnects here with the rawer edges of his record-collection instincts, while Kang brings experience from the Austin noisy math-rock outfit Future Death. The addition of Eddie Diaz this year adds another layer of muscle and color to the group’s sound.

“EyeSpeak2U” arrives now ahead of the four-track EP Dress Rehearsal, due May 8.

Listen to “EyeSpeak2U” via streaming here.

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