"Thunderously reverbed horns, snare cracks that are still echoing off into space, bass & drum kicks that hit the solar plexus hard" Read my @JoyzineUK review of 'Direct-To-Dub' the new album from Scientist. Out on the Night Dreamer label. joyzine.org/2024/08/06/alb…

"a gloriously buoyant tonic for an often shitty world" Read my Joyzine review of'They Sound The Same Underwater' the new album and "song extravaganza" from Campfire social. Out on the Popty-Ping label. joyzine.org/2024/08/08/alb… Campfire Social The Popty-Ping Recording Company

"a bacchanalian 4 day binge incorporating glam, sleaze, art house, Oi!, pop, psych" Andrew Wood prepped a checklist and threw himself into the "veritable smorgasbord" of this year's Rebellion Punk Festival at Blackpool's Winter Gardens. joyzine.org/2024/08/09/reb… @rebellionfest

"a whirlwind of energy...fast, frenetic, and bursting with life" Hayley Foster da Silva reviews 'Turn Off My Brain' the new "infectious and enjoyable" album from Florida's Vicious Dreams which playfully tackles themes of mental health. joyzine.org/2024/08/09/alb…

"the band have once again grabbed the zeitgeist by the scruff of the neck and given it a good shake" Paul F Cook reviews the "low brooding electronic prowl" of 'Phone Twat' the new single from Leg Puppy 2.0. joyzine.org/2024/08/14/sin… Leg Puppy 2.0

"repeated sessions with this album should improve your mental health" Read my Joyzine review of the "shimmer" and "optimism" of 'Jungian Stomp (songs from the PSR-90)' Annie Gardiner's project under the alias Excellent Birds. joyzine.org/2024/08/15/alb…

10 QUESTIONS WITH: BRAMWELL On the release of their new single 'Phlegm', Peter Richard Adams (Peter Richard Adams) put 10 questions to Tom Grogan from the band about the track, the Exeter scene and much more. joyzine.org/2024/08/15/10-… Bramwell

"both play an important part in the story of one of our most individualistic, determined, creatively adventurous bands" Simon Tucker reviews the Throbbing Gristle reissues of 'TGCD1' & 'The Third Mind Movements' joyzine.org/2024/08/22/alb… THROBBING GRISTLE Mute Simon Tucker

"a furious collage of spoken word, punk swagger and TED Talk" Read my Joyzine review of the "densely powerful" eponymous album from Dead Pioneers which "challenges ideals and misconceptions" as well as raising a smile. Out on Hassle Records joyzine.org/2024/08/24/alb…

"There are few bands as deeply woven into the fabric of Joyzine as Art Brut" Long time fan & Joyzine editor Paul Maps has been featuring Art Brut for 20 years. He reviews their retrospective box set & reflects on their importance in his life. joyzine.org/2024/08/24/box… @art_brut_

VIDEO PREMIERE: PINEY GIR – WITCHES & COVENS Longstanding friend of Joyzine @pineygir has given us the premiere the video to the "melancholy honey" of 'Witches & Covens' with stop motion animation by Rhys Williams (DONTLETTHEOUTSIDEIN). Paul F Cook reviews. joyzine.org/2024/08/27/vid…

#grateful to Joyzine for premiering my new song #witchesandcovens out TOMORROW on No Distance Records Watch the very special video here: joyzine.org/.../video-prem… Pre-order #CosmicUpsideDown EP here: tr.ee/gNRi6Gj-rJ Come to the gig Sept 1st here: wegottickets.com/event/628171

"an exciting, infectious, unifying, psych-tinged, wave-your-arms-in-the-air, delight" Read my Joyzine review of the new self-titled "grit and gold" album from Cyprus band Buzz' Ayaz. Released through Glitterbeat Records. joyzine.org/2024/08/31/alb…

"Kohl weaves field recordings into a thoughtful collage of musical patterns and sympathetic arrangements" Read my Joyzine review of 'Normal Sounds' the new conceptual album from Lia Kohl. Released through Moon Glyph Records Records. joyzine.org/2024/08/31/alb…

"like being gradually warmed by morning sun" Read my Joyzine review of 'Glow Serene' the new ambient album of "swelling chords and beatific voice" from Julie Hill. joyzine.org/2024/09/01/alb…

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: LOUD WOMEN FEST Joyzine Editor Paul Maps gives a taste of LOUD WOMEN FEST on Sat.7 September with an amazing line-up of the most exciting female & non-binary artists around like Bugeye, CHERYM & I, Doris. joyzine.org/2024/09/01/fes… 💋 LOUD WOMEN 💋

Wrote a thing on the theme of JOY for Joyzine latest compilation - helping to raise money for HOPE not hate - check it out joyzine.bandcamp.com/album/20-years… Good people GREAT cause. X #newmusic #TheGOAT #hope #community #love

"fearlessly acknowledges life’s lack of meaning" Poppy Bristow reviews Robyn Hitchcock's new album of stripped down covers, '1967: Vacations in the Past' (a companion to his evocative new memoir) joyzine.org/2024/09/13/alb…

TRACK BY TRACK: LARA JONES - DIVIDED EP Lara has given Joyzine a track by track peek behind her "playful and provocative" new 'Divided' EP which looks at gender, coming out, longing for euphoria in dark times and much more. joyzine.org/2024/09/14/tra…

"the world that Stetson creates is one of full physical entanglement" Simon Tucker reviews the "true gift of magick" that is Colin Stetson's new album 'The love it took to leave you'. joyzine.org/2024/09/14/col… Colin Stetson