Lay Bare Recordings

From low ‘n slow to hard ‘n heavy! Lay Bare Recordings is focused on VINYL and supports bands that I think have an added value in the underground and unconventional music scene. I am very devoted to bring those sounds to a wider audience. The music styles that Lay Bare Recordings will be promoting, are…

Cape Town’s Battle City release debut album Press Start

Battle City, the Cape Town based instrumental desert rock newcomers release their debut album Press Start today. Founded on the principles of video games and metal, the band started as a project between guitarist Stian Maritz and drummer Wayne Hendrikz to prioritise creative playing over precision. Songs are written haphazardly, spontaneously and often. Press Start…

Battle City unveil video for new tracks

Cape Town based; South African instrumental desert rock duo Battle City are releasing their debut album Press Start on the 6th March 2020. Ahead of the album’s release the band have unveiled a live in-studio video of the first two tracks, the title track Press Start and the bands namesake Battle City. “The video features…

Rosy Finch

Spanish sludge rock trio originally formed in Alicante (Spain) circa 2013, featuring members of Pyramidal (Lluís Mas) and doom metal act Hela (Mireia Porto) and Elena García. Their take on the stoner genre is a furious and eclectic blend of influences ranging from Sonic Youth to the Melvins, showcasing brooding & atmospheric vocals laced with…

Them Dirty Shrikes unveil new single November

(Photographer – Jean-Michael Kelsey) Doomy alternative rock band Them Dirty Shrikes release their new single November today. Formed in Pretoria, South Africa in 2016 the band has quickly gained a standing in the local live scene having performed at the country’s top festivals like Oppikoppi, Mistry Waters Music Festival and the Durban International Blues Festival.…

Frayle to Release Debut LP, ‘1692’, February 14, 2020

Ascending U.S. Group Expands the Horizons of Doom Metal and Dream Pop on Vivid New Album    Cleveland dark rock band Frayle creates gripping, doomy music — at once bleak and beautiful — that is impossible to resist. The group will release its debut full-length LP, ‘1692‘, on February 14, 2020 via Aqualamb Records / Laybare Recordings.…

MØNSTRØID

MØNSTRØID is the love child of 4 dudes from Cape Town, born out of a deeply shared appreciation for writing, making and sharing tectonic plate-shifting music. From the rumbling depths emerges a melodic molten soundscape. From the skies a flaming fireball of fuzz. MØNSTRØID resides where these forces collide. For lovers of growling guitars, distorted…

MØNSTRØID unveil video for Lost in the Haze

  Cape Town based stoner/desert rock band MØNSTRØID have released the video for their track Lost In the Haze, taken from their 2017 debut album Set 1. Shot in both South Africa and the Namibian desert the band comments on the video,” We love where we live, and we wanted to position the Western regions…