- Features
Singles That Mingle 20260811
Singles That Mingle With Captain Stavros Jess Williamson – Goodbye to All That A Mile South of Heaven Out October 9 Via New West Records Feels like a good way to start off the final month of...
22.05.2026
Dimmu Borgir - Grand Serpent Rising (Album Review)
Dimmu Borgir Grand Serpent Rising It's hard to believe it’s been 8 years since Dimmu Borgir’s last album, Eonian. That’s partly because of the alarming acceleration of linear time that we experience with age, and partly because we’re still listening to it regularly. In our mind, it remains fresh, new, and peerless. So impressed were we that, back in 2018, it was one of our albums of the year. Back then, we gushed about “an ornately gothic, macabre collecti...
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11.02.2026
The Hellacopters Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album…
The Hellacopters Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works • Volume 3 It seems incongruous to be writing about the Hellacopters 30th anniversary when we still see them as the side project of Entombed drummer, Nicke Andersson. He left the Swedish death metal band in '98 to focus full time on the Hellacopters, and although he has since rejoined Entombed, it seems unlikely they will have another purple patch to match their incredible run of albums from Lef...
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21.01.2026
Paper Kites - If You Go There, I…
Paper Kites If You Go There, I Hope You Find It By Captain Stavros Golden Tones and Quiet Certainty After 15 years of quiet consistency, Australia’s The Paper Kites have become something of an emotional utility band. Their seventh studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, doesn’t attempt to reinvent that role — and that’s very much the point. From the opening moments, the record is steeped in the band’s trademark golden tones, the same sun-blea...
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Umarells – One More Day (EP Review)
Umarells One More Day By Jac Taylor Packed with dreamy, hypnotic vocals, Umarells release their new EP on November 8. One More Day is a revolutionary pushback...
Odonis Odonis – ICON (EP Review)
Odonis Odonis ICON By Johnno It is currently mid-June, temperatures in the mid to high 20 Celsiuses, and there hasn't been a drop of rain for the better pa...
- Live
Fink @ Rough Trade East, London (Live Review)
Fink Rough Trade East Words & Pics by Captain Stavros Wishing For Bluer Skies: Fink Bring Warmth to a Rain-Soaked Rough Trade East London had spent the day dressed in every shade of grey imaginable. Rain, drizzle, more rain....
- Columns
Singles That Mingle 20260624
Singles That Mingle With Captain Stavros Midori Jaeger – Planted (Re) planted Out August 26 A curious tune that feels like it’s finding its way through you pokin...
Singles That Mingle 20260608
Singles That Mingle With Captain Stavros Best list we’ve put out this year. Enjoy you filthy animals. Grandmas House – Baby You’re A Winner Baby You’re A Winn...