Hailing from Northern Europe, Lithuanian act Black Spikes have been around since 2018, gathering an increasing army of fans with their brand of Avant-garde metal. Winning the Garažas competition for up-and-coming bands in 2019, the five-piece from Vilnius was also recently nominated in two categories by their country’s M.A.M.A. Music Awards (the Lithuanian version of the Grammys).
Spacehog is one of those bands that you either get or you don’t. Like Kula Shaker, the band are somehow catchy and obtuse in equal measure, sassy then serious the next minute. They might be mostly known for “In The Meantime”, one of the best rock songs of the nineties (or any decade), but they have killer tunes sprinkled through every album. Led by poetic David Bowie disciple Royston Langdon, The Resident Aliens coasted into Santa Ana with their nineties grunge-lite meets glam boots on along with some amazing support from dance indie Platinum-sellers Epsom Mad Funkers (EMF) and New York genre-defying upstarts Ecce Shnak. It was an eventful night, to say the least. Continue reading