NEWS: RINGO DEATHSTARR – VIDEO ‘RIP’ + NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Ringo Deathstarr have announced details of the release of their second album. Mauve will be released through Club AC30 Records on Monday 24th September 2012. The album, produced by Elliott Frazier from the band, was recorded at The Bubble in Austin, Texas and Skylab in Los Angeles in the spring of 2012. Ringo Deathstarr formed in 2007 in their native Austin, Texas channeling influences such as The Cure, The Smiths, Fugazi and The Velvet Underground.... Read More

NEWS: TAFFY – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘FLOWER CHAIN’ + UK LIVE DATES

On September 3rd Tokyo sensation taffy continue to take the UK by storm, with the release of ‘Flower Chain’, on Club AC30. Plus, due to huge demand the band have announced a national headline tour. Following widespread print and online praise for the debut album ‘Caramel Sunset’, the amphetamine-esque, angular indie-disco-pogo of ‘Flower Chain’ looks set to propel taffy evermore skywards. B-side ‘Theron’ captures vintage English indie... Read More

NEWS: RINGO DEATHSTARR – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘RIP’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING 2ND ALBUM

Ringo Deathstarr have announced details of the release of their second album. ‘Mauve’ will be released through Club AC30 Records on Monday 24th September 2012. The album, produced by Elliott Frazier from the band, was recorded at The Bubble in Austin, Texas and Skylab in Los Angeles in the spring of 2012. Tracklisting: 1. Rip 2. Burn 3. Drain 4. Slack 5. Brightest Star 6. Drag 7. Fifteen 8. Girls We Know 9. Nap Time 10. Waste 11. Do You... Read More

ALBUM: The Megaphonic Thrift – Decay Decoy

Come on an imaginary road trip with me. We’re in a ’61 Thunderbird, top down, wind in our hair. We’re hurtling headlong down a never ending bolt-straight Mojave Desert road. The midday sun beats relentlessly down, the heat haze shimmers. Our arms are draped languidly over the side of the car. The occasional cactus is our only company. And our soundtrack, our perfect soundtrack, would be Decay Decoy by the Megaphonic Thrift.  And that, friends,... Read More

ALBUM: Exit Calm – Exit Calm

‘They don’t feel,’ Exit Calm’s Nicky Smith calls out at the emotional climax of their eponymous debut album’s ‘Hearts and Minds’ — something that could never be said about his band. Indeed, their soaring first full-length is a work of undeniable majesty. It’s best to get mention of the overtones of The Verve out of the way early, but to suggest that the South Yorkshire quartet are mere imitators would be an ocean wide of the mark.... Read More

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