BLUEDOT 2020 HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED…

bluedot has released the first wave of artists for this year with Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy headlining the fifth instalment of the award-winning music, science and culture event at Cheshire’s iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory taking place 23–26 July 2020. One of the most influential and ground-breaking musicians of all time, Björk’s festival exclusive set […]

Baxter’s back with brand new track “I’m Not Your Dog” released via Heavenly Recordings. The track is taken from his forthcoming solo album “The Night Chancers” which is to be released on March 20th, 2019. Baxter explains “It’s meant to be Kubrick-esque like 2001 where there’s lots of space but it’s also very claustrophobic. It’s […]

BAXTER DURY’S BACK WITH NEW TRACK ‘I’M NOT YOUR DOG’

JEHNNY BETH ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO RECORD ‘TO LOVE IS TO LIVE’

Songwriter, singer, and multi-disciplinary artist Jehnny Beth will release her debut solo album, To Love Is To Live, on May 8th, 2020 via Caroline Records. The record, which was recorded in Los Angeles, London, and Paris, features a number of collaborators, including producers Flood, Atticus Ross, and longtime co-creator Johnny Hostile, and guest turns from […]

London synth punk four-piece Es have announced their debut album Less of Everything, set for release on 3rd April via Upset The Rhythm. The band have also shared caustic first single ‘Chemical’. “The song was written during a period of emotional and physical fatigue when everything felt overwhelming,” explained vocalist Maria Cecilia Tedemalm. “The lyrics […]

ES ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM LESS OF EVERYTHING

AERIAL SALAD ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘DIRT MALL’

Aerial Salad started as a dream, that turned into a nightmare, that thankfully worked out a dream. Conceived by frontman and guitarist Jamie Munro after he’d attended legendary punk event The FEST in Gainesville, Florida in 2016, the young Manchester Uni student was so inspired and impressed by what he’d witnessed at the festival, he had to start a band. […]

Pottery have detailed their debut LP – Welcome To Bobby’s Motel – out April 10th via Partisan Records, and shared the album’s double-decker single ‘Texas Drums Pt I & II’. A celebration of rhythm and groove, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel invites you to set yourself free, veering from highbrow motorik instrumentation to moments of playful […]

POTTERY ANNOUNCE UK DATES AND DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS

EASTER AND BROMIDE ANNOUNCE SPLIT SINGLE

One friend. Two bands. And so it was that Manchester’s ‘Easter’ and London’s ‘Bromide’ met in their mutual pal Dave Armes’s address book (he of Last Harbour, LCR Records and A-Sun Amissa sidekick repute). Soon after Easter were on their way down t’smoke to play at Bromide’s place, namely the Birds Nest in Deptford. And […]

Fast-rising Brighton noise-rock band DITZ are pleased to reveal the video for their new single ‘Total 90’, which is out now on all good digital service providers. The band are also delighted to announce that they will hit the road on a run of February 2020 UK headline tour dates next year (see below for […]

DITZ ADDRESS HOMOPHOBIA IN FOOTBALL IN NEW ‘TOTAL 90’ VIDEO

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE SHARE ‘EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT ISN’T’ VIDEO

Down below is the brilliant video for ‘Except For The Fact That It Isn’t’ by the world’s favourite underground indie-rock songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis. The track is taken from his new album ‘Bad Wiring’ out now on Moshi Moshi Records. Jeffrey says: “It’s a fairly listenable four-chord ditty with verses and choruses, but then there’s also […]

Manchester four-piece Hot Shorts want you to cast your minds back to a distant time, a more hopeful time: the London Olympics were in full swing; Frank Ocean had just released Channel Orange; you donated to take down Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. That’s right, it’s the ‘Summer of 2012’, and Hot Shorts are taking you […]