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 […]

MANCHESTER FOUR-PIECE HOT SHORTS REMINISCE ON ‘SUMMER OF 2012’

JEHNNY BETH REVEALS NEW SINGLE ‘I’M THE MAN’ FROM PEAKY BLINDERS SOUNDTRACK

“I’m the man / The one you hate / Don’t you understand / He’s like me the man…” Songwriter, singer, and visual artist Jehnny Beth has released an incendiary, industrial new track today called ‘I’m The Man’ as part of the Peaky Blinders soundtrack; the song was first featured in the fourth episode of the […]

The new release on Speedy Wunderground and the 32nd in the label’s single series will be Disco Light by Pynch and will be released 13th Dec on limited 7” vinyl (250 copies) and digital on 22nd November. Pynch are Spencer Enock (vox / guitar / synth), James Rees (guitar), Julianna Hopkins (drums) and Jimmy Folan […]

SPEEDY WUNDERGROUND ANNOUNCE NEW 7″ SINGLE BY PYNCH

PODS UP NORTH – SPOTIFY REVEALED AS HEADLINE SPONSOR FOR THE NORTH’S FIRST PODCAST CONFERENCE

‘Pods Up North’, a Manchester startup event, has secured one of the biggest names in digital media – Spotify – as its headline sponsor. The event in Manchester city centre, on November 23rd, is a one-day conference to give podcasters the opportunity to meet and learn from audio industry experts and award-winning podcasts. Pods Up North […]

The world’s favourite underground indie-rock songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis, will release his new album ‘Bad Wiring’ via Moshi Moshi Records on November 15th. They today share a video of a Soho Radio session performance of new album track ‘Depression! Despair!’ Jeffrey has received jaw-dropping praise from practically every major news and music outlet over the years, […]

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE SHARE ‘DEPRESSION! DESPAIR!’

KEELEY FORSYTH ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM ‘DEBRIS’ & SHARES TITLE-TRACK VIDEO DIRECTED BY MAXINE PEAKE

An intimate, raw document of profound personal change, ‘Debris’, the debut single by Keeley Forsyth, starts looking to piece together what’s left behind. Lyrically it captures a tumultuous time for Forsyth, with minimal piano and string arrangements by pianist/composer Matthew Bourne placing that elemental voice front and centre. Born and raised in Oldham, Keeley Forsyth […]

The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. Now in its seventh edition, this remains the only festival that interrogates that enduring love affair between music and the written word. There are some significant names still to be confirmed, but much of the programme is already secured. Festival highlights include legendary musicians such […]