“‘I Want To Believe’ is about wanting to be accepted by God but feeling you’re sinning too much in life to be fully accepted. It’s about paranoia and the need for redemption, as without redemption you have no validation,” says Baby Strange vocalist and guitarist Johnny Madden about the band’s latest single. It comes from […]
Snapped Ankles return to the forest, with new album ‘Forest Of Your Problems’ released July 2nd. Listen to its first track ‘Rhythm Is Our Business’ below. Snapped Ankles will also be on tour in the UK and EU in October and November. Snapped Ankles Official | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Braids have revealed two brand new songs titled ‘Slayer Moon’ and ‘2020’. Recorded during the sessions for their last album, ‘Shadow Offering’, the band share their inspiration behind the songs: “Slayer Moon is inspired by a Sailor Moon phone case I bought in Tokyo, at 3am while on tour in Japan. Growing up I was […]
16-year-old artist Kali, full name Kali Flanagan, shares the last single ‘I Just Wanna’ and its video ahead of her forthcoming debut EP, ‘Circles’, out May 7th. Co-directed by Zealand Yancy and Sophia Ziskin, the video for ‘I Just Wanna’, meets the singer in a frantic state as she runs down her red-lit neighbourhood, urgently […]
Ukrainian-American indie-rock band, Vinok, who are based in Kyiv, Ukraine release ‘Friends’. The single is about a relationship that was ‘once intimate but became rotten due to the malignity that a globalized world can bring’, it is about ‘one who is willing to sacrifice friendship for self-worship, societal praise, power, and idols of success. But […]
The Reds, Pinks & Purples skewers modern indie fandom with the ironically titled ‘The Biggest Fan’ – the third single from the upcoming Slumberland/Tough Love LP ‘Uncomon Weather’. Glenn Donaldson explains the source material for the song: “There’s this thing that I witnessed sometimes after shows, people walking up to the merch table to say […]
Dark-alt pop duo Charlotte Spiral have unveiled their new EP, ‘New Light’. It is due to be released on April 9th. The duo share new track ‘Out Of Here’ which was co-produced with Dan Carey over Zoom during the first lockdown. The song addresses a ‘recurring situation that breeds a longing for escape’. Lead singer […]
A new single and video for ‘A Woman’ has been released alongside the announcement that their debut album, Quale Futuro? is due on June 4th on Maple Death Records. The band say of the accompanying video: “There’s a famous Irish republican quote that goes ‘It is not those who can inflict the most, but those […]
Ahead of this Friday’s release of their fifth studio album, ‘Sketchy, Tune-Yards has released its third single ‘Hypnotized’. It is a ‘soulful plea to stay awake and present in this time of pandemic and oligarchy’. Its companion video, directed by Tee Ken Ng, posits the viewer on a never-ending looping train track. […]
LA-based artist Glüme is set to release her debut album ‘The Internet’ on April 30th via Italians Do It Better. She has shared new single and video ‘What Is A Feeling’ from the record. Speaking about the track, Glüme said: “I had a doctor once tell me my feelings were doing my heart more harm […]
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SINGLE REVIEW - PIPPA BLUNDELL (FEATURING FERGUS MCCREADIE): DURISDEER
EP REVIEW - BRICKNASTY: FOREVER
LIVE REVIEW - BASHT.: GORILLA, MANCHESTER - 29/10/2026
GIG GUIDE - NOVEMBER 2026
INTERVIEW - DANCING DEATH AWAY WITH ANA LUA CAIANO
ALBUM REVIEW – ANA LUA CAIANO: DEVAGAR QUE A VIDA E CURTA
ALBUM REVIEW – LOTTIE BRAZIER: ON COURSE BUT NO-ONE THERE TO SALUTE YOU
ALBUM REVIEW - THE BIG MOON: FOREVER
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - JOHNNY & LILLIE FLYNN: BEAM COTTAGE
