NEW BOOK IN THE 33 1/3 SERIES – ‘HOW TO WRITE ABOUT MUSIC’

‘Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice From Industry-leading Writers’ If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you’d do best to hone your chops and avoid clichés (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How To Write About Music offers a selection […]
PINS have just unveiled their new single ‘Young Girls’. “’Young Girls’ is my ode to all the wanna-be’s and gonna-be’s,” explains Faith Vern. “It’s about having a dream and making it happen. In many ways I feel like i am in the middle of a transition and ‘Young Girls’ is written from that vantage point; […]

PINS SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘YOUNG GIRLS’

WHITE HILLS SHARE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘NO WILL’

White Hills have been a fixture of the psych-rock revivalist scene for a number of years now, thanks to a sound that brought Hawkwind-style, blissed out cosmic sprawl down to an intimate scale. Their new record ‘Walks for Motorists’ (produced by David Wrench, who’s worked with FKA Twigs, Jungle and Caribou) is out now and […]
Nils Frahm will play Manchester’s Albert Hall next month following the release of his new album, Solo. The Berlin based classical pianist and composer released Solo on Erased Tapes Records as a free download, following a crowd funding campaign. He will play the Albert Hall on Sunday, May 24. Frahm combines classical and electronic music, […]

NILS FRAHM TO PLAY MANCHESTER FOLLOWING RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM

CANTALOUPE RELEASE CRISP CRAZED VIDEO TO ‘0891 50 50 50’

Blunt Mountains have provided a suitably weird and wonderful Wotsit-filled video to Cantaloupe’s disco banger ‘0891 50 50 50’ taken from the debut album Zoetrope. Nottingham based synth/guitar/drums band Cantaloupe released their debut album Zoetrope on limited edition 12” vinyl and digital download through Hello Thor Records on Monday 16 March 2015. Whilst the influence of […]
From the windswept valleys of a very British countryside to pastel hue dreams of Hollywood darlings, Suburban Girl – the brand new track taken from the forthcoming debut album of Yorkshire  producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Postcard from Jeff – further explores a love of Lynchian style, in particular, Twin Peaks’ tragic heroine Laura Palmer. “It’s […]

POSTCARDS FROM JEFF UNVEILS VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE ‘SUBURBAN GIRL’

RADKEY SHARE NEW TRACK AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE

Radkey have shared a new track ahead of the release of their debut album later this year. The Missouri based three piece have released the track Parade It, which is available to listen to now below. The band, comprised of three brothers, recently recorded their debut album in Sheffield with producer Ross Orton, who has […]
Everything Everything, Badly Drawn Boy and Gaz Coombes are the latest acts to be added to the line up for this year’s Festival No.6. James Bay, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Jane Weaver are also part of the latest additions to the line up of the festival, which takes place from September 3 to 6. […]

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, BADLY DRAWN BOY, GAZ COOMBES AND MORE FOR FESTIVAL NO.6

DINNER SHARES FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘GOING OUT’

Last year, Captured Tracks announced the signing of Dinner, the alias for Danish producer and singer Anders Rhedin. Dinner leads a nomadic existence, dividing his time between LA, Berlin and Copenhagen. In the last two years, he has put out three EPs and a guided meditation tape. The label recently announced they will release a […]
Since surprising the world with epic track ‘Let It Happen’ via their website, Tame Impala have unveiled their first official single ‘Cause I’m A Man’. Premiered on Triple J during Richard Kingsmill’s ‘2015’ show this morning UK time, ‘Cause I’m A Man’ is out now through Fiction Records. Along with the 7 minute 34 second […]

TAME IMPALA UNVEIL NEW SINGLE ‘CAUSE I’M A MAN’