Toronto/ New York-based director Adam Beck has directed the first official video from fellow Canadian producer CFCF’s extraordinary eight-track EP ‘Exercises’, released on Dummy. Like the EP, the video is inspired by modernist architecture and mid-century visions of the future. Also like the EP, it’s pretty, moving and makes the viewer wish for a kinder, […]
Fire Records are excited to announce the worldwide signing of hotly tipped New Zealand band Opossom. The brainchild of Kody Nielson, formerly of acclaimed “trouble gum art punks” The Mint Chicks, Opossom have produced the exceptional and captivating album ‘Electric Hawaii’, which is due for release on 6 August. Home-written, recorded and mixed by Kody […]
Having received acclaim from the likes of Gorilla Vs. Bear, The Fader, and the NME for the song ‘Doldrums’, taken from their last demo cassette, Fear of Men return with the 7” ‘Green Sea’, which sees the band combine the warmth and intimacy of their first home recordings with a more ambitious and textured production […]
Blood Diamonds, aka Michael Tucker, is a Los Angeles-based pop artist best known for his luxurious dreamscapes and infectious, sun-dipped production. What will be his debut 4AD record, the much-talked about ‘Phone Sex’ track is finally getting released on July 16th. Featuring close friend Grimes (Claire Boucher), ‘Phone Sex’ is a track they made together […]
Jennifer Left has a story to tell you. This young songbird originally from Newcastle but now the seaside town of Brighton is inspired by the songs that raised her, she sings about the stories she writes. Delivering a two-song single of smoky vocals and pitch-dark lyrical subject matter, opening song, Black Dog is an English […]
Little did Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno know that when he pressed PLAY on his Cape Town tour bus CD player to first listen to Dark Horses, that before the song was over he would be surrounded by two armed response team’s, pushing revolver’s in his face demanding him to stop this ‘disturbing and unholy clamour’… consequently […]
Beach House are pleased to announce the ‘Frightened Eyes‘ 2012 tour, in support of Bloom, the Baltimore-based band’s critically-acclaimed new album. The tour will begin September 13th in Richmond, VA at The National and close on November 19th at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Upcoming UK live info below… Friday 31 August – DORSET – End Of The Road festival […]
‘Mostly No’, Milk Maid‘s second album, follows hot on the heels of last year’s debut record ‘Yucca’ and finds frontman Martin Cohen cementing his reputation as a talented songwriter able to straddle the line between noise and pop whilst also expanding the sonic terrain the band covers. Adding swirls of Psychedelia to ‘Yucca’s’ crafted fuzz, […]
In a typically left-of-center move from Slowfoot Records and its “house band” Snorkel, the follow up to their lauded Stop Machine LP is a remix EP with a twist; the twist being that it kicks off with a new recording, an improvisation laid down to tape and film simultaneously in their studio. It is also […]
It’s time to get your black boots on and your marching drum ready because The Mynabirds released their second album, ‘Generals’, on June 4th. To celebrate the release of their album, The Mynabirds have shared the video for the title track. Directed by Tessa Wedberg and Jonathan Tvrdik, the video shows an underground network of […]
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INTERVIEW - DEARY
GIG GUIDE - JULY 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - MORTIIS: GHOSTS OF EUROPA
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 26 JUNE 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - IAN PROWSE: NO NAMES
LIVE REVIEW - SKULLCRUSHER + JO FROM SCHOOL: YES PINK ROOM - 18/06/2026
ALBUM REVIEW - CHAINLACING: MESSUAGE
ALBUM REVIEW : PLACEBO - PLACEBO RE:CREATED
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 19 JUNE 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - BLINK 182: TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JACKET
