The countdown to this year’s Dot To Dot is hotting up with just a month to go until a litany of the globe’s biggest buzz bands hit Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester over this coming Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. Headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart By Horses, and with appearances from Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, […]
Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill, and Julian Gross – have unveiled the video for their new single ‘No. 1 Against The Rush’ which is the first track to be taken from their eagerly awaited new album ‘WIXIW’. The eerie video, which sees each member of the band abducted by a shadowy figure in downtown […]
There is an accepted music industry strategy, mainly from the mouths of experienced music managers and A&R men, that for a band to get ready to present themselves to the world they should go on tour. In most cases this advice works; the band hone their craft on the road so by the time they […]
Here We Go Magic have released the video for their new single ‘How Do I Know’ ahead of the band’s first UK shows in two years (full details below). Directed by Sean Pecknold (Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Grizzly Bear) the video stars Janet Pants as a happy-go-lucky dancing robot who is being returned to the factory by her owner. Pecknold […]
Since their acclaimed 2010 debut album, “Through Low Light And Trees”, Smoke Fairies’ Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire have been on an epic journey, both physically and spiritually. Touring Britain, Europe and America, drawing increasingly devoted audiences with their exquisitely original and mesmerising music. All these experiences bleed from every pore of their new album, […]
ATP Recordings have announced the release of the second single (double A-side) from Tennis’ fantastically received second album ‘Young & Old’. The release will be on 7″ vinyl picture disc limited to 500 copies (cat no. ATPRSP17), as well as digital download (cat no. ATPRSP17D). To coincide with the single out on May 28th, Tennis […]
Dublin’s Darragh Nolan steps out again under his musical guise, Sacred Animals, to collaborate with US blogger darling, Steffaloo on a version of the title track from her recent EP ‘On Fire’. “On Fire” is a mediation on the joys one can get from purely simple experiences in life, as Steffaloo aka Steph Thompson explains: […]
Hoyas by S. Carey is a hospitable statement about love, longing and the celebration of knowing it well. You will find the familiar S. Carey modern classical repetition pushed into the vernacular of electronic music and beat-making. This is the warmest electronic music you’ll ever meet. The beats swing, stutter and pulse while each instrument […]
Following a rousing Coachella performance and US shows with St Vincent, Keep Shelly In Athens are about to embark on their first extensive UK/EU tour this week. Starting in Paris (3rd May), the enigmatic Grecian electronic duo headline new London venue Birthdays on the 7th May as well as appearing at Camden Crawl, Sounds From […]
After a three-year break, the extraordinary Karima Francis returns on June 4th with a stunning new single ‘Wherever I Go’, new LP ‘The Remedy’ – out August 6th on Mercury. The follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut ‘The Author’, this second album is a personal landmark for the Blackpool born singer-songwriter; upfront, personal, narrative-rich, and […]












