Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’, Brooklyn‘s We Are Augustines return to tour the UK alongside the release of brand new single ‘Juarez’ on May 21st via Oxcart Records. This epic track will be released on 7” vinyl and available to download with a previously unreleased cover version of the beautiful Los Lobostrack ‘Saint […]
Sam Chown, drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist in Austin’s hyper-kinetic duo Zorch premieres the first song from his forthcoming solo debut under the moniker Shmu. “House of Stares” showcases a much more subdued and dare we say “pop” side of the musician’s talents seldom heard in Zorch. Throughout, Shmu‘s album ‘Discipline/Communication’ is a melodic exploration into combinations of pop, […]
The video follows hot on the heels of Pond‘s previously announced debut European tour, details of which are below. Now back in Australia after a month wowing audiences at SXSW and then across Northern America, Pond resumed their tour on native soil, starting in Sydney on the 19th April. May 5th – The Great Escape, […]
Having left her native Sweden to live in New York in 2010, acclaimed singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim reached out to her friend Matt Sweeney to play him the new songs she’d been writing. Having heard the songs, Matt presented an idea he had harbored for some time, the two of them taking their business to Nashville, […]
White Manna play space rock with a scorched-earth policy, taking their listener on a journey of intensity and intoxication over the course of five gloriously unfurling tracks. The Arcata, California quartet may telegraph where they’re coming from and where they’re going to take you with their track titles, but knowing the itinerary doesn’t dampen the […]
Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill. The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend […]
After blazing out of Bushwick in 2011 with the two buzz-worthy singles, “I’m His Girl” and “Friend Crush”, a reputation for turning live gigs into spontaneous DIY parties (and vice versa), and a bio built to withstand the most cynical indie-blog cred-vetting – Brooklyn’s Friends will release their debut album Manifest!, June 4th on Lucky […]
TOY release their second single, Motoring, on Monday April 23rd 2012. It will be available on 7” vinyl and download through Heavenly Recordings.
Norwegian born, Swedish based Ane Brun has covered Arcade Fire’s classic song “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”. The track will be included on the iTunes deluxe version of the album of It All Starts With One, which has already gone platinum in Brun’s native Norway. The UK release is April 23rd via Ane’s own label, Balloon Ranger Records. Speaking to Rolling Stone, […]
The propulsive singles “Family” and “Animals” have already stormed the radio airwaves and hooked listeners, and now, Irish quartet The Cast of Cheers are getting ready to unleash their first proper album, released June 18th on School Boy Error/ Co-operative Music. Of course, it would be a bit of a misnomer to call this their […]
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EP REVIEW - SPARKS: MADDER!
EP REVIEW - HOLYBONES: I GOT A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
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ALBUM REVIEW - THE ANTLERS: BLIGHT
LIVE REVIEW - SELF ESTEEM: MANCHESTER ACADEMY - 29/09/2025
ALBUM REVIEW - CATE LE BON: MICHELANGELO DYING
