We are as pleased as punch to be invited back as curators for this year’s Sound City Festival in Liverpool. As well as selecting bands for the weekend (Gaffa Tape Sandy and Low Island in case you were wondering), we’re also getting involved in the Sound City Plus conference on Friday 4th May – where […]
Love Morrissey? Hate his terrible opinions and attitudes? Don’t fancy seeing him live, but think a tribute act might be a bit naff? What if I told you there was another way? Mexrrissey might be the band for you. It’s a simple concept – they play Morrissey songs, but they’re from Mexico City. Irish blood, […]
Hinds on “Finally Floating” video: “maybe you know, maybe you don’t know, but we’ve been born and raised in Madrid and she’s definitely the best city of the world. so for this second album it’s was a must to have a music video showing a little bit of the streets, and Wiisa came out with […]
Warmduscher master of ceremonies, Mr Clams Baker describes ‘Standing On The Corner’ as “a love song dedicated to all those things they told us not to love: the late nights, the painted nails, the rolling eyes, the cheap perfume, the pain in your chest as you approach a stranger. Giving in to the freedom of […]
The British Sound Project returns to Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on Saturday 22 September for an epic celebration of UK music – with legendary art-rockers Franz Ferdinand confirmed to headline the huge indoor event. The Scottish five-piece – who have received excellent reviews for their current live shows as well as their recently released fifth studio […]
Snapped Ankles have taken on The Fugs’ counterculture anthem and updated it for the Edward Snowden generation. From the forest floor: “Having unearthed The Fugs’ ‘CIA Man’ some years before, we were shocked to discover a newer, more sinister agency had taken over from the diatribe’s protagonist, so we updated Tuli Kupferberg’s list of ills… […]
Everything Everything have announced an EP of brand new material, A Deeper Sea. The EP is the first new material from the four-piece since their fourth album ‘A Fever Dream’. A critical and commercial success, the record hit the Top 5 on its release, the joint-highest charting album of their career to date. This brand […]
Swedish, London based band Francobollo have returned with new single ‘Hoo Ha’ — the first material since their acclaimed 2017 debut album ‘Long Live Life’. Produced by Charlie Andrew (alt-J, Sivu, Marika Hackman, MONEY etc) -‘Hoo Ha’ is an exemplary return from the unpredictable 4-piece. Speaking a little more on the new track, frontman Simon […]
Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley (White Fence) have teamed up for a second album as DRINKS. The new album, Hippo Lite, will be released on Drag City worldwide on April 20, 2018. DRINKS began in 2015 with the release of their debut LP, Hermits on Holiday on Presley’s own Birth Records. Today they’ve shared […]
Currently in the middle of their sold-out UK tour supported by Phill Jupitus as Porky The Poet and Mr Ben and The Bens, The Lovely Eggs reveal the mind-melting new video for their new single “Wiggy Giggy”, which is due out on 7″ on Friday 16 February, from the album This Is Eggland, out on […]