For its ninth edition, Louder Than Words Festival is back at a new Manchester home, Innside Hotel, in the shadow of what was Manchester’s Haçienda nightclub. After last year’s virtual festival, some of what was learnt about operating online has been carried forward, to give attendees the choice to join in person or online. The […]
Lissie is on a voyage of rediscovery and has shared the previously unreleased song ‘All Be Okay’. Originally written in 2007, the song features on the ‘Watch Over Me’ album. Lissie says: “‘All Be Okay’ is such a delightful song. About two years into my time in LA, I found myself in a very warm […]
Melbourne-raised, New York-based producer, songwriter and artist, Nick Murphy unveils the latest single from his Chet Faker project – ‘Feel Good’ taken from the forthcoming album, ‘Hotel Surrender’, which is out July 16th via Detail Records/BMG. Released alongside the single is an unbroken single shot video with Murphy rollerblading in the golden Californian desert sunset. […]
Nick Wilson previews forthcoming ‘Now I’m Falling’ album by sharing its latest single ‘Yours To Take’. Wilson says: “This song started as just verses really, over the same chords throughout, and I really liked the idea of making something that grows and grows but is actually really simple at its heart. The whole song comes […]
The Shadracks, a three-piece rock n’ roll group hail from Medway, Kent. and are led by guitarist and vocalist Huddie Shadrack, who is joined by bassist Rhys Webb, and drummer Elisa Abednego. They have released their new single ‘You Can’t Lose’ through Damaged Goods Records. It comes from their forthcoming second album ‘From Human Like […]
Hartlepool indie-pop trio Mt. Misery have shared the video for ‘Taken By The Tide’ – the latest single from their debut album ‘Once Home, No Longer’, due out June 25th via Prefect Records. Initially a solo-project for multi-instrumentalist Andrew Smith, Mt. Misery ‘officially’ became a band in early 2019. Smith says: “The music and lyrics […]
Public Service Broadcasting have announced their new album, ‘Bright Magic’ for release on September 24th via Play It Again Sam. They share their new single and video for ‘People, Let’s Dance’ ft. Eera. The band’s main songwriter, J. Willgoose, Esq. says: “Doing this felt inevitable, somehow. In my head, it was whirring and pulsing away […]
LA-via-Seattle’s Red Ribbon, the project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Danner, shares ‘Planet X’, the title track from her new album out via Danger Collective Records. The song finds Danner reflecting on an experience driving through a California wildfire, and ultimately showcases the album’s central theme – the urgency to find meaning in life before […]
London quintet Silvertwin return with new track ‘Saviour’. Penned by Silvertwin main-man Isaac Shalam, it stands as his first written strictly on a guitar. Speaking about writing the track, Shalam says: “’Saviour’ is heavy and energetic and takes inspiration from the more rocky ELO and Wings songs. The heavy lead and disco rhythm parts are […]
Das Beat, made up of German actress & vocalist Eddie Rabenberger and Agor of Blue Hawaii, are sharing ‘Jackie’, the final single from their debut EP ‘Identität’, available via Arbutus Records. . Das Beat says: “Sometimes you just can’t let go of things, dreams, people etc. even though they are long gone. This song captures […]
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