BELLE AND SEBASTIAN REVEAL VIDEO FOR ‘WE WERE BEAUTIFUL’ PLUS 2018 UK TOUR DATES

Belle and Sebastian have revealed the video for their recently released single, ‘We Were Beautiful’. Directed by Blair Young from The Forest of Black and filmed throughout the band’s native Glasgow (where they also recorded and produced the track), the video presents a cinematic slice of life — and all of the pain, joy, confusion, […]
Ariel Pink has just released his new album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson. The recording is his first solo album since 2014, and first full-length release with the Brooklyn-based independent label Mexican Summer. Pink has recently shared videos for Dedicated to Bobby Jameson singles ‘Another Weekend’ and ‘Feels Like Heaven’ (above). The new release’s title makes […]

ARIEL PINK RELEASES NEW ‘DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON’ – LISTEN TO ‘FEELS LIKE HEAVEN’ NOW

LIVERPOOL’S EDGE HILL TRAIN STATION PREMIERES ‘DIFFERENT TRAINS 1947’ TONIGHT WITH BFI SOCIAL ARCHIVE FOOTAGE PLUS MUSIC FROM A NUMBER OF ARTISTS

Tonight Different Trains 1947 will premiere at the oldest passenger railway station in the world – Edge Hill Train Station in Liverpool. Marking the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence this year, the night will feature British Film Industry (BFI) social archive footage from both India and the UK, alongside music from a range of artists […]
Weaves have shares the official version of their track ‘Scream’ along with its video. The song is the third single from the upcoming LP Wide Open (due out Friday 6th October 2017 on Memphis Industries), following ‘#53’ and ‘Walkaway’, and constitutes a dramatic departure from those initial offerings. Despite being long-time friends this is the […]

‘SCREAM’ IF YOU WANT TO HEAR WEAVES NEW TRACK. GO ON SCREAM.

CASSETTE STORE DAY UNVEILS FINAL LIST OF RELEASES AHEAD OF OCTOBER’S EVENT

Cassette Store Day is back this autumn on October 14th with a day of global celebrations and all in honour of the humble cassette tape. The final list of UK releases is as follows: • Fear of Tigers – Tapeworkxs (Playmaker Media) • Various Artists – The Music Will Save Us Vol.1 (Sad Club Records) • Colleen – Colleen Et […]
Slipping their straitjackets for a second time this season, Merseyside five-piece Psycho Comedy escape Deltasonic’s asylum with their eyes on new single ‘Michigan State’. With neurotic bass patterns and howling top lines from frontman Shaun Powell, ‘Michigan State’ presents a raucous glimpse of insanity from the colourful and chaotic world of Psycho Comedy. Released via […]

MERSEYSIDE FIVE-PIECE PSYCHO COMEDY ESCAPE TO ‘MICHIGAN STATE’ – LISTEN NOW

LISTEN TO SURE SURE’S NEW TRACK ‘HANDS UP HEAD DOWN’ NOW

Sure Sure bring us their new track, ‘Hands Up Head Down’, which is out now! Sure Sure Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Michael Nau is currently touring the UK & Europe for his headline shows supporting recent album ‘Some Twist’ and the newly-announced ‘The Load EP’ out now. Michael said of the tracks on this new EP: “These songs come from the same pool as the songs from ‘Some Twist’. For whatever reason, they felt like outliers […]

MICHAEL NAU RELEASES ‘THE LOAD EP’ WHILE TOURING THE UK NOW

PRS FOUNDATION’S ‘KEYCHANGE’ ANNOUNCE THEIR 60 FEMALE ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS

PRS Foundation’s ‘Keychange’; a collaborative European programme which aims to empower women to transform the music industry, has announced their 60 female artists and innovators for their ground-breaking programme spanning two years. Announced yesterday at Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival, the successful participants will take part in a series of showcases, discussions, collaborations and a programme of creative labs […]
Off The Record, launched by three of the UK’s premiere independent music festivals, Kendal Calling, Sound City and Bluedot, and music site Louder Than War, is all about innovative ideas, new music and emerging artists. By day, it features a music conference at the Methodist Central Hall, curated by Sound City and Louder Than War, […]

HOT OFF THE PRESS: OFF THE RECORD CONFERENCE LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT