Brighton noise pop quartet Morning Smoke are set to release their third single, ‘Soft Decay’ (listen to below) through Cannibal Hymns on 4th December. To coincide with this they have announced supports slots with the likes of The Wytches, Craft Spells and Sunflower Bean. The band have released an EP, In Euphoria and two […]
Andrew Hung is giving away a brand new track off the imminent new ‘Rave Cave 2’ EP. Download or stream the juddering electronic apocalypse that is ‘Star Ferry Dub’ below: Sooner still is Andrew’s debut UK solo show, which will be taking place at London’s The Lexington this Monday 27th November. Support comes from […]
On 19th February Duophonic records present void beats / invocation trex – the debut album by Cavern of Anti-Matter, aka Stereolab mainman Tim Gane, in collaboration with original Stereolab drummer Joe Dilworth and synth wizard Holger Zapf. “Cavern Of Anti-Matter are spectrum addicts, setting up tiny rhythmic cells and expanding on them in certain ways, splitting the melody […]
LA trio Mini Mansions (feat. Queens Of The Stone Age’ bass player Michael Shuman) have revealed the NINTH video from their album The Great Pretenders. You can check out ‘Honey, I’m Home’ below The band were scheduled to be touring the UK this week, but unfortunately had to cancel in wake of the Paris Attacks. The band released the […]
The new single is taken from their upcoming 2nd album Suicide Songs which is to be released 29th January 2016 via Bella Union. Jamie Lee commented on the album: “It seemed to make sense for the period, since I was dabbling with an unworldly attitude toward life, though that’s changed now,” he vouches. “But […]
Following Monday’s news that The Coral are set to headline the festival on Sunday night, Sound City is proud to announce the first wave of 2016 artists including Circa Waves, Sleaford Mods, The Dandy Warhols, Young Fathers and Band of Skulls. Joining Saturday’s bill are Liverpool indie-rockers Circa Waves who actually formed after meeting at […]
PINS have announced a fresh run of UK and EU dates for the New Year. The announcement of their February 2016 tour comes in the wake of the Manchester five-piece’s recent shows with Best Coast, Gang Of Four and Stealing Sheep. To celebrate, they’ve shared the video for new single ‘Got It Bad’ It was […]
Kiran Leonard has signed to Moshi Moshi, and revealed details of his new album Grapefruit (released 25th March 2016; see below for tracklisting and artwork). Today, he shares its lead single ‘Pink Fruit’ – the album’s 16 minute long centerpiece – which will be released as a strictly-limited one-sided etched 12” vinyl single on 12th […]
On 11th December 2015 Stone Flowers, musical collective of refugee torture survivors, are bringing their new album Ngunda to Manchester as part of a fundraiser in support of the group’s founding charities Music Action International (MAI) and Freedom from Torture (FfT) North West. The group was first brought together as a positive response to the […]
Manchester band Groves will be releasing their new single ‘Able In A Hazelnut Shell’ on November 23rd, you can listen to the new single below. Able In A Hazelnut Shell by GROVES To support the new single, Groves are touring with Leeds band Pink Rick, with whom they share their 7’’. Pink Rick’s track is […]
GIG GUIDE
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INTERVIEW - BCUC
ALBUM REVIEW - BCUC: THE ROAD IS NEVER EASY
ALBUM REVIEW - KILLERSTAR: THE AFTERGLOW
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 20 MARCH 2026
ALBUM REVIEW: KIM GORDON - PLAY ME
ALBUM REVIEW - LUXJURY: GIVING UP
LIVE REVIEW - KEO: MANCHESTER RITZ - 07/03/2026
ALBUM REVIEW - NUBIYAN TWIST: CHASING SHADOWS
ALBUM REVIEW - GYDA VALTYSDOTTIR: MOTHER PEARL
ALBUM REVIEW - THE SCRATCH: PULL LIKE A DOG
