Brighton three-piece Tigercub’s single Centerfold will be the first release from Jazz Life, the record label set up by Blood Red Shoes. The single will be released on December 1, and is only available on 7″. Tigercub recently toured with fellow Brighton band Royal Blood, and were billed as Radio 1’s ‘Next Hype’ act by […]
American multi-instrumentalist Tune-Yards has announced a UK tour in support of her third album, Nikki Nack. Tune-Yards, which is the musical project of Merrill Garbus, will play gigs in Dublin, London, Liverpool, Gateshead and Glasgow in March next year. Her third album, which was influenced by a trip to Haiti, was released through 4AD in […]
Palma Violets, Fat White Family, The Amazing Snakeheads and Slaves have been announced as the line-up for this year’s NME Awards Tour. It is the 20th anniversary of the tour, which has helped to launch the careers of the likes of Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers. Headliners Palma Violets are playing the tour for the […]
London based two-piece Slaves have been previewed their new single, The Hunter. The single will be released through Virgin EMI on January 12. After forming in Kent, Slaves then moved to London and have since performed at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2013 and SXSW last year. The track was previously made Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record […]
Public Service Broadcasting today unveil the video for the first single from their upcoming second album, The Race For Space. A brassy, funk-heavy superhero theme song for the most famous man in the world at the time, ‘Gagarin’ reveals a new side to the band – not least their considerable dancing skills. Once again given […]
Canadian indie rockers Alvvays have announced a new tour for next year and previewed their new single. As part of the tour, the five-piece will play at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on January 21. The group’s new single, Next of Kin, is taken from their well received self titled debut album released earlier this year via Transgressive […]
Preston noiseniks Evil Blizzard have unveiled a new video for their previously unreleased track, Sacrifice. The masked five-piece will release two versions of the track on a split EP with Italian rockers Mamuthones, through Rocket Recordings on January 15. The track, which has become a cornerstone of their chaotic live shows, did not feature on […]
Welsh singer-songwriter Sweet Baboo has unveiled a track from his new album, ahead of a UK tour which stops off in Manchester on December 11. Sweet Baboo, aka Stephen Black, is set to release his album next year, but has shared Home to mark his co-headline tour with The Pictish Trail, which starts on November […]
Teenage rockers Kagoule have released a video for their new track, It Knows It, which will be released on December 1. The video from the Nottingham three-piece also features “facts” about the band, spoofing shows such as TOTP2. The group recently supported US indie rockers Sebadoh, and also played at Glastonbury. Signed to Nottingham label […]
Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa have unveiled a dreamy new video for their track Aether Curtain. The track is taken from the duo’s second album, Savage Imagination, which is out now on Thrill Jockey Records. It is the latest fruit from their collaboration, which began in 2011 after Minekawa, a Japanese artist, saw former the […]