GWENNO ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO ALBUM AND TOUR

GWENNO will embark on a co-headline tour with label-mate H. Hawkline to promote her debut solo album, Y Dydd Olaf. GWENNO, the new project of former Pipettes frontwoman Gwenno Saunders, will release the album, which means The Last Day in English, on July 24 via Heavenly Recordings. You can listen to one of the tracks […]
Kurt Vile has announced details of a new album and new tour, including a Manchester date. b’lieve i’m goin down… has not been given an exact release date but is expected to be out on Matador Records sometime in the autumn. The album will be his sixth full length effort, and will follow 2013’s Walkin […]

KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND TOUR

SEXTILE SHARE FIRST TRACK FROM DEBUT ALBUM

US four-piece Sextile have previewed the first song from their debut album. The LA band, who take their name from an astrological term relating to harmony and the ease of expression of two conflicting elements, have shared Can’t Take It. The track is taken from A Thousand Hands, which will be released on August 21 via […]
Sweet Baboo is to release new single ‘Got To Hang On To You’ on August 14th via Moshi Moshi Records along with new album The Boombox Ballads Stephen Black (aka Sweet baboo) says of the song: “That was my attempt to write a song like The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy”, even though the […]

SWEET BABOO NEW VIDEO TO ‘GOT TO HANG ON TO YOU’ AND AUTUMN LIVE DATES

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING FILL IN THE GAPS WITH NEW TOUR DATES

After a fully sold out UK tour Public Service Broadcasting have announced a major new run of dates for the Autumn as they continue to promote their latest album The Race For Space. The band will be visiting a selection of cities they missed out on their last tour (details below) as well as the […]
Blak Hand Records and Manchester Psych Fest have teamed up to bring you the ultimate psychedelic compilation featuring eight tracks from the bands playing this year’s festival. California psych outfit Crocodiles, Carlisle heroes The Lucid Dream, and Manchester blues rock band Hey Bulldog to name a few, plus a track from the Psych Fest’s Special […]

BLAK HAND RECORDS ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST III CASSETTE

PINS SHARE NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE AND NEW SONG ‘MOLLY’

Recorded in Joshua Tree at Rancho De La Luna with Dave Catching (QOTSA, Eagles of Death Metal) and Hayden Scott, and mixed in New York with Ben Baptie at Atomic Sound NYC (Mark Ronson), Wild Nights will be released through Bella Union on 8th June with a U.S tour confirmed for June. WILD NIGHTS TRACKLISTING […]
Dave Haslam will mark the release of his new book with a launch event at Manchester’s new Home venue. The event, on Sunday, August 16, will feature a panel of guests and a surprise live performance. Guests on the ‘Life After Dark’ launch event include Bruce Mitchell (Durutti Column), Kath McDermott (Flesh/HomoElectric), Graeme Park (Hacienda) […]

DAVE HASLAM TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK AT HOME VENUE

DRINKS (CATE LE BON & TIM PRESLEY) TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘HERMITS ON HOLIDAY’

DRINKS is the new project from Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley, aka White Fence, whose album Hermits On Holiday will be released 21st August via Heavenly Recordings The LP can be pre-ordered from the Drinks Bandcamp while the single will be available as a limited edition 7″ backed by a track entitled ‘Eighteen Teenage […]
Joe Oxley, the man behind TVAM, describes his sound as Post-Internet, motivational slime-punk and we totally dig it. TVAM’S first single ‘No Explanations’ leans on psych with garage rock riffs Edited retro images stream on TVAM’s television set, consisting of a cool blend of downright bizarre cult footage, described by the man himself as ‘technicolour […]

TVAM ANNOUNCES FIRST SINGLE ‘NO EXPLANATIONS’