The last I heard of No Means No was the album ‘One’ blasting out of my flatmate’s room until 2am, pretty much every day of 2001. It was a disturbing, sleep-depriving experience, and one that pretty much explains why it’s taken me over a decade to listen to the band again, as well as my […]
‘The Village’ is the brilliant, billowing new single from Tunng – from their forthcoming, fifth album, ‘Turbines’ released on June 17th on Full Time Hobby (www.fulltimehobby.co.uk) Bands as individual and enduring as Tunng don’t come around too often. Across their decade together, the group have gone from newcomers, experimenting in the basement of a […]
POLIÇA have announced a one off single ‘Tiff’, released on 10 June 2013 via Memphis Industries. ‘Tiff’ is a slice of brooding R&B inflected pop with lead singer Channy Leaneagh sharing vocal duties with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, who came good on his statement last year that POLIÇA are ‘the best band I’ve ever heard’. POLIÇA’s debut album ‘Give You The Ghost’ was one […]
Having signed to Bella Union after two limited edition 7″ singles last year, Manchester-based quartet MONEY are putting the finishing touches to their much-anticipated debut album, due for release late summer. In the meantime, they have revealed the mesmerising video to ‘Bluebell Fields’, the first single from the album. The video represents a loving collaboration between the band and young […]
With the release of their long-awaited new album ‘Desire Lines’ on June 3rd via 4AD, Camera Obscura have revealed another song, ‘Fifth In Line To The Throne’. A sonic foil to recent single ‘Do It Again’, ‘Fifth In Line To The Throne’ sees the Glasgow fifth-piece in full balladeer mode and features backing vocals […]
Australian electronic band PVT have released their new video for ‘Homosapien’. The clip is a unique take on the stop-motion technique, featuring a cast of collaborators, inspiring musicians, friends and supporters. Having already conquered the three dimensional in previous video offering ‘Vertigo’, PVT this time take to a 3’20’’ display of world class instrument-switching; beautifully […]
The distinctive sound that makes Keston Cobblers’ Club so unique comes from a desire to create contemporary, catchy music fused with the wholesome grittiness of traditional folk. With a festival count growing by the minute and support from BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson, Folk Radio UK amongst others, Bromley’s Keston Cobblers’ Club have released their new […]
Teleman have announced that their new single ‘Steam Train Girl’ will be released on July 1st through the band’s own imprint Encona Records. Produced by Bernard Butler – who the band also worked with on their debut single – ‘Steam Train Girl’ starts with pulsating guitars before the rest of band gradually join in, layering psychedelic-tinged synths (Jonny Sanders) and […]
Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week of arriving back to Manchester from a spell in France he’d become part of burgeoning cult label Sways Records, within two he’d formed Kult Country with a disparate bunch of souls whose number and identity still isn’t quite clear, and […]
With a debut album ‘Book of Hours’ released 27th May, Cloud Boat unveil the video for new single ‘Youthern’, directed by You Ness. Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke have been steadily getting a foothold in the world of bass music over the past couple of years as they tour their ever-evolving live show around the […]











