Set for release on July 23rd 2012, ‘Shrines’ is the debut album by Purity Ring, a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Purity Ring make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s voice is at once […]
ATP Recordings have announced the full release of the debut album from Anywhere – a new collaborative projected started by Christian Eric Beaulieu (Triclops!, Liquid Indian) and Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) alongside very special guests Mike Watt (The Stooges, fIREHOSE, Minutemen) and providing guest vocals alongside Cedric, Rachel Fannan (ex-Sleepy […]
Hailing from London, but drawing equally from the power pop sounds of West Coast America to the rainy streets of Glasgow, Fanzine are here to inspire, to incite and to invigorate in the most laid back, understated yet radiant way they can. There’s a knack to making this positively inviting brand of modern, heart filled, […]
The Seattle music scene, famous for its contribution to breeding amazing musicians in the USA has once again delivered another rocking band that are coming for your ears this summer. Local garage duo My Goodness are about to unleash their energy-packed blues-rock to the UK and release their debut single ‘C’Mon Doll’ digitally on Monday 28th May following their debut […]
The single is out on May 14th on Cherryade Records. THE LOVELY EGGS UK FOOD TOUR DATES THURS MAY 3RD The central Bar, NEWCASTLE FRI MAY 4TH Fishtank, DURHAM SAT MAY 5TH The Grand, CLITHEROE SUN MAY 6TH Sounds From The Other City Festival @ Salford Arms, SALFORD MON MAY 7TH The Continental PRESTON TUES […]
With the release of their recent hugely acclaimed album Plumb, and having completed a sold out tour of the UK, Field music, a.k.a. Sunderland siblings Peter and David Brewis (along with Kev Dosdale on guitars and synth and Andrew Lowther on bass) have just announced a 12 date tour of the UK this coming October […]
Duke Special is an artist aptly named. Dynamic, musically ambitious and bracingly eccentric, with his inimitable style and lush musicality. Hailing from Belfast with a sound that is self-confessed “hobo-chic”, Duke Special – AKA the endlessly inventive Peter Wilson – is once heard, never forgotten. Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism, Duke […]
Bringing together two of Manchester’s most promising and invigorating breakout bands of recent times, the latest offering from our Manchester based micro-label, Icecapades, crams 12 minutes of classic, hook-laden pop precision onto both sides of this 45rpm 7”. Side A is taken up by Sex Hands, three childhood best friends from North Wales, and one […]
With the release of his debut album ‘Romancing’ just around the corner, one of Brooklyn’s most exciting exports Devin has taken us behind the scenes of his album recording, revealing studio footage set to album track ‘I Don’t Think I’. ‘Romancing’ is out on April 30th through No Evil following the new single ‘Masochist’, out […]
Outfit have revealed more details about their debut EP ‘Another Night’s Dreams Reach Earth Again’, alongside a stream of new track ‘Drakes’. ‘Another Night’s Dreams Reach Earth Again’ is set for release on Double Denim 14th May and shows a different side to the electronic quintet, not dissimilar to the post r n b of […]
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ALBUM REVIEW - MCKINLEY DIXON: MAGIC, ALIVE!
ALBUM REVIEW - WET LEG: MOISTURIZER
ALBUM REVIEW - BARRY CAN'T SWIM: LONER
ALBUM REVIEW - CORY HANSON: I LOVE PEOPLE
INTERVIEW - CORY HANSON
EP REVIEW - LEI HOPE: INERTIA
ALBUM REVIEW: MADE KUTI - CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM?
SINGLE REVIEW - ALKALINE TRIO: OBLIVION
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 18 JULY 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - BUSH: I BEAT LONELINESS
