A new album featuring actress Maxine Peake (TV’s Shameless, Silk) to make the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials. Exactly 400 years since the trials and execution of the 12 women now known as The Pendle Witches, on 20 August 1612 in Lancashire, England, a purpose assembled collective of artists, sound designers, experimental pop […]
Bristol band BEAK> (Geoff Barrow/Billy Fuller/Matt Williams) will hit the road in support of their second album ‘>>’ freshly released on their hometown label Invada. To coincide with the news, Invada have released details of a special edition fabric boxset of the album which includes a bonus disc of 10 previously unreleased tracks from the […]
London quintet Spector have announced a Manchester instore gig for the day of their debut album release. They will play at Manchester’s HMV at 6pm on the 13th August to coincide with the release of ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’, as well as their new single ‘Never Fade Away’, a firm fan favourite. The band […]
Having established themselves as one of the most distinctive and compelling new bands around with their spellbinding, critically acclaimed, eponymous debut LP, released in May on Fiction, sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow -aka 2:54- have been announced as main support to The XX on their highly-anticipated European comeback tour this September. A teaser date together […]
Sub Pop is pleased to share release details for Dum Dum Girls’ End of Daze EP, due out 24th September. The EP is led by the single “Lord Knows”, along with track highlights “Mine Tonight”, “I Got Nothing”, and a cover of Strawberry Switchblade’s “Trees and Flowers”. The band recently recorded an acoustic version of […]
London based, Japanese four piece, Bo Ningen are set to release their eagerly awaited new album on Stolen Recordings on the 8th of October 2012. ‘Line The Wall’, the follow up to 2010’s eponymously titled debut, was self produced and recorded at London’s Lynchmob Studios and features ten brand new tracks. Regarded by many as […]
Now ‘event of a lifetime’ London 2012 is upon us, music fans are starting to worry about what to do with their time over the summer. Sodden festivals aside, and with very few releases and gigs happening, what are the tote bag-wielding music-loving populous going to do to amuse themselves? Step forward up-and-coming Finnish band […]
Ringo Deathstarr have announced details of the release of their second album. ‘Mauve’ will be released through Club AC30 Records on Monday 24th September 2012. The album, produced by Elliott Frazier from the band, was recorded at The Bubble in Austin, Texas and Skylab in Los Angeles in the spring of 2012. Tracklisting: 1. Rip […]
Few bands can be simultaneously timeless and relevant, but that’s exactly the hi-wire act Zeus have become. Signed to Arts And Crafts and the sometimes support of Broken Social Scene, Zeus are not so much typical of the Canadian indie scene as they are classic British rock circa 1974-1975. Taking their name from a mythological […]
The first official single off Tame Impala’s anticipated second album ‘Lonerism’ is ‘Elephant’. ‘Elephant’, with remixes by Todd Rungren and Canyons, will be available worldwide in August. ‘Lonerism’ Tracklisting: 1. Be Above It 2. Endors Toi 3. Apocalypse Dreams 4. Mind Mischief 5. Music To Walk Home By 6. Why Won’t They Talk To Me? […]
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INTERVIEW - DANCING DEATH AWAY WITH ANA LUA CAIANO
ALBUM REVIEW – ANA LUA CAIANO: DEVAGAR QUE A VIDA E CURTA
ALBUM REVIEW – LOTTIE BRAZIER: ON COURSE BUT NO-ONE THERE TO SALUTE YOU
ALBUM REVIEW - THE BIG MOON: FOREVER
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 30 OCTOBER 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - JOHNNY & LILLIE FLYNN: BEAM COTTAGE
ALBUM REVIEW - RADIO FREE ALICE: WHAT'S IN BETWEEN
ALBUM REVIEW - SPARKS: MUSIC THAT YOU CAN DANCE TO
LIVE REVIEW - UTAH SAINTS: CHESTER, LIVE ROOMS - 23/10/2026
LIVE REVIEW - PERSONAL TRAINER: BAND ON THE WALL - 22/10/2026
