Maxïmo Park have launched MaxïmoTV. A place to watch Maxïmo Park archive materials from the last 15 years 24-hours a day. Featuring festival sets from across the continent, music videos, candid interviews and hometown performances, MaxïmoTV is viewable at http://www.maximopark.com/tv/. Lead singer Paul Smith comments: “We’ve been rummaging through our 15-year-old archives and have created […]
Kansas City based musician Kevin Morby has announced his new album ‘Sundowner’ will be released on 16th October via Dead Oceans. Lead single ‘Campfire’ is available now. The video, shot at Castle Rock in Kansas, isdirected by Johnny Eastlund & Dylan Isbell and features Morby with his partner, Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee). Speaking about the album, […]
Jenny Banai has unveiled single ‘Paper Plain’ ahead of the release of her new album ‘Couchwalker’ due for release on September 17th. She says of the song: “Writing ‘Paper Plain’ was rough, having developed feelings for someone I knew I shouldn’t. I actually discarded the song, because I didn’t like exposing my conflicted nature. Months […]
California-based quartet Naked Roommate have shared their latest single ‘Repeat’, taken from their upcoming new album ‘Do The Duvet’ due to be released on September 4th via Upset the Rhythm in the UK and Trouble In Mind in the USA. Singer Amber Sermeńo says the song is: “A positive groove to get you through the […]
Amsterdam-based band Rex have unveiled their video for new single ‘Dm’. The band say the song is about a man calling for his lost lover: “His lover tells him that they can only be together if he chooses to cross the ‘other side’ where she will be waiting for him. Knowing that he will have […]
Ghostpoet has unveiled a video for the title track of his latest album ‘I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep’. The video was directed by Thomas James and features a funeral of sorts, from the point of view of Obaro himself. He says: “The song is about growing ever emotionally and physically tired of […]
The Burning Hell & B.A. Johnston have teamed up with Love Thy Neighbour, a label based in Brighton, to raise money for some grassroots venues in Canada and the UK by releasing a snot-green coloured 7” that is coming out on 4th September. The vinyl can be purchased at lovethyneighbour.bandcamp.com/album/the-burning-hell-b-a-johnston-split On The Burning Hell’s side […]
Canadian duo Freak Heat Waves have unveiled their new single ‘Busted’ taken from their forthcoming album ‘Zap The Planet’ which is due to be released September 4th via Telephone Explosion. The duo, who are now based at opposite ends of Canada in Montréal and Vancouver, initially hail from the Midwestern Canadian prairies. Speaking about the […]
Jealous of the Birds – the musical project of Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton – has released new single ‘Something Holy’. The song is taken from upcoming album ‘Peninsula’ due out September 18th via Canvasback/Atlantic. This is the second single from the album following ‘Young Neanderthal’. Hamilton says of the song: “‘Something Holy’ was written […]
California’s Carlton Melton have released new single ‘Waylay’ ahead of their new album ‘Where This Leads’ due out on Agitated Records on October 30th. The trio returned to El Studio in San Francisco to record the album with Phil Manley, who has recorded all the band’s output for the last five years. Carlton Melton Official […]
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