The Go! Team have announced new single ‘Cookie Scene’ and its associated video featuring guest rapper IndigoYaj. Ian Parton, one sixth of the Brighton based band says of the song: “The stripped back swinging percussion of ‘Iko Iko’ by the Dixie Cups and the loud crunchy shaker in Salt-n-Pepa’s ‘Push It’ were both inspirations and […]
The first single from new Brighton band Snake Eyes is out now. ‘Don’t Worry’ showcases their self-defined “Grit Pop” sound. The track is out now via UK label Failure By Design. It was the very first song vocalist and guitarist Jim Heffy wrote for the band, he says it was: “amongst a bunch of naff […]
A video for Daphne Guinness’s latest single ‘Looking Glass’, taken from her upcoming third album, ‘Revelations’ is available now. The album is due out on August 14th via Agent Anonyme/Absolute. Daphne recorded the album at Les Studios Saint Germain, Paris with Tony Visconti, who is best known for his work with David Bowie. Directed by […]
Doves have announced the release date for their fifth album, their first album since 2009. Titled ‘The Universal Want’, it will be released on Friday Sept 11th on EMI Records. Alongside the release date announcement, they have also unveiled the second song to be taken from the upcoming album, ‘Prisoners’. The 3-piece have had two […]
Divine Astronaut, featuring singer Livvy Holland and producer/multi-instrumentalist Moonhead, have released their second single ‘Voices’. The duo describe their sound as night-time music that is downtempo, alternative electronica with trip hop and industrial elements. Their debut album, ‘Made Not In Berlin’ is due for release later this year. Holland had this to say about the […]
Leeds band MASI MASI have shared new track Favourite Gold out now via Bradford based collective The Boy Who Left Home To Learn Fear. The trio were due to head off on their first UK tour this month but due to the ongoing crisis, the tour was cancelled, and the band found themselves living in […]
New Jersey native Nick Rifken, currently based in Medellin, Colombia, has released new single ‘Ground’. He has this to say about the song: ” ‘Ground’ catalogs the rise and fall of an unhealthy relationship where there is an obvious power dynamic – and the one in power, knowing full well the consequences and negative effects […]
LA based Velvet Starlings have shared new track ‘Karmic Lemonade’, the second from their upcoming ‘Love Everything, Love Everyone EP’ set to be released on July 24 via US label SoundX3. Recorded at CAVE Studios in Echo Park and mastered by Brian Lucey whose previous credits include Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Beck and Royal Blood. […]
The Lovely Eggs have released brand new single ‘Long Stem Carnations’ via Egg Records. The track, taken from their number one selling album ‘I am Moron’, is released on limited-edition coloured 7” vinyl and backed by brand new B side ‘The Voyage’. ‘Long Stem Carnations’ was inspired by the Mars One programme, a global project […]
Declan McKenna’s latest single ‘Daniel, You’re Still A Child’ has been unveiled ahead of new album ‘Zeros’ which will be out on 21st August through Columbia Records. Daniel is a name that appears on two tracks on Zeros, Declan describes him: “You know, Daniel, You’re Still A Child because he’s lost in the aftermath, whether […]
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