2:54’s ‘Scarlet’ EP instantly caught my attention a couple of years ago, prompting me to sign up for their 2012 Deaf Institute gig. The London based alternative rock band’s self titled debut long player shortly followed, and didn’t disappoint – their broody, understated, infectious melodies hit all the right spots. Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow front the four-piece, […]
While the Beatles are remembered as a band that recorded staggeringly good albums, it is in the live arena that the Flaming Lips truly excel. Their shows are magical and euphoric, whereas even their best albums – The Soft Bulletin (1999) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) – are patchy. In short, they are […]
Manchester all-female four-piece PINS first released material via cassette back in 2012 and will return, following on from their accredited 2013 debut album release ‘Girls Like Us’, with a limited edition cassette EP released through Bella Union, for Cassette Day on 27th September. Featuring three covers of 1960’s Girls in the Garage bands, PINS take […]
Having released a short film for ‘Goodnight London’ last month, MONEY have just unveiled a somewhat more DIY video for ‘The Shadow Of Heaven’, the title track from their debut album. Directed by their friend Liam Healy, the video brilliantly captures the band’s distinctive aesthetic along with the madcap antics of singer and lyricist Jamie […]
Its been yet another incredible few weeks for JOHN GRANT. Pale Green Ghosts figured highly in the Top 10 of most Best of 2014 lists, including the Guardian, Q, Uncut, MOJO and the Sunday Times, as well as being Rough Trade’s album of the year. Last week saw him nominated for International Male Solo Artist at the Brit Awards and his Roundhouse show […]
PINS share a brand new video for their song ‘Waiting For The End’, the final single to be taken from their Bella Union debut album, Girls Like Us. Shot at the newly renovated, historic Manchester pub Gullivers, it features helpful karaoke-style on screen lyrics throughout so fans can sing along. Several luminaries of the Manchester music […]
PINS are excited to share their Christmas song ‘ Kiss Me Quick’, a song taken from a Christmas compilation curated by the band, featuring the likes of Shinies, September Girls, Brown Brogues and Post War Glamour Girls, to be released on their Haus of PINS label. Proceeds from the compilation go to SWAP, an organisation […]
Having started in 1999 and already been through a roster of line up changes, Antiphon is the fourth album from Midlake. Arguably with the most important line up change to date, this album is the first without frontman Tim Smith. Unlike many bands who lose a front man, Midlake have not broken up and fallen […]
PINS have unveiled a video for the title track of their hotly anticipated debut album Girls Like Us. Directed by Sing J. Lee, a filmmaker much in demand since his work on the Manchester four-piece’s early videos the video for ‘Girls Like Us’ perfectly captures the band’s girl gang mentality. To say there’s excitement for Girls […]
This week Landshapes release their new single ‘Insomniacs Club’ through Bella Union. Accompanying the single we have a brilliantly eerie new video directed by the very talented Ian Pons Jewell. A mix of live footage and stop-frame animation cut together from the unnerving and darkly comic short film 1/4” fits together perfectly with the song. Landshapes Facebook Twitter Soundcloud
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