IDLES

‘MODEL VILLAGE’ VIDEO RELEASED BY IDLES AHEAD OF UPCOMING NEW ALBUM

IDLES have released the fourth song to be taken from their upcoming new album ‘Ultra Mono’ due to be released on 25th September via Partisan Records. The song is called ‘Model Village’ and comes with an animated video that has been directed by Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry. Frontman Joe Talbot says of the track: […]
Pottery have detailed their debut LP – Welcome To Bobby’s Motel – out April 10th via Partisan Records, and shared the album’s double-decker single ‘Texas Drums Pt I & II’. A celebration of rhythm and groove, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel invites you to set yourself free, veering from highbrow motorik instrumentation to moments of playful […]

POTTERY ANNOUNCE UK DATES AND DEBUT ALBUM DETAILS

EP REVIEW: POTTERY – NO. 1

Having supported Parquet Courts and Thee Oh Sees previously, plus having written songs about Hank Williams, and Andy Warhol’s attempted killer Valerie Solinas, all without releasing a proper album yet, Pottery are one of those bands who seem destined for wider acclaim but strictly on their own terms. The new release from the Montreal five […]
As I walk through Manchester city centre gazing up at the cranes building new skyscrapers all around, with Fontaines D.C. in my headphones, the lyrical content of the album makes perfect sense. Although cities have to change, it’s important not to lose the culture and unique characters which made the place great originally, and that’s […]

ALBUM REVIEW: FONTAINES D.C. – DOGREL

FONTAINES D.C. UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ROY’S TUNE’

Over the last year, FONTAINES D.C. have released five critically acclaimed singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for their last single ‘Big’, and from a vast range of international press, with the band featuring in a number of end of year lists. […]
– A Celebration of Vulnerability – The highly anticipated second album by Idles is pure vigour underneath a bunch of songs where the guts, the cries and the sing & shout still prevail from their outstanding debut Brutalism. The Bristol based outfit’s new record, Joy as an Act of Resistance, is due on Friday 31st […]

ALBUM: IDLES – JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

SINGLE: CIGARETTES AFTER SEX – EACH TIME YOU FALL IN LOVE

Sweeping sheets of sonic blue swallow the chaser – painting a picture of devotion that’s guarded within Cigarettes After Sex’s world of ‘her’, but where Greg Gonzalez has previously found himself celebrating the euphoria of romance, ‘Each Time You Fall in Love’ sees the front-man leaving thumb-printed glass behind as he wanders down a palm-flanked […]
A crap name need not necessarily hold a band back. Coldplay are doing OK, U2 have shifted quite a few units. Still, unless you are completely without prejudice, you can be put off. I once skipped an early Manchester appearance by Vampire Weekend because I did not like their name – a truly regrettable decision. […]

ALBUM: CIGARETTES AFTER SEX – CIGARETTES AFTER SEX

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ALONGSIDE NEW SINGLE ‘APOCALYPSE’

Soon to embark on a sold-out UK tour Cigarettes After Sex have today announced the release of their much-anticipated self-titled debut album, Cigarettes After Sex, which will be available Friday 9th June 2017 via Partisan Records. Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez had a clear vision for his band’s gorgeously cinematic debut album. After the […]
Leeds punk rock quintet Eagulls have just released one of the most blistering singles of the year, in the form of ‘Nerve Endings’, and are now unveiling the B-side – a cover of post-punk heroes Killing Joke’s classic ‘Requiem’. Bursting at the seams with barely concealed bile and rage, ‘Requiem’ is a perfect match for […]

NEWS: EAGULLS – COVER KILLING JOKE’S ‘REQUIEM’