– Club Academy, Manchester – Natalie Mering, commonly known as Weyes Blood, has made one of the very best albums of the year in Titanic Rising. On the cover of this extraordinary album, Mering floats underwater in a what looks like her teenage bedroom, an otherworldly, slightly unsettling image as she looks directly at us […]
– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – I suppose singer-songwriters would traditionally use either their birth name or a stage name for their musical career, but I do like the trend nowadays for more arcane or abstract stage names (more akin to band names) like Iron & Wine, Bat for Lashes and Weyes Blood. Natalie Mering’s […]
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DEBUT SINGLE FROM SNAKE EYES 'DON'T WORRY' IS OUT NOW
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DIVINE ASTRONAUT RELEASE NEW SINGLE 'VOICES'
MASI MASI RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE 'FAVOURITE GOLD'
NEW SONG 'GROUND' FROM NICK RIFKEN IS OUT NOW
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THE LOVELY EGGS RELEASE NEW CLAYMATION VIDEO FOR 'LONG STEM CARNATIONS'
NEW DECLAN MCKENNA SINGLE 'DANIEL YOU'RE STILL A CHILD' OUT NOW
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MARTHA ROSE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'UNDRESS & DIVE AFTER'
FUTURE ISLANDS RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST NEW SONG IN THREE YEARS
NEW ASYLUMS ALBUM 'GENETIC CABARET' TO BE RELEASED JULY 17TH
CARDIFF'S KEYS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE WRITTEN AND RECORDED WHILE STUCK AT HOME
RIDE FRONTMAN ANDY BELL RELEASES HIS FIRST SOLO SONGS
WYE OAK ANNOUNCE NEW EP TO BE RELEASED JULY 31ST
LONDON DUO DOLLS ARE BREAKING 'EGGSHELLS'
DEBUT SINGLE FROM SNAKE EYES 'DON'T WORRY' IS OUT NOW
