With his aptly named third album “Too Bright”, Perfume Genius defiantly stepped out of the darkness and into the spotlight, undeniably conquering 2014 as a result. Armed with breakthrough singles like “Queen” and “Grid”, “Too […]
Typically the most effective art, in any form, comes from a very simple idea. It defies overly general classification, yet clearly exhibits some sort of relevance to just about anyone. LA’s Swing Hero is a […]
Beautiful Noise is the first-ever documentary about one of the most influential, underground music movements of the late 20th century, a fascinating period when some innovative musicians mixed guitar noise into conventional pop song structures […]
Just two weeks ago, A Place To Bury Strangers announced their new album, Transfixiation (out 16th February 2015 on Dead Oceans), and shared the fantastic first single, “Straight”. The album is a boldly experimental step […]
‘Appetites’ follows ‘Dozens’, the first song to be released from the record, and sees Schuster-Craig joined on vocals by friend and collaborator Julia Holter. Fans of Holter’s work and also that of Noah Lennox, Bradford […]
Brighton alt-rock trio In Dynamics return with news of a brand new video for ‘Waking Life’, The track is taken from their latest release, the ‘Questions’ EP. Lyrically philosophical and hard hitting, front man and […]
Steel City heart-stealers THE CROOKES are maintaining their fine tradition of Christmas carousing by rush releasing a brand new yuledite anthem, ‘You’re Just Like Christmas’, on Fierce Panda. Fittingly, as this comes not but a […]
Samaris are set to release a third and final single from their acclaimed ‘Silkidrangar’ album; Tíbrá [pronounced TEA-BROW] is released on 8th December. The group are back for their first headline UK shows next week! […]
‘The Persian Leaps’ began as a phrase singer/guitarist Drew Forsberg doodled in a notebook margin during a college Greek Archaeology course. He wrote music independently under that name for years, until finally assembling a full […]
Future Brown is a crew comprised of Daniel Pineda and Asma Maroof of Nguzunguzu, Fatima Al Qadiri and J-Cush. The four form a collective that draws on digital interconnectivity, global travels and a vital worldwide […]
Warp Records have announced on their website the very sad news that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away. “We are shocked and saddened to share the news that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed […]
There is Hookworms live and then there is Hookworms on record. As the flood of acclaim around their second album The Hum testifies, both are equally thrilling sides of one coin. The Leeds five-piece mix […]
This year Gravenhurst celebrates a decade of work on Warp Records with the reissue of two classic albums, Flashlight Seasons and Black Holes In The Sand, and an additional new album: Offerings: Lost Songs 2000 […]
Black Rivers have unveiled a preview of their forthcoming debut album. All the tracks were carefully mixed together by the band and then brought to life in this video courtesy of the talented Jason Hyde […]
The band are heading out on the road again, playing indoor arenas for the first time in a decade. The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour will see U2 play 19 cities worldwide next year, with pairs […]
This year sees the centenary of the Christmas Truce in the trenches of the First World War, in which English and German met on No Man’s Land and played football. This poignant moment in history […]
James Atkin previously of EMF has released a very special Christmas single in his own unique style. It’s a cover of that modern Christmas classic from The Pogues, ‘A Fairytale Of New York’, we like […]
The Jam’s 1979 masterpiece Setting Sons is being expanded and reissued on November 17th 2014 as super deluxe and deluxe editions which feature unreleased demos and live tracks. Setting Sons was originally conceived as a […]
The Scenes are a 6-piece experimental band from Oulu, Northern Finland, who sound like something between art pop, hardcore punk and progressive rock. They have just finished a tour of the UK supporting The Specials. I caught […]
Channelling influences from the likes of Badfinger, Nick Lowe and Oasis, The Shining Stars unashamedly come up with their own 21st century take on a classic rock’n’roll/power pop hybrid. ‘Glorious Mess’ is possibly the only […]