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“Mourning Song” is another highlight from Thea & The Wild’s debut album, ahead of its UK release next week. Anthemic, widescreen folk-pop, Thea’s distinctive vocals take centre stage once again. Despite her young age, Thea […]

These 3-CD Deluxe Editions bring together, for the first time on physical and digital, UB40’s 1981 album Present Arms and its companion release from later that same year, Present Arms In Dub alongside their hit-strewn […]

THE CORONAS WILL RELEASE ‘JUST LIKE THAT’, THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘THE LONG WAY’, ON 16TH FEBRUARY ON ISLAND RECORDS The Coronas are one of Ireland’s biggest bands. Summer 2014 saw them […]

The Prodigy have announced details of their long-awaited new album, The Day Is My Enemy. Watch a trailer below. The Day Is My Enemy, The Prodigy’s 6th Studio Album will be released 30th March 2015. […]

The melody and lyrics for The New Southern Electrikk’s debut single ‘Brown Eyes’ were written by former Paris Angel Rikki Turner fourteen years ago. Explaining where he drew his inspiration from, Rikki says ” The […]

THE CHARLATANS – Tim Burgess, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt and Tony Rogers – release their twelfth album, MODERN NATURE on BMG Chrysalis on 26th January 2015. To coincide with the release, the band also confirm […]

London-based duo, Sweet Tooth are set to release their debut album on the Devil’s Advocaat label on the 2nd of February 2015. ‘Everybody Wants To Be In Love’ was produced, arranged andwritten by the band […]

Winner of 2012’s ‘Best Unsigned Singer-Songwriter in Ireland’ competition and regular recipient of rave reviews, Ross Breen, is back with his first single in eight months. ‘Idyllic Valley’ is a punchy, boisterous folk-soul outing, made […]

Following the recent release of their fourth full-length, Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave, Scotland’s The Twilight Sad have unveiled the second official single from the album. It comes in the […]

Ghosts is the new album and the new sound of The Vickers. A kaleidoscopic collection of songs, a twisty and colourful journey through the lights and shades of the modern life. Lose yourself within the […]

Following her global super-smash hit single ‘All About That Bass’, Meghan Trainor has today announced the UK release of her debut album Title, due on January 26th through Epic Records. The 11-track album features the […]

San Francisco newcomers NRVS LVRS share debut track ‘City Lights’. NRVS LVRS began their journey at the beginning of 2014 when a collection of songs, written initially for the purpose of musical experimentation, found themselves […]

Death Grips have released a 14-track instrumental album NME reports, Titled ‘Fashion Week’ and described as an “Instrumental Full-Length Soundtrack”, the full record is available to stream on YouTube and to download from the band’s […]

Described by the BBC as ‘Jump Beat’, The Whereabouts are a young, energetic four piece rhythm & blues, rock & roll band from Kingscourt in Co. Cavan, Ireland. All four lads in The Whereabouts have […]

Combining lyrics about self-discovery and life’s complexities with their unique mashing of genres from Indie Pop to Hip Hop, Swedish trio Blänk already has a track record of independent success. Now they are back with […]

Vision Fortune formed in 2011 primarily around Alex and Austin Peru. In the following years the band have rotated through a cast of drummers and had material released by the likes of Italian Beach Babes(Dirty […]

RELEASED ON ROSÉLIE RECORDS 2ND OF MARCH 2015 Bethia Beadman is ever in search of the ecstatic and transformative. She finds it in ‘Chinatown’, a new album that features ten new tracks, including the forthcoming […]

On February 2nd, Topshelf Records will release a split from Kind of Like Spittingand Warren Franklin & The Founding Fathers, titled ‘It’s Always Nice To See You’. Indie cult favorites Kind of Like Spitting formed […]