The Strypes have announced their third album – ‘Spitting Image’ – due for release on June 16th on Virgin EMI. The news comes alongside the announcement of a UK headline tour in the summer. Last […]

Holy Moly & The Crackers are a seven-piece “gypsy-folk-rock” band from the UK: “They are a bunch of wild gypsy troubadours with more than a touch of magic about them” (Diva). Over the last three […]

DIDI is better known as Hertfordshire producer Lauren Deakin Davies, who at 21 is the youngest full member of the Music Producer’s Guild. Having produced many tracks which have gained Radio 2, 3 and 6 […]

To celebrate the release of their forthcoming, collaborative album Planetarium, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister have launched a new song today. ‘Mercury’ is the second track to be released from Planetarium, […]

DMA’S are back in the UK for a handful of Spring shows which kicks off with a gig at London’s Brixton Electric on Wednesday 26th April. The show has been sold out for months and […]

Rock n Roll Consciousness, the new album by Thurston Moore, is set for release on April 28th on Caroline International. The album was recorded with producer Paul Epworth (Adele, The Pop Group) at The Church […]

The past 12 months has seen Tom Chaplin step out from the multi-platinum selling band Keane to both critical and commercial acclaim, with his extraordinary debut solo album ‘The Wave’ entering the UK Album Chart […]

Chris Rea will play the Waterfront, Belfast on 7th December 2017, as part of a European tour, to celebrate the release of his new album, ‘Road Songs for Lovers’. The album will be released on […]

Introducing Hightown Pirates with their debut album Dry and High with stunning artwork by Pete Doherty. Hightown Pirates is the band formed by Simon Mason. His friendship with Mick Head (Shack) sowed the seed, conceived […]

If you’re searching for a worthy young band of shoegaze proprietors you don’t have to look much farther than Wozniak. After two stellar EP releases in the last few years, Wozniak has finally taken the […]

Often referred to as a supergroup, the Canadian band The New Pornographers are not so much a supergroup as a collective of gifted artists who formed in the late 90’s to make arresting music. The […]

‘Inner City Life’, the ground-breaking single from Goldie’s seminal 1994 debut album ‘Timeless’, has been remixed by Burial for an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2017. The track has been reworked by Burial, with […]

POLIÇA recently announced a brand new double A-side 7” for Record Store Day 2017. Today, they share “Lipstick Stains”. “Lipstick Stains” straddles both the dancefloor and the living room floor where you’re curled up when […]

The day has finally arrived! Maximo Park’s eagerly anticipated new album ‘Risk To Exist’ is out today. The Newcastle four-piece also embarked on the first of their huge run of in-store performances yesterday to celebrate […]

Cast first appeared in the mid 90s during the Britpop era with a string of hit singles and the classic ‘All Change’ album that became the highest selling debut album in the history of the […]

For those of us old enough to remember the early 80’s, it was an era filled with many excellent bands that were brief in their existence but left a substantial influence behind them. The Beat, […]

Texas return with a new video to accompany their anthemic single ‘Tell That Girl’. Written and produced by Texas founders Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri with Karen Overton joining them in the studio following their […]

Long regarded as an exhilarating live act, Paramore has spent much of the past decade-plus on the road, with highlights including sold out headline arena tours and show-stealing festival sets around the globe. Paramore has […]