This is Jake Evans first solo album and it’s a pretty solid one to start off with. I have seen and heard his contributions to Jimi Goodwin’s album and consequent live shows which he did some […]

Over the past two years Beach Slang have proved themselves as a band who can write memorable songs, share that energy live and create a community of like-minded fans but they’ve always been missing one […]

Destroyer shares his latest single ‘Times Square’, taken from what is already one of this year’s most critically acclaimed records, Poison Season, out worldwide August 28. Whereas previous singles two singles ‘Dream Lover’ and ‘Girl In […]

From Colne in Lancashire, the Milltown Brothers first burst onto the indie scene in 1989 with the ‘Coming From The Mill EP’ getting single of the week in NME. The second indie single ‘Which Way […]

Break Me Down is the first single taken from pop auteur Paul Smith’s new solo album Contradictions. Showing a more vulnerable side to the Maxïmo Park ringleader, it juxtaposes with the upbeat nature of the […]

Watford quartet The Spitfires are pleased to announce they will support The Ordinary Boys on a short run of October/November 2015 headline tour dates. Front man Billy Sullivan comments on the news; “I first started […]

Brighton’s Demob Happy immortalise the cut-throat garage-rock of their forthcoming single across rich kaleidoscopic-hues in a mind-altering new music video for ‘Wash It Down’. Set for release on August 14th via SO Recordings as the […]

Abandcalledboy are a four piece pop-infused noise-rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland who used to be band called ‘Boy’. Having gained the attention of the music press in the UK and Ireland with features in […]

IRON MAIDEN have premiered the video for ‘Speed Of Light’ on their website www.ironmaiden.com. Written by guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, ‘Speed of Light’ is taken from their new double album The Book […]

As the name might imply, La Di Da Di is a mushrooming monolith of repetition. Here is an organic techno thrum of nearly infinite loops that refuse to remain consistent. The rhythmic genus of Battles […]

Many Things have announced their debut album ‘Burn Together’ will be released on 4 September 2015 on Australian label Dew Process (London Grammar, Circa Waves, Mumford and Sons, James Vincent McMorrow, The Hives…). The album […]

Oslo five-piece Dråpe (pronounced ‘Draw-peh’) are excited to share news of their new album ‘Relax/ Relapse’ due Oct 9th via Riot Factory. The video of shimmering first single ‘Pie in the Sky’ from the forthcoming […]

Glasgow instrumental post-rock quartet VASA are pleased to announce they will release their debut album ‘Colours’ on 16th October 2015. The band will be appearing at Mugstock, ArcTanGent and Carefully Planned Festival over the coming […]

As regular readers probably know, I have a bit of a soft spot for Glasgow six piece The Insomniac Project. Combining disco, electronica and synthpop (think of LCD Soundsystem versus Giorgio Moroder), the band caused […]

One of the most acclaimed live bands of the moment, Slaves, are topping off what has been an incredible year for them with two very special UK shows. Firstly, they’ll bring their anarchic musical mayhem to […]

Halo Tora are a five piece union of progressive rock burgeoning from Glasgow, Scotland. A bond formed through years of writing and live shows supporting the likes of Jamie Lenman (Reuben) and My Vitriol as […]

Let’s  catch up on an album that’s gotten some buzz online but will likely be missed by the masses. It’s Y Dydd Olaf, the first solo album of Gwenno Saunders (formerly of The Pipettes) and […]

New Zealand musical titans The Phoenix Foundation are releasing their 6th album, Give Up Your Dreams on August 7th. They are a band who have earned rock god status in their home country and are […]