They say everything old is new again. These days Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and the other members of Simple Minds could attest to that truism. Simple Minds is in the midst of a musical renaissance. […]

Belle and Sebastian the first track the disco tinged ‘The Party line’ from their ninth studio album “Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance” which will be released on January 19, 2015 (Jan 20 in the […]

The Coral have been on hiatus a while now since their last album from 2010 The Butterfly House. This ‘new’ album is a collection of lost songs from the period between The Invisible Invasion and […]

GHXST is a New York based noise grunge trio composed of Shelley X, Chris Wild and Nathan La Guerra. With influences such as the Jesus and Mary Chain, White Zombie, and Sonic Youth, they evoke […]

Zola Jesus’ latest single Go (Blank Sea) receives a fantastic reworking from LA duo Skin Town, who lay down dark yet scintillating synths as a bed for Nika’s powerful vocals. Nick Turco of Skin Town […]

Peluché were born like a phoenix from the ashes when the previous incarnation ‘Keebo’ ran its natural course. Writing started under this new guise in the early months of 2014 and Peluché have been captivating […]

It’s not the second album that’s difficult. Melodies, harmonies and words all come embarrassingly easy to a born songwriter like Alex Highton. It’s the life that happens in-between the songwriting and the recording that’s the […]

The visionary new album Flesh And Machine by acclaimed musician-producer and sonic explorer Daniel Lanois has arrived in stores. The record absolutely bristles with new ideas and offers powerful evidence of Lanois’ standing as an […]

The easiest thing to do when reviewing an album is to call the subject of your piece “A classic” or “A landmark” and all those other easy to trot out inanities. The fact is, very […]

London based Rumble-Bop Trash Blitz 5-piece band Oh! Gunquit release a brand new single “Sinkhole” backed with instrumental “Stampede” via new One Little Indian imprint Winwin Records on 1st December. Oh! Gunquit have been performing […]

Natives have made their cover of Armin van Buuren’s ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ available for free download. The band has also announced their headline shows for February next year: 16 February – Manchester, […]

David Bronson’s new album Questions plays like a soul-drenched paean to the uncertainties of burgeoning adulthood. While the artist’s twenties, as documented on his first two records, were anything but a light-hearted emotional romp, the […]

Springtime Carnivore aka Greta Morgan is releasing her self titled debut album on November 3, 2014. The release is a Lo Fi disk made in the spirit of the Northwest music scene DIY culture. Springtime […]

New Build’s debut album, Yesterday Was Loved And Lost, was a joyous thing filled to the brim with supremely catchy tunes and featuring Do You Not Feel Loved? which remains and will remain one of […]

Following airplay from Radio 1, Xfm, Kerrang and play listings across the UK, Europe and America, an appearance at Reading & Leeds Festival this summer and a September UK headline run that was immediately followed […]

Eleven singles R.E.M. released between 1983 and 1988 with I.R.S. Records have been gathered for 7IN – 83-88, a new boxed collection of vinyl seven-inch singles to be released December 8 by UMC/Capitol. The singles […]

Sounds of Sputnik is the brainchild of Roman Kalitkin, whose signature sound mixes post-rock, shoegaze and dream pop with a slight kickback to noise pop. He draws inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary […]

A 10 disc CD and DVD celebration of the influential, innovative hip-hop and dance act Stereo MC’s will be released globally on October 27th 2014 via UMC. The Stereo MC’s were the first British group […]