Photo credit: Niamh Barry Sprints have shared the video for new single ‘Adore Adore Adore’, a song that finds Karla Chubb offering observations on how a woman fronting a punk band is still held to the patriarchal standards of acceptability: “There is a different set of invisible rules I am supposed to abide by –…
Chicago’s Ratboys have shared the video for new single ‘It’s Alive’ ahead of the release of their fourth album, ‘The Window’ on 25 August via Topshelf Records. The band have played with the like of Soccer Mommy, Pup and Wild Pink and the new record showcases their sonically diverse sound. ‘It’s Alive’ opens with a…
Liam Gallagher has shared a live performance of Oasis deep cut ‘Roll It Over’ from last summer’s shows at Knebworth to celebrate the release of a live album capturing the best of those two days in the Hertfordshire sun-shiiine… The album, called ‘Knebworth 22’, will be out on 11 August. ‘Roll It Over’ features on…
Brighton five-piece Youth Sector have shared new single ‘Free Parking’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Quarrels’ on 16 June via Dance to the Radio. With art rock elements and jagged riffs that hark back to the indie-rock explosion of the mid-2000s (think The Rakes, early Maximo Park and the Futureheads), it finds Youth…
Bleach Lab have shared ‘All Night’, the latest single to be taken from their debut album ‘Lost in a Rush of Emptiness’. Inspired by true crime documentaries and podcasts, the song finds Jenna Kyle examining the sometimes fine line between romance and obsession: ‘I really wanted to write lyrics that at first few listens could…
Blur have shared glorious new single ‘The Narcissist’ ahead of their UK shows and surprise new album ‘The Ballad of Darren’, out on 21 July via Parlophone. The new single finds the band in pensive mood as Damon opens by talking about looking in the mirror, only to see ‘so many people standing there’. This…
Photo credit: Solen Collet Broken Records have made a welcome return with new single ‘You Won’t Be There’, ahead of the release of their fifth album later in the year on J Sharp Records. Inspired by the ‘Automatic for the People’-era R.E.M. with hints of The National or Frightened Rabbit, the song is gently stirring…
Ashford, Kent-based singer-songwriter Marlody has shared the video for ‘Runaway’ – the third single to be taken from her beautiful ‘I’m Not Sure at All’ album. A song that talks about being on the brink of oblivion in hushed and subtle tones, it finds her contemplating how beautiful nothingness can be. She opens the song…
Photo credit: Bridie Florence Following praise from NME, Kerrang! and Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and ahead of the release of new EP ‘You’re Welcome’ (out on 19 May via Big Scary Monsters) and extensive tour dates including a slot opening for Iggy Pop, Lambrini Girls have shared new single ‘Lads Lads Lads’. Taking aim at…
Tape Trash – a Norwegain duo made up of Anders Magnor Killerud (Team Me, Ludvig Moon) and Kristofer Mathias (Spielbergs) – have shared new single ‘TT 4-Ever’ ahead of the release of their debut album later this year. Falling somewhere between Japandroids and The Lemonheads, it’s a potent introduction to the band’s sound with riffs…
Berries follow up their debut album ‘How We Function’ with new single ‘Control’ – a song ‘About channelling inner strength to survive the inevitable dark moments of life’. Opening in a smart style with jagged riffs and a pummelling bass line, the band offer defiant statements despite the emotional subject matter and deliver instructions to…
Photo credit: Morgan Sidle Barnsley-based indie rockers Bedroom High Club have shared new single ‘What You Did’ ahead of a few UK performances and a slot at this year’s Great Escape. A song ‘for when you’re proper fed up and ready to pack it all in’, it finds frontman Blue Brownlie’s rasping vocals soaring over…
After looking up to the skies and filling 2020’s album ‘Wake Up Calls’ with the sounds of the UK’s endangered bird species, multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake will be heading deep underwater with new EP ‘Wild Wet World’. Lead single ‘Bathed in Sound’ features Cosmo’s vocals alongside humpback whales, sperm whales, long horn sculpin, oyster toad fish,…
Hailing from the beautiful city of Bath, the brilliantly named Teenage Tom Petties have shared new double A-side single ‘Posters’ and ‘My First Beer’. ‘Posters’ reminded us of early Cloud Nothings with its fuzzy, frenetic and fantastically jangly hooks, while the lyrics (and song title) has a touch of Jeffrey Lewis as Tom Brown reminisces…
Photo credit: Sarah Currie Gold Baby return with new single ‘Cheer’ – a song ‘about the feeling of disappearing’ according to songwriter Siân Fawcett and how changing situations can lead to you losing a sense of who you are: ‘When I listen to this song I can see myself vividly in certain situations from that …
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