Phoebe Bridgers – ‘Lost Boys’


Following the announcement of new album ‘Lost Weekend’ (out on 14 August, 2026 via Dead Oceans), Phoebe Bridgers has shared the renaissance faire-inspired video for lead single ‘Lost Boys’. Produced by Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska, Jack Antonoff and Phoebe herself, the song has an incredible cast of stars including boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy…

Life – ‘ABSTRACT/NATURAL’ album review


Life are making a welcome return with ‘ABSTRACT/NATURAL’. The Hull band’s fourth album, it started life in a poetry book that frontman Mez had been writing while exploring the great outdoors. These musings on nature, landscapes, love and acceptance found Mez transforming hills, ridges and landmarks into incredible characters in what he playfully described as…

2000trees Festival 2026 – 5 must-see moments


Festival season is almost kicking off and even with Glastonbury taking a fallow year, there’s plenty to enjoy out on the farms and fields this summer. We will once again be heading to Upcote Farm in the Cotswolds to enjoy every moment of 2000trees. The line-up, as you’d expect, is completely stellar with acts like…

Embrace – ‘Avalanche’ album review


Embrace return with ‘Avalanche’, the Yorkshire band’s ninth studio album. Released via Cooking Vinyl, Danny McNamara says the song is one that looks for joy in the simple moments: ‘Real, deep, honest-to-God joy doesn’t live in the big, dramatic moments we’re all taught to chase. It doesn’t live in huge, unattainable goals or impressive, life-changing…

Seahaven – ‘Seahaven’ album review


Emo revival legends Seahaven have returned with a new self-titled album, and it’s one that finds vocalist and guitarist Kyle Soto examining a tumultuous time in his personal life, taking in the power and pain of memories, the grief of loss and the fragile nature of life itself. ‘Godsend’ opens the record in typically atmospheric…

Jack Kaye (The Magic Gang) – ‘Dora’


Jack Kaye, formerly of The Magic Gang, has shared his debut solo single ‘Dora’ via Fascination Street Records. His first new material in the six years since the band broke up, it combines zesty Lemon Twigs melodies surrounding something far more sinister as Jack takes aim at a toxic relationship that leaves a loved one…

Sesame Girl – ‘Wings of a Butterfly’


Australian indie-poppers Sesame Girl have shared new single ‘Wings of Butterfly’, a song about ‘asking for proof instead of promises’ according to vocalise Heather Duncan. Very much in the Beabadoobee or Soccer Mommy mould, it’s a fresh slice of dreamy pop with gently lilting melodies and melancholic elements: ‘If you’re here to stay, can’t you…