Canadian singer-songwriter Evening Hymns (Jonas Bonnetta) has shared new single ‘I Can Only Be Good’ – his first new material under this moniker since 2015’s ‘Quiet Energies’. Evening Hymns has played with acts including Agnes Obel, Lou Doillon and Mount Eerie and this heart-wrencing song features Destroyer saxophonist Joseph Shabason. Jonas anticipates the end of…
If, like us, you’ve been listening to Lauren Laverne’s 6Music show every day of this lockdown, you are bound to be familiar with Pottery’s Foals-esque single ‘Texas Drums Pt 1’. Now, the Montreal band have shared ‘Hot Like Jungle’ – the closing track on forthcoming album ‘Welcome to Bobby’s Motel’ (released on 26 June via…
Roxy Girls have announced details of new EP ‘A Wealth of Information’ (out on 5 June via Moshi Moshi Records) and shared the lead single, ‘Dirtier’. Clocking in under two minutes, there is a sense of the calm before the storm as jaunty guitar hooks gradually join the sole drums in its first 30 seconds…
laughingstock, a four-piece from Bellingham, Washington state, have shared the video for ‘Something Lite’ ahead of the release of their sophomore album ‘Is This Being Vulnerable’ on 17 April (pre-order via Bandcamp). With a diverse array of influences including The National, Real Estate, Oso Oso and The 1975, the band split singing and songwriting duties…
Chicago-based duo Ohmme have shared the video for new single ‘Ghost’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Fantasize Your Ghost’ on 5 June via Joyful Noise Recordings. Combining the heartfelt passion of Sharon Van Etten with the artful and experimental tones of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the song finds Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart in…
Following appearances at ArcTanGent, 2000 Trees and Y Not Festival and shows with The Xcerts, Natalie Evans and I Feel Fine, Brighton four-piece Wild Cat Strike are set to release their new EP ‘Mustard Coloured Years’ via Small Pond Records on 17 April. Opening with the quiet-loud-quiet ‘Mustard’, the quartet delve into a new and…
Phoebe Bridgers has announced details of her eagerly anticipated second solo record ‘Punisher’ (released on 19 June via Dead Oceans and available to pre-order HERE) and shared the video for new single ‘Kyoto’. The album features Phoebe’s band of Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford, Emily Retsas and Nick White alongside a multitude of special guests including…
Serbian-Canadian singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski has shared her debut album ‘Yesterday is Gone’ (available via Bandcamp now). An alumni from our friends at Fox Food Records, the video for the album’s title track was filmed in the colourful and retro underground of Montreal’s metro system. ‘One By One’ is a slow and atmospheric introduction to the…
International indie-pop duo Born Fighters – Luke Barham from London and Peter Maffei from California – celebrate the release of bittersweet new single ‘Shadow’ by sharing their favourite duets with us. Luke: Rockpile – ‘Teacher Teacher‘ Rockpile in many ways is the blueprint for Born Fighters. Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds would both bring songs…
New Jersey trio Vasudeva release their new record ‘Generator’ via Skeletal Lightning on 10 April and it’s an album that sees the already genre-hopping instrumentalists delve into more new sounds than ever before – from their traditional post/math-rock sound to ambience and sounds that will get you dancing in your living room during these strange…
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