Brian Fallon has shared new single ‘You Have Stolen My Heart’ ahead of the release of third solo album ‘Local Honey’ on 27 March next year. When talking about the song, Brian said: ”You Have Stolen My Heart’ is my most direct attempt at a love song. I wanted a song that wasn’t aware of…
It’s now tradition for Phoebe Bridgers to release a Christmas song and this year she’s teamed up with Fiona Apple to offer her take on the traditional ‘Silent Night’. Phoebe and Fiona provide sublime joint vocals while Matt Berninger from The National reads a selection of devastating news stories that sum up the state of…
Babehoven (or Maya Bon to friends and family) has shared the video for ‘Maybe I’m Bitter’ ahead of new EP ‘Demonstrating Visible Difference of Height in February next year. The stunning video has been directed and animated by transdisciplinary artist and Pataphysician Brin Gordon, who is currently earning their masters degree in Experimental Animation at…
Human Pyramids will release their third album ‘Power Pose’ on Christmas Day – and what a festive treat it is. Released by Three Mile Town worldwide and Ricco Records in Japan, the record might just be Axes man Paul Russell’s cinematic, orchestral super group’s most joyous collection of songs to date. Recorded all over Scotland,…
Quiet Lions have shared two live performances filmed by the Small Pond Recordings team in the middle of their hometown of Brighton’s legendary Concorde 2. The performances of the ‘Absenteeism’ album favourites ‘Field of Influence’ and ‘Epitaph’. ‘Field of Influence’ (below) finds the four-piece in fine form, harmonising and powering their way through a stirring…
LA rockers Cosmo Gold have shared a cover of Supertramp’s classic, ‘Goodbye Stranger’. Both the arrangement and lyrics have been reworked to capture the divisive nature of modern society (especially when it comes to politics and religion) transforming the song into something more foot-stomping with plenty of electronica running through – and irresistible flourishes of…
My Little Empire Records’ latest signing Alf Whitby (formerly of easykill) has shared ‘Lighthouse’ ahead of the release of debut solo album ‘Sistine Dreams’ early next year. Fitting nicely next to singer-songwriters including Conor Oberst and Elliott Smith, we also heard elements of Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe’s solo material in Alf’s delicate falsetto and the…
Strange Bones have shared the video for ‘Napalm Uber Alles’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Blitz Part 2’ on 28 February. Mixing big electronica beats with views on the state of the nation and ‘our relicance on algorithmic happiness’ (‘somebody turn the lights on!’ being yelled with raw intensity on more than one…
The brilliantly named Those Fucking Snowflakes have shared the video for ‘Vegan Sausage Rolls vs Gammon Faced Vampires’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘U Ok Hun? on 6 December (pre-order here). Following the equally angry ‘Stop Being Dickheads to Each Other’, this song finds the political punks rallying against the increasingly hostile, bitter…
The Big Moon have shared new single ‘Take a Piece’ ahead of the release of the album ‘Walking Like We Do’ on 10 January via Fiction Records. The four-piece have also announced details of a UK and EU tour in the new year following a support slot to Bombay Bicycle Club. Directed by Emilie Norenberg,…
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