Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan has shared her first solo single ‘Rare Thing’ and announced details of album ‘Likewise’ (out on 31 January via Saddle Creek). Written after a dream about her infant niece, the song finds Frances trying to work out what love is – and how it doesn’t always have to mean ‘taking something…
Siân Alex’s Gold Baby project returns with new single ‘Philadelphia’, a song that blends the story of a night spent lost in Pennsylvania’s famous city with that of a Mexican fisherman who finds himself lost at sea. Siân compares it to that feeling when you realise you’ve gone too far and there is no way…
One of the most exciting new bands around, Dry Cleaning are following up this summer’s debut release ‘Sweet Princess’ with another six-track EP called ‘Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks’ on 25 October. Excitingly, both EPs will be compiled on to a 12″ vinyl! Shoegazey guitars, stilted harmonies, a big bass sound and frenetic drums open…
London’s indie dream poppers Night Flowers will release their new album ‘Fortune Teller’ on 25 October via Dirty Bingo Records. The quintet will follow the release with dates supporting Life across the UK. ‘Night Train’, the opening song on the record has crisp production values and a goth-tinged guitar pop sound that fits alongside bands…
Philadelphia-based band Friendship have shared the beautifully touching ‘You Might Already Know’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Dreamin” on 8 November via Owen Ashworth’s (Advance Base/Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) Orindal Records. The record was recorded direct on to tape and this sweet Americana-tinged song finds Dan Wriggings offering his thoughts in a…
Dutch Uncles bassist Robin Richards has shared the video for ‘Toompea’, the first single to be taken from his forthcoming ‘Castel’ EP (out on 6 December via Prah Recordings). ‘An exploration of the impact that Soviet oppression in the Baltics had on native artists in the 70s and 80s’, the instrumental and orchestral piece has…
A lot has happened to Seattle’s Great Grandpa since the release of 2017’s ‘Plastic Cough’, not least all of the band members relocating across the US. However, they found this break – from familiar surroundings and each other – sparked a new creative purpose when it came to recording ‘Four of Arrows’. The bulk of…
Beach Slang have announced their return with new single ‘Bam Rang Rang’ and details of new album ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’ (out 10 January via Bridge Nine Records). The band will also be supporting Goo Goo Dolls across the US throughout November. With scuzz-filled riffs from the off, ‘Bam Rang Rang’ finds Beach…
Common Holly follows up 2017’s ‘Playing House’ with ‘When I say to you Black Lightning’, an album that the press release claims will find Brigitte Nagar in a ‘rougher, looser, louder and more atonal’ place than on her remarkable debut. The record opens with the eerie and evocative folk of ‘Central Booking’. This song opens…
Alcopop! Records’ beginnings can be traced back to a bet on a Portsmouth football match that saw everyone’s favourite Congolese winger Tresor Lomana LuaLua hit the back of the net. Ever since then, the player has been treated as a hero by everyone associated with the label and now he’s appearing on one of their…
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