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Sleeper’s Bell – ‘Clover’ album review


‘Clover’ is the debut record from Chicago-based folk duo Sleeper’s Bell (Blaine Teppema and Evan Green). The nine songs find Blaine revisiting her teenage journals and writing letters to her younger self, bringing in her lived experiences as she tries to offer advice that can heal… The title track opens the album with a genteel…

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Alcopop’s children’s imprint Pandapop! Records launches with ‘Fly Away Feathers’ by Yukee and Rivers Cuomo


Alcopop! Records have announced the launch of brand new children’s music imprint, Pandapop! Records, with the release of CBeebies star Yukee’s debut single ‘Fly Away Feathers’. The single is available on very limited edition 5″ vinyl. The single features Rivers Cuomo – who voiced Feathers the pigeon who needs to find the beat of his…

The Bird Calls Melody Trail album review

The Bird Calls – ‘Melody Trail’ album review


Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sam Sodomsky releases ‘Melody Trail’, the latest album under his The Bird Calls moniker. Packed with astute observations, dark humour and a slab of Americana, it’s a record based around the concept of idly waiting around for some kind of revelation. There’s a touch of Wilco in the country-tinged opener ‘God Bless These…

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Keg – ‘Skybather’


Alcopop! Records signings Keg have shared new single ‘Skybather’ ahead of the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Fun’s Over’ on 14 March 2025. The song is a celebration of one of life’s most simple yet pleasurable activities – bathtime. Opening like a raggedy version of Roxy Music jamming with Neil Hannon’s The Divine…

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Jeffrey Lewis – ‘Sometimes Life Hits You’


Jeffrey Lewis – one of the world’s finest cult songwriters and storytellers – returns with the fuzz-fuelled ‘Sometimes Life Hits You”, the first song to be taken from the aptly titled new album ‘The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’. The album was recorded by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo) in just four days in Nashville…

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Orchards – ‘Groan’


Orchards have shared ‘Groan’, the fourth song to be taken from upcoming album ‘Bicker’, which will be released by Big Scary Monsters on 28 March. Inspired by a therapist asking her ‘Why do you feel the need to fix this?’, Lucy Evers weaves between feelings of frustration and catharsis as she realises the only person…