Efterklang have shared ‘To a New Day’, the fourth single to be taken from new album ‘Things We Have in Common’ (released via City Slang on 27 September). Collaborating with talented musicians including vocalists Rune Mølgaard and Sønderjysk Pigekor plus Hector Tosta (additional arrangement, guitar, percussion), Jarrett Gilgore (alto sax), Mabe Fratti (cello), Damian Dalla Torre (bass clarinet, tenor sax), Christian Balvig (piano, Rhodes, vibraphone), Tatu…
Militarie Gun have shared ‘Thought You Were Waving’ – their first new music since the release of their debut album ‘Life Under the Gun’ in 2023. The song – created with Zachary Dawes (Lana Del Rey, Sharon Van Etten) – finds the Los Angeles-based four-piece in a scuzzy and desperate mood from its opening moments:…
Porridge Radio have shared ‘Sick of the Blues’ ahead of the release of their fourth album ‘Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’ on 18 October via Secretly Canadian. Described by Dana Margolin as a song ‘about being heartbroken and taking back some joy, remembering that you’re the source of your…
Haley Heynderickx has shared ‘Seed of a Seed’, her first new solo material since 2018’s sublime ‘I Need to Start a Garden’ album. It’s a song that finds Haley following her ‘desire for simplicity’ and searching for peace in a world that seems to do everything it can to disrupt this. Opening with hushed strums…
Saturday 13 July After a whirlwind three days, 2000trees wrapped up with a much-anticipated headline set from Don Broco. But things were again kicking off from 10.30am and there was a hell of a day in store with some of our personal favourites making welcome returns or debuts on Upcote Farm… Who wants circle pits…
Friday 12 July With typical Spectral Nights timing, a car-related emergency meant we only made it onto Upcote Farm in time for Sl0tface’s appearance on the main stage, missing our tips for Ones to Watch Buds and Bex in the process. We heard great things about both and will endeavour to see them soon. Sl0tface were…
After some worrying weather in the build-up to the event, the sun shone on Upcote Farm as 2000trees 2024 got underway. Wednesday 10 July After our annual rounds of hugs and catch-ups with friends and Trees regulars, we kicked off the festival with Exit Child‘s final (well, penultimate – they played as a last-minute replacement…
Bright Eyes have shared ‘Bells and Whistles’ ahead of the release of their tenth studio album ‘Five Dice, All Threes’ on 20 September via Dead Oceans. With its whistling, stomp-along intro, ‘Bells and Whistles’ is a jaunty song that celebrates the little details in life that can form your destiny. From not feeling well and…
Movements have shared ‘Afraid to Die’, ahead of an EU and UK tour (dates below). Patrick Miranda said the song ‘is so different than anything we’ve ever done, and yet I think it still pulls on the heart strings as a lot of our older music does’. Sitting in a space between Foxing and Minus…
We’ve already looked at the smaller acts set to storm this year’s 2000trees festival and picked out our top 5 must-see moments, but this is a festival about far more than just music… We first started going to festivals at the turn of the millennium and the bigger ones did not offer much choice when…
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