The Xcerts have shared their tender takes on four of their most-cherished songs on new EP ‘So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way’ (it’s only fair to ask where is The Rembrandts cover?). Recorded with producer Ryan Burnett, the EP was finished just before the second lockdown and comes ahead of…
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based indie-rockers Major Murphy have shared the video for ‘Access’ – the opener of their new album of the same name (out 2 April via Winspear Records). MM’s bassist Jackie Warren is a touring member of Waxahatchee and Katie Crutchfield has the following to say: ‘It’s an album that’s remarkably cohesive – a…
POSTDATA, Wintersleep frontperson Paul Murphy’s side-project, have shared new single ‘Nobody Knows’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Twin Flames’ via Paper Bag Records on 5 March. Produced by Ali Chant (Portishead, PJ Harvey), the alt-folk song reminded us of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘Old Old Fashioned’ with its bouncing and nostalgic melodies and chanted vocals…
Easypeel has shared the video for ‘Living Off the Land’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Mother’ on 19 February. The record will further explore the disconnect between ourselves and nature – something that is clearly covered in this piece as the singer-songwriter pleads ‘Tell me the truth and I’ll tell you a lie’…
Cheekface kick off 2021 with the release of their second album, ‘Emphatically No’. The Los Angeles trio – made up of Greg Katz, Amanda Tannen and Mark ‘Echo’ Edwards – are renowned for their wry, witty and observational lyrics and throughout this album, they offer up opinions on mental health, fascist governments and political hypocrisy.…
Hamilton punks The Dirty Nil will dust the cobwebs off your New Year’s Day hangover with the release of ferocious new record, ‘Fuck Art’. The record kicks off with the crunching riffs of ‘Doom Bay’ before moving into something more alternative rock anthem sounding on ‘Blunt Force Confusion’ – a track that features impassioned vocals…
It’s been a tough year, but so many of us were kept going by the phenomenal amount of music released over the past 12 months. We won’t claim any of these to be the ‘best’ – music is not a competition, especially in 2020 – but the following were all on constant rotation at Spectral…
You don’t need us to tell you how much brilliant music has been released over the past 12 months to make things a little more bearable. Here are five of our favourites… Martha Hill – ‘Summer Up North’ (EP) Recorded entirely in lockdown, Summer Up North found Martha examining her mental health struggles, past actions…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen Bruce Springsteen’s versio of ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’. Seriously, it’s Christmas Eve. What other…
It’s been such a strange year and in the spirit of togetherness and community, we’re going to be counting down to Christmas by sharing a selection of our – and our friends’ – favourite festive songs. Today, we’ve chosen Manic Street Preachers’ take on ‘Last Christmas’. We all know Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ is the great…
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