Toronto indie-rockers Little Kid have shared new single ‘Losing’ ahead of new album ‘Transfiguration Highway’ (out on 3 July via Solitaire Records). The four-piece have retained a relatively low profile since forming in 2011 but have still managed amass a passionate following and share stages with acts including Keaton Henson, Half Waif and Friendship. With…
Keaton Henson has shared his beautiful new single ‘Career Day’ – his first new music since 2016’s ‘Kindly Now’ album. Harking back to the sparse simplicity of debut album ‘Dear’, the new song covers the way many of us take on different personalities depending on a situation – and how this can be overhelming. It’s…
Lazy Day have shared new single ‘All the Time’ (available via the band’s own Weird Cool imprint). It follows last year’s ‘Real Feel’ single and ‘Letters’ EP and shows with Bloc Party, Girlpool and Jay Som. Recorded at Church Studios with a women-led studio team, the song opens with jaggy Pavement-esque guitars and a bouncy…
Pottery have shared ‘Hot Heater’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Welcome to Bobby’s Motel’ on 26 June via Partisan. Premiered by Lauren Laverne on her 6Music show, this song finds the band dipping their toes into the kind of arty disco that serves David Byrne, Foals and Dutch Uncles so well with beastly…
Marihuzka Cornelius (aka MC) may have grown up in western Sydney but she was obsessed with Seattle’s contemporary grunge/pop culture from an early age. She ended up recording Bloods new EP with her band mates in ‘Bleach’ producer Jack Endino’s Sound House with Steve Fisk (Soundgarden and Mudhoney) on production and mixing duties. After being…
Michigan-based singer-songwriter Khal Malik releases new EP ‘Fog’ – the latest under his Bedtime Khal moniker – via Devil Down Tapes on 15 May. The record finds Khal offering observations on race, love, feelings and the power of nostalgia. Opening track (and recent single) ‘Black Tears’ finds Khal revealing how it feels to be a…
Oxford dark pop four-piece PETSEMATARY are the latest band to sign to Beth Shalom Records and have announced details of ‘Get Away With It’ (out on 29 May and available to pre-save on Bandcamp and Spotify now). Already featured in the April issue of Flying Vinyl, it’s the first in a series of singles PETSEMATARY…
Hailing from Bristol, Sometimes are a new band featuring members of Lonely the Brave, Black Foxxes and Meadowlark and they have now shared their debut single ‘That’s Just Life’. Inspired by singer and guitarist Daniel Broadley’s experiences with mental health and the ways in which it can be triggered, the opaque, hazy nature of the…
Tyler Costolo (Two Meters) has shared ‘Passing Through’ – the first single to be released from his new project, Ghost Fan Club. Inspired by emo bedroom music and released through the Florida DIY label knifepunch records, we hear elements of Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse and The Antlers in the poignant guitar sound as Tyler discusses the…
Eve Owen has released her debut album ‘Don’t Let the Ink Dry’. Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner – and released via 37d03d Records, the label he runs with his brother and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon – the record is packed with tales of heartbreak and longing set against backing that dips into a multitude…
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