Having supported Mac DeMarco in the States, Boston trio Vundabar have just finished a tour throughout France (with an extra show at Camden’s Lock Tavern thrown in for good measure) and now they’re releasing their self-titled EP. Specialising in the kind of slackerpop that makes you want to live the life of a student once…
Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Celebration Guns introduced themselves as an ‘indie/emo/progressive’ band and while it’s true they do dip their toes into each of those genres, we believe they may be underselling themselves a little. Having just released a split EP with fellow Arizonians B.O.T.S (also well worth checking out, they reminded us of Adventures),…
After a couple of highly acclaimed albums, many EPs and even a collection LP, Topshelf Records signings Sundials have made a welcome return to the scene with a new 6-song EP called ‘Kick’. Having been around for five years, the trio have firmly established themselves as a favourite in the punk-rock scene and this EP…
Releasing their new EP ‘Monster Trucks’ through ‘Get Into It Records’ (who list the likes of Dads, The World Is a Beautiful Place and Healing Powers among their roster), Brighton three-piece The New Tusk have an infectious and endearingly childlike enthusiasm for all things punk rock. The opening riffs on the opening song ‘Nice Charity’…
A Chicago two-piece on the verge of their first UK tour – which takes in gigs with Spectral Nights favourites Mimas, Dad Rocks!, Olympians, Waking Aida and a show at Manchester’s A Carefully Planned Festival – Space Blood are an exciting and intriguing prospect. Armed with only a bass guitar, drums and a Roland Handsonic,…
A side project from Johnny Foreigner’s Alexei Berrow and Junior Washington, Yr Poetry takes its name from their previous solo outings – Yr Friends and Fridge Poetry – and is, in Lex’s own words the kind of band: ‘designed to be thrown in a car to play all those house shows we’d get invited to…
Having already played with the likes of Minus the Bear, Dads and 1994!, Portsmouth trio Noyo Mathis have released their new EP ‘Endure’ through Animal Defence Records. Favourites of both Dengfest and Fools Paradise, the band are about to embark on a UK tour – and on this evidence, will be well worth catching. The…
They played the Brain Wave all-dayer on Easter Sunday this year and since then London duo JOHN have gone from strength to strength. With a support slot to Talons and a festival appearance at Southsea Fest in the pipeline, they’ve also become BBC 6Music favourites. On 15 September, they will be releasing their debut EP,…
One of the standout tracks on ‘Cope’ (which we reviewed here), Manchester Orchestra are set to release ‘Girl Harbor’ on 29 September to coincide with a lengthy UK tour where they’ll be supported by Bad Books and Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band. Reminiscent of ‘Everlong’-era Foo Fighters, the track finds the group at their…
David Batty. Nicky Butt. Scott Parker. All footballers who may not have been the most fashionable players – very few were rushing to get a Butt ‘8’ shirt on their Manchester United kit during the 1990s – but were vital cogs in the workings of their respective sides. Respected by managers and team-mates for the…
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