Foxing have shared new single ‘Greyhound’ ahead of the release of their upcoming fifth album, ‘Foxing’ (released on the band’s own Grand Paradise label on 13 September). The eight-minute epic opens with atmospheric and synth-led sound as Conor Murphy talks about how beautiful his telephone can be (‘Look at how it loves me’). As the…
Wednesday guitarist MJ Lenderman has shared new single ‘Joker Lips’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Manning Fireworks’ via ANTI- on 6 September. A song about feeling pushed out by everyone else, there’s a slacker undercurrent running behind the alt-folk yet shoegazey sound as he pleads with people to ‘Please don’t ask how I’m…
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have announced they have signed to Fat Possum Records and announced details of their debut EP ‘Easy Peazy’, which will be released on 8 November. The EP is preceded by the stunning new single ‘Ode to Clio’. The band say they ‘thrive on the thin line between pretty and noisy’ and that’s certainly the…
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…
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