Bully has shared the video for ‘Where to Start’ – the cathartic lead single from her upcoming third album ‘SUGAREGG’ (out on 21 August – pre-order in the US & Canada or the UK). Produced and mixed by John Congleton and Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, the song has a fuzzed-up and bass-heavy garage rock intro as…
The brilliantly named Those Fucking Snowflakes have shared the video for ‘Only Weak Men Fear Strong Women’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Straight Wealthy White Male Suffrage’ on 19 June. The name of the EP was inspired by ‘ some gammon ranting on facebook about the film ‘The Last Jedi’ featuring ‘too many…
Lakes have shared new single ‘Kids’ ahead of the release of the song on a 7″ called ‘This World of Ours, It Came Apart’ via The LP Cafe (UK) and Know Hope Records (US) on 24 July. The song features a guest appearance on vocals from Dan…
Following shows with The Murder Capital, Mush and Flamingods, Sunderland punks Roxy Girls follow up debut mini-album ‘A Poverty of Attention’ with new EP ‘A Wealth of Information’. The EP opens with the angular post punk and relentless drums of ‘Dirtier’. These progress into a spiky attitude that recalls Maximo Park or XTC: ‘When the…
As premiered over on GoldFlakePaint last week, Katy Kirby has shared a new rendition of the beautiful ‘Tap Twice’. A song ‘about the formation of unspoken agreements in a new relationship, the process of silently negotiating with someone what you might mean to each other, and what happens when negotiation turns into an arm wrestling…
Eades have shared new single ‘Forget What You Want’ ahead of the release of debut EP ‘Microcosmic Things’ through their own Bam Bam Records on 10 July. Flitting between art rock, new wave and a toe-tapping pop sound, ‘Forget What You Want’ is a foot-shuffling song perfect for indie clubs once they reopen. There’s a…
Night Hikes have returned with ‘Raven’ – a beautiful piece that finds the duo of Matthew Farrell and Olivia Godby reflecting on the importance, confusion and hesitation that surrounds the climate crisis – and how taking immediate action will lead to a brighter future. To accompany the release, Night Hikes are hosting an online seminar…
Happy Accidents – Phoebe Cross and Rich Mandell – have made a welcome return with third album ‘Sprawling’. Self-produced and self-released, the recent releases of ‘Secrets’ and the title track hinted that the duo would head into new territories beyond the catchy indie-pop that has served them so well in the past Phoebe sings ‘Swallowed…
Following praise and acclaim from BBC 6 Music and Radio 1 and now-cancelled slots at The Great Escape and Live at Leeds, Hull-based quintet Low Hummer have shared new single ‘Picture Bliss’. The fuzzy and amped-up three minutes will delight fans of guitar bands including My Vitriol, Sleater-Kinney and Pup as the crunching riffs come…
Squid have shared new single ‘Broadcaster’ – the AA-side companion to BBC 6 Music favourite ‘Broadcaster’. Now signed to Warp Records, the new song opens with a spaced-out synth sequence that was conceived during a writing session in a woodland cabin by band member Arthur while the rest of the band went for a hike.…
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