Natalie Schlabs has shared ‘Home is You’, the lead single from her forthcoming album ‘Don’t Look Too Close’ (out in October). Describing the song as an ode to that person who is ‘your person’, the song brings to mind the timeless and melodic pop of the ’70s (plus some crisp Rilo Kiley-esque guitar hooks) with…
Courtney Marie Andrews has shared the video for new single ‘Burlap String’ ahead of the release of her new album ‘Old Flowers’ (out on 5 June via Loose/Fat Possum Records – pre-order). The album was written following the end of a long-term relationship and this song finds Courtney looking back on the ups and downs…
Australian (but now based in California) singer-songwriter Hazel English releases her debut album ‘Wake UP!’ via Polyvinyl Records on 24 April. Prone to bouts of acute anxiety, the album was written following an existential crisis when Hazel felt her life was becoming a series of mundane objectives: ”Am I happy?’ ‘Do I like the direction…
Katie Harkin, formerly of Sky Larkin and session musician for countless awesome acts including Sleater Kinney, Wild Beasts and Courtney Barnett, releases her first solo album under her own surname on 24 April via Hand Mirror – a label she set up with her partner, poet and live arts organiser Kate Leah Hewlett. Written on…
Montreal punks NOBRO have already gained praise from Kerrang! and slayed stadiums with The Distillers and Alexisonfire and now they’re releasing new EP ‘Sick Hustle’. There’s a stomping glam rock feel to the opening ‘Don’t Die’, a belter filled with tales of both debauchery and the more mundane aspects of modern life: ‘Who are these…
Public Body have played shows with Squid and already earned praise from The Line of Best Fit, 6 Music and Clash. Now they’ve released new single ‘Naughty On My Bike’ – a song that is both a love letter to cycling and a scathing criticism of the UK’s over-priced and unreliable public transport system. The…
Wallflower were due to record the video for ‘Eat Away at My Heart’ from their debut album ‘Teach Yourself to Swim’ (out on 5 June) on 29 March but, as with so many plans at the moment, this was curtailed by the COVID-19 restrictions. However, the band marched ahead and still filmed a DIY video…
New post-punk band TV Priest have shared their debut single ‘House of York’. It comes ahead of what will hopefully be a busy year for the four-piece that is scheduled to include a show with Egyptian Blue and many more exciting plans. Packed with angular riffs, frenetic drums and seething anger about the ‘approach to…
On the date they were supposed to be playing the first of two nights at the Barrowlands and ahead of Tim Burgess‘s Twitter Listening Party (#timstwitterlisteningparty) tomorrow night (Friday 17 April at 10pm), The Twilight Sad have shared live album ‘It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Live’ and made it available on a…
Canadian singer-songwriter Evening Hymns (Jonas Bonnetta) has shared new single ‘I Can Only Be Good’ – his first new material under this moniker since 2015’s ‘Quiet Energies’. Evening Hymns has played with acts including Agnes Obel, Lou Doillon and Mount Eerie and this heart-wrencing song features Destroyer saxophonist Joseph Shabason. Jonas anticipates the end of…
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