Long Distance Calling have unveiled the video for ‘Out There’, the first song from their widely anticipated sixth album ‘Boundless’ (released on 2 February). It’s a 9-and-a-quarter-minute beast of a song that veers into so many different directions that bring to mind both Mogwai and Maybeshewill. It opens with huge-sounding walls of guitar and chunky…
‘Finally’ features on Take This to Heart Records signings McCafferty‘s new split EP with Triple Crown’s Heart Attack Man. The pop-rock song is described by the Ohio band as a celebration of their love of alternative music and opens with some melodic guitars and a singalong burst of ‘Wa-oh, wa-oh, wa-oh-oh-oh-ohs’. Singer Nick Harktop opens…
Audio Antihero Records signing CHUCK was kind enough to let us know the Top 5 songs that influenced this year’s ‘Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store’ and the Top 5 songs he’s enjoying right now. It’s an eclectic mix so enjoy! 5 Songs That Influenced My Last Record Modern Lovers – ‘Pablo Picasso’ I LOVE…
Having just finished tours with Future of the Left and the one and only Jamie Lenman, Croydon duo Frauds have now released their debut LP ‘With Morning Toast and Jam and Juice’ via our friends at Till Deaf Do Us Party Records. They’ve come a long way from their beginnings as a two-piece playing obscure…
Signed to Odd Box Records, Suggested Friends are a beloved queer DIY punk band who specialise in power-pop hooks, fantastic harmonies and lyrics that tackle the ignorant nature of some members of society. Their self-titled debut LP is one to cherish. It opens with the Harry Potter-referencing ‘I Don’t Wanna Be a Horcrux for Your…
Nelson Can – ‘On Christmas Night’ One of Alcopop! Records’ new signings for 2017, Nelson Can shower you with festive joy in this Christmas song which combines Los Camp-style hooks with a Lorde-esque layered build-up. The band sing about polar bears, impatient children and a promise that ‘soon the darkness will be long gone’ before…
Good Good Blood (also known as James Smith) is one of our favourite discoveries over the past 12 months and ‘Sun of a Gun’ is the result of a bunch of minimalist DIY recordings that took place in the spring. Available as a digital album or limited-edition cassette via Fox Food Records (with a photo…
Dublin indie-pop trio Other Creatures will be releasing ‘The First EP’ in January and the band have already gained praise and acclaim from so many blogs and music lovers from both their native country and here in Britain. In this piece, frontman Konrad Timon talks us through five songs that have helped to shape their…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more excited to hear it. A Brexit-baiting track that was inspired by David Brewis’ disappointment in his hometown Sunderland being the first town to vote Leave, it combines…
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