Pinegrove

New music round-up featuring Pinegrove, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, red kite, Good Good Blood and Tiny Giant


Pinegrove – ‘Intrepid’ Pinegrove are set to release one of the albums of 2018 and ‘Intrepid’ is just the first of what are sure to be many essential songs for your broken-hearted playlists. Opening with a sparse and almost-DIY feel, it pulls off the feat of being emotional and charmingly ramshackle. Dreamy slacker-pop meets folk…

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New music premiere: Joe Booley – ‘Outgrew’


Over the past five years, singer-songwriter Joe Booley has made a real name for himself both around our local area and beyond with his Jeff Buckley/Luke Sital-Singh-esque songs about life’s important issues. He’s heading into new territory* on new single ‘Outgrew’ and the results are even more powerful, precious and poignant than before. One half…

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Matt Emery – ‘Empire’ album review


It’s been a long time in the making, but Matt Emery, one of our favourite people (and an incredibly talented musician to boot) has now released his debut album ‘Empire’. Available via Injazero Records, it’s been released on vinyl and via Bandcamp and is full of compositions that fall somewhere between post-rock songs and classical…

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Cassels – ‘Epithet’ album review


  Following ‘Foreword’, their well-received ‘pre-album’ of already-released EPs, Cassels now unveil their debut album proper, ‘Epithet’, which is available from  Big Scary Monsters. Jim and Loz Beck have played numerous festivals since ‘Foreword’ and have toured around the country with awesome bands including Meat Wave and itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Their sound has also evolved and on…

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New music round-up featuring Sauropod, MAKEMAKE, Frightened Rabbit, Grieving and Phoebe Bridgers


Sauropod – ‘Never on Time‘ Set to support label mates Sl0tface at their Camden Assembly show next month, Oslo trio Sauropod have unveiled their brand new single, ‘Never on Time’. A cool combination of Supergrass, Japandroids and Sex-Bob-omb from Scott Pilgrim, this is a spiky two-and-a-half-minute blast of garage rock with huge-sounding drums and a…

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Dana Gavanski – ‘Spring Demos’ EP review


Words by Joe Booley. Dana Gavanski‘s ‘Spring Demos’ is a gorgeously simplistic release, reminiscent of early material from Marika Hackman, and French musician and actress Soko. With the rough and ready production style, the listener is left with the perfect-imperfections that make this release. Dana lays out her haunting performances on guitar and vocals, with…

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The Xcerts – ‘Daydream’ stream


The Xcerts have unveiled ‘Daydream’, the second single from their upcoming fourth album, and it’s two and a half minutes of pure pop tinged with just a hint of heartbreak. Taking inspiration more than ever from classic songwriters like Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen and throwing in touches of surf-pop and piano, it opens with…