Hailing from the beautiful city of Bath, the brilliantly named Teenage Tom Petties have shared new double A-side single ‘Posters’ and ‘My First Beer’. ‘Posters’ reminded us of early Cloud Nothings with its fuzzy, frenetic and fantastically jangly hooks, while the lyrics (and song title) has a touch of Jeffrey Lewis as Tom Brown reminisces…
Photo credit: Sarah Currie Gold Baby return with new single ‘Cheer’ – a song ‘about the feeling of disappearing’ according to songwriter Siân Fawcett and how changing situations can lead to you losing a sense of who you are: ‘When I listen to this song I can see myself vividly in certain situations from that …
Photo credit: Shervin Lainez The Hold Steady celebrate their 20th anniversary with new album ‘The Price of Progress’ – a collection of songs that finds Craig Finn once again telling the gut-punching stories of ordinary and often flawed people trying to navigate their way through life in today’s unsettled times…. ‘Grand Junction’ opens the song…
Experimental trio Exploring Birdsong follow up their 2019 debut EP ‘The Thing with Feathers’ with ‘Dancing in the Face of Danger’ – a collection of five tracks full of unique storytelling, stunning synth and piano work and live strings… The opening ‘Pure’ has clattering drums that soon make way for a swirling mix of post…
Tugboat Captain follow up recent single ‘Flash of Light’ with ‘Deep Sea Diving’ – a piece of intelligent baroque pop that takes a look at the polymetallic nodules that can be found on the ocean floor, and how this might lead to ecological disaster: ‘Maybe we’re running on borrowed time, got no answer. I don’t…
Photo credit: Niamh Berry Ailbhe Reddy follows up her 2020 debut album ‘Personal History’ with ‘Endless Affair’ – a collection of songs that find the Irish singer-songwriter tackling the pain and relief of growing up, the power of living and the raw emotion of mortality… ‘Shitshow’ opens the album with hushed tones that evolve into…
Photo credit: Shervin Lainez Joanna Sternberg has shared the video for new single ‘I’ve Got Me’, the title track from their new album out via Fat Possum on 30 June. Partly inspired by Charles Bukowski’s ‘Oh Yes’ poem (which Joanna has tattooed on their right arm), the song brings back memories of the anti-folk scene…
Following a support slot to Pip Blom and ahead of shows at SXSW and with Grandmas House, Bristol post-punkers Saloon Dion release new single ‘Happiness’ from forthcoming debut EP ‘Muckers’ (out on 19 May). With frenetic yet melodic pop hooks and vocals demanding ‘Stand by yourself, forget everything else’, there are elements of Life or…
Photo credit: Rory Dunn Following tours with Priestgate and We Are Scientists, Bleach Lab release new single ‘Indigo’, a song inspired by being in a toxic relationship where the person responsible for the pain keeps trying to apologise for their behaviour. The band say the song is partly based on the famous John Cusack boombox…
Photo credit: Zak Pinchin The Xcerts follow up recent release ‘Gimme’ with ‘Ache’ – ‘a song about desperately clinging on to hope when your own mental wellbeing is cumbling’. It’s 104 seconds of adrenaline-driven power-pop hooks, poignant discussion and advice on letting go when things get too much (‘Life’s a bitch, please take care of…
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