Photo credit: Oliver Sangster Dutch Uncles return after six years with ‘True Entertainment’, their sixth (!) album since 2009. Inspired by acts including Kate Bush, The Blue Nile and Ennio Morricone, the album features guest appearances from Metronomy’s Anna Prior and Everything Everything’s Jonathan Higgs while the sound continues to blend eminently danceable hooks with…
Photo credit: Tim Nagle Ahead of UK and EU tour dates supporting Death Cab for Cutie, Slow Pulp have announced they’ve signed to ANTI- Records and shared new single ‘Cramps’ – a song lead singer Emily Massey says ‘Came out of a jam at practice right after I had proclaimed that my period cramps were…
Former Sœur guitarist and vocalist Anya Pulver has shared ‘Dormant’, the first single from her new project Exit Child. Described as a band ‘for fans of nihilism, self-loathing and long walks on the beach’, this song tackles the importance of mental health and how you should never lose sight of who you really are. Anya…
Photo credit: Harrison Whitford boygenius – the sadpop supergroup made up of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus – have shared the video of ‘Not Strong Enough’ ahead of the released of their debut album ‘the record’ on 31st March. They’ve also announced details of their first UK tour dates in Gunnersbury Park in…
Photo credit: Ashley Zhang Momma follow last year’s incredible ‘Household Name’ album with new single ‘Bang Bang’ – a ‘super literal and crude’ song about great sex. Written while isolating and drunk during Covid restrictions, the slice of ’90s-tinged melodic grunge rock finds Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten demanding ‘If you want it, we can…
Growing up in Aldershot at the turn of the century, there wasn’t an awful lot to be proud of – we had a football club that rose from the ashes, were the home of the British Army and that was about it. As soon as I left school and started college (bear in mind I…
The Waeve – a duo made up of Blur’s Graham Coxon and former Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall – are all set to release their debut album. Co-produced by James Ford, the record finds the talented songwriters exploring various subjects and soundscapes with infectious enthusiasm. ‘Can I Call You’ opens the album in style with its…
‘Angel Numbers’, Hamish Hawk’s follow-up to 2021’s acclaimed ‘Heavy Elevator’, was once again produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones at his Post Electric studio in Leith, Edinburgh and finds the singer-songwriter offering up his witty and wry observations on all the foibles of modern life… Opener ‘Once Upon an Acid Glance’ quickly sets the scene with…
Photo credit (video still): Ben Harrison Meek Dutch Uncles have shared ‘Tropigala (2 to 5)’ ahead of the release of their sixth album, ‘True Entertainment’, on 10th March. The new single – inspired by ‘the cyclical resentment musicians sometimes harbour for the rest of the professional world’s lifestyles and aspirations (and vice versa); which can…
The Xcerts have made a welcome return with ‘Gimme’ – a short, sharp and spiky piece of distorted pop that finds the trio embracing the joys (and, of course, angst) that comes with complete artistic freedom. Murray Macleod said: ‘Lyrically, it’s more observational than gut-wrenchingly personal; when burning desire meets apathy, it’s both comical and…
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