Audio Antihero Records’ Cloud (or Tyler Taormina to his friends and family) makes a welcome return with ‘Plays with Fire’ – a 32-minute album drenched in hope and nostalgia. A loud burst of feedback signals the start of the opener ‘Happer’s Laugh’; a song full of acoustic strums and white noise effects that evolves into…
As a touring member of Bastille, Charlie Barnes has played to arena-sized audiences all over the world in the three years since his debut record ‘More Stately Mansions’. The follow-up ‘Oceanography’, again released via the ever-reliable Superball Music, was written in various hotel rooms during this period. The album opens with a short intro that…
pronoun – ‘Run‘ Ahead of an appearance at SXSW and shows with Basement, Citizen and Turnover, Alyse Vellturo (aka pronoun) has unveiled ‘Run’; a song they describe as ‘a ball of frustration’. Covering the ending of a relationship where one person easily gave up because things got slightly tough, pronoun doesn’t pull any punches as…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Failure by Design Records. Alcopop! Records. There are a lot of brilliant, beautiful people involved in all three of these and now they’re set to come together with the release of the new ityiwey EP ‘Get Terrified’ (out 20 April) – a set of physically unreleased previous singles and new material. The title track…
Ahead of the European release of the ‘Hobby Limit’ EP via Super Fan 99 Records any day now, Boy Scouts (aka Taylor Vick) talked us through the Top 5 Influences that shape her sound. It’s a wonderful list and one we’d quite happily have as a playlist for any journey… Marika Hackman – ‘Boyfriend‘…
Oslo’s Spielbergs (great name) have announced details of their debut EP ‘Distant Star’ and shared the hook-laden power-pop of ‘We Are All Going to Die’. With its precision drumming and fierce but melodic guitar riffs, it’s a song that instantly gets inside your head and it’s sure to delight fans of Japandroids, Beach Slang and…
Ahead of the release of the now sold-out ‘Just Don’t’/’Can’t They Hear?’ new Super Fan 99 Records signings The Entire Universe speak to us about their Top 5 Influences… 1) Nirvana – “Scentless Apprentice” At the time this was the biggest band in the world & this was there highly anticipated follow up to…
Written by Poppy Hankin when she was just 16, Girl Ray’s brand new song ‘The Way We Came Back’s is a West Coast-inspired track that the band describe as a ‘plump cow that needed to be milked’. The fact that the video takes place during a blizzard makes it even more charming. Within seconds of…
Everything Everything have released a surprise EP just before their biggest ever UK and Ireland tour. It includes two new tracks, a cover of Neil Young’s ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’ and a Tom Vek remix of ‘Ivory Tower. The video for ‘Breadwinner’ features a Lawnmower Man-style rendering of EE frontman Jonathan Higgs dancing…
Bad News Club follows up their debut ‘The Painter’ with ‘Absent’, a cleverly layered song that packs a hefty emotional punch. Written after a trip away from home, it’s an ode to the items that had been left behind and combines tender vocals, mournful strings and the heartfelt sentiments of The Antlers or Elliott Smith.…
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