Seattle indie rockers Great Grandpa have shared new single ‘Digger’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘Four of Arrows’ on 25 October through Big Scary Monsters in the UK and EU and Double Double Whammy in the US. The record is already being touted as one of the albums of the year and…
F*cked Up guitarist Ben Cook has shared ‘Try Not to Hang On So Hard’ ahead of the release of his solo project Young Guv’s upcoming album ‘GUV II’ via Run For Cover Records later this year. Already drawing praise from Pitchfork, the record was written in a Brooklyn flat and is full of acute and…
After playing shows with Bully, The Breeders and Broken Social Scene, Dead Soft are preparing to release their new album ‘Big Blue’ via the ever-reliable Arts & Crafts. To whet your anticipation, they’ve shared new single ‘I Believe You’. The album itself was inspired by the way the band had to leave Vancouver (regarded as…
Seattle dream pop duo Night Hikes have shared ‘Avila’ ahead of a West Coast tour. Named after a beach in California, the song finds Olivia Godby celebrating the joys of everyday acts of love (‘You’re the only one who ever made my coffee right, you’re the only one who saw the magic out of sight’)…
Temples of Youth have returned from a brief hiatus with brand new single ‘Rose Tinted’. The release comes ahead of a hometown show supporting Mystery Jets at Winchestival in Winchester on 27 September. Having honed their sound with support slots to bands including Pale Waves and Weaves, this gorgeous slice of dream pop has elements…
Following numerous festival appearances and a UK tour with Foxing, Norway’s favourite alt-anthem trip Spielbergs are following up one of the albums of 2019 with a new EP called ‘Running All the Way Home’ (out on 25 October via By the Time It Gets Dark Records – pre-order here) – and they’ve also shared the…
James Holden and Villagers band member Marcus Hamblett has announced details of his second album ‘Detritus’ (out via Wilkommen Records on 15 November – pre-order here) and shared new single ‘Lost at Sea’. The song features This is the Kit’s Kate Stables on vocal duties. ‘Lost at Sea’ was first written in 2006 and intended…
The Districts have shared ‘Loving Protector Guy’ ahead of a tour in October and a support slot with The Raconteurs in Denver. With the release of this song, The Districts are asking that listeners join with them in supporting the cause of Everytown for Gun Safety: https://everytown.org. Inspired by a remarkable true story, the song…
New Super Fan 99 Records signings Cape Weather is the ’60s Americana-meets-soulful pop-inspired result of a collaboration between old friends Natalie Smith and Eric Jackowitz. Described by Luke at the label as ‘the most Super Fan band of them all’, the melancholy single ‘Never Say’ opens with a Ronettes-style drum machine as Natalie looks back…
Sløtface have followed up recent single ‘Telepathic’ with break-up anthem ‘Stuff’. The song finds Haley Shea listing some of the things that are left behind (both physically and emotionally) when it comes to getting out of a relationship: ‘It’s just stuff, it has no meaning anymore, things to fill the empty space’. She then goes…
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