Spielbergs have followed up last year’s ‘Running All the Way Home’ EP with the release of new single ‘Go!’. Recorded with regular producer Tord Øverland Knudsen before the lockdown came into effect, the song is co-released by By the Time It Gets Dark Records and TV network Adult Swim’. The four-minute anthem finds lead singer…
Matt Evans (Tigue, Bearthoven, Man Forever) has shared new album ‘New Topographics’ – a record filled with percussive ambient pieces that make use of sounds including writing, typing and morse code. Written and recorded in December 2018 during a month-long artist’s residency program at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the songs are the result of researching…
Hailing from Vancouver and signed to Hidden Bay Records, Be Afraid are refreshed with a brand new line-up and are set to release their new EP, the presciently titled ‘Remember Fun’, on 8 May. The guitar-driven indie-pop of ‘Birdbrain’ opens the EP with fuzzy guitar hooks, glorious ’60s melodies and loose drums as the band…
After taking some time off their constant touring schedule to work on new songs, Diet Cig follow up 2017’s ‘Swear I’m Good at This’ with new album ‘Do You Wonder About Me?’. This collection of short, shartp and spiky songs find the duo – Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman – grappling with past versions of…
On the date they were supposed to be playing the first of two nights at the Barrowlands and ahead of Tim Burgess‘s Twitter Listening Party (#timstwitterlisteningparty) tomorrow night (Friday 17 April at 10pm), The Twilight Sad have shared live album ‘It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Live’ and made it available on a…
If, like us, you’ve been listening to Lauren Laverne’s 6Music show every day of this lockdown, you are bound to be familiar with Pottery’s Foals-esque single ‘Texas Drums Pt 1’. Now, the Montreal band have shared ‘Hot Like Jungle’ – the closing track on forthcoming album ‘Welcome to Bobby’s Motel’ (released on 26 June via…
Featuring recordings made between 2013 and 2020, the six songs on this debut record span genres and tackle all kinds of vital subjects as Gordian Stimm (Maeve from itoldyouiwouldeatyou) tries to make sense of tangible and imagined physicality and emotions. The LP opens with the 7-minute ‘Bleeding Out in a Septic Tank’ – a track…
The Holy Road have shared debut single ‘The Minotaur (Mesto in A-Minor)’ for Piano Day (28 March) with all proceeds going to Tiny Changes – a charity that is close to our (and many of yours, we’re sure) hearts. Taken from the forthcoming ‘For the Blood of England’ album, the track was mixed by James…
Fast Blood follow up the release of debut single ‘You’ with ‘Milo’, the second track to be taken from their forthcoming self-titled EP. The band have shared stages with a diverse array of acts including Martha, Mannequin Pussy and Jeffrey Lewis and this song shows why they’re equally at home with each of them. Opening…
Once again, we’ve had the chance to enjoy 12 months full of brilliant music and compiled our Top 5 records of the year. As always, we give the disclaimer that this is liable to change on a daily basis and music is not a competition. We hope you’ve enjoyed discovering new music and rediscovering…
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