Uncle Luc – ‘Plateaux’ After a couple of years focusing on Super Fan 99 Records, Uncle Luc makes a welcome return with this American-tinged slice of power-pop – complete with handclaps, DIY keyboards and a cute sense of playfulness. Luc sings about keeping notes in his iPhone telephone and considers how he doesn’t always believe…
Minnesota’s Tiny Moving Parts have released the video for ‘Applause’. It comes ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Swell’ (which you can order via BSM here). Intelligent math-pop in the vein of Minus the Bear or previous touring partner Into It. Over It., the song has a stop-start celebratory feel in its irresistible…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Cassels recently released their debut album (read our review here) via BSM and are continuing to win fans wherever they play. We asked Jim Beck from the band to tell us about five songs that have influenced both his life and Cassels’ sound and five songs by bands that he is digging right now. TOP…
Following ‘Foreword’, their well-received ‘pre-album’ of already-released EPs, Cassels now unveil their debut album proper, ‘Epithet’, which is available from Big Scary Monsters. Jim and Loz Beck have played numerous festivals since ‘Foreword’ and have toured around the country with awesome bands including Meat Wave and itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Their sound has also evolved and on…
Smidley – ‘Fuck This‘ Conor Murphy from emo heroes Foxing has announced a new project and it’s far more upbeat than his day job. With an album coming out on Triple Crown and dates with Tigers Jaw in the pipeline, ‘Fuck This’ is a jaunty slice of indie rock and roll, complete with irresistible pop…
Broken Social Scene – ‘Halfway Home‘ Broken Social Scene’s first song in seven years is full of the dreamy soundscapes, gorgeous hooks and joyful wonder that makes the collective so beloved. The band sing about being halfway home and the sunrise and all sorts of other things that bring good vibes over a bombastic wall of…
Cassels – ‘The Weight‘ Fast becoming one of our favourite bands, Cassels have previewed a new song ahead of the release of ‘Foreword’ – a compendium of all their releases so far coming out on BSM. It showcases why the duo are such an incredible prospect as through a cascade of riffs and clattering drums…
It’s always important to get your year off to a good start when it comes to gigs and in 2017 our friends over at Beth Shalom Records brought a great triple-bill to the back room of Guildford’s Star pub. After stellar support from Dym and Brighton’s Fugazi-esque The New Tusk, Big Scary Monsters signings Cassels…
Ahead of their eagerly awaited new album ‘Dust and Disquiet’, available from Big Scary Monsters in September, Caspian have unveiled incredible new track ‘Sad Heart of Mine’. Very piano-driven to begin with, there is over a minute of subtle build-up as drums weave gently into the soundscape. There’s a cinematic quality to the song, drawing…
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