Rosie Tucker releases their third album – and first for Epitaph Records – ‘Sucker Supreme’ on 30 April. The record finds the LA-based singer-songwriter examining their own place in the world amidst personal and political observations – with plenty of wry humour throughout. The record opens with ‘Barbara Ann’, a bouncy and breezy piece of…
Fresh’s latest EP, ‘The Summer I Got Good at Guitar’, finds the four-piece tackling a number of important issues – from self-acceptance to the prevalence of misogyny throughout the music industry and beyond. The title track kicks off the EP with a burst of Hotelier-meets-Guided by Voices hooks before Kathryn Woods offers a statement full…
‘Like A Stone’, Remember Sports’ third album for Father/Daughter Records, finds the Philadelphia-based indie rockers examining how it feels to break away from old versions of yourself while trading instruments throughout – resulting in a dynamic and shape-shifting sound that dips into all kinds of genres. The record opens with recent single ‘Pinky Ring’, a…
Me Rex have shared the video for new single ‘Heart of Garbage’ – a song that finds Myles McCabe trying to make sense of where we fit in the modern world with all its toxicity: ‘The central metaphor is of a plant trying to grow in a poisonous environment. The song is about digging out…
Nightjars, the project of San Francisco Bay Area musician AJ Matias Bell, has shared new single ‘Modjeska’ ahead of the release of their debut album of the same name on 7 May. Written between 2013 and 2019, the album tells a coming-of-age story while also exploring the close bond and relationship between memory and place.…
New Father/Daughter Records signing Annie Blackman has shared her sublime new single, ‘Why We Met’. Hailing from Montclair, New Jersey, Annie draws inspiration from her diaries, schoolwork and the Notes app on her iPhone for her visceral observations and her next run of singles capture her later college years and post-grad life. She’s already shared…
London-based trio Muttering’s debut EP ‘Don’t Think About It’ finds the band considering the state of the world and trying to hold on to those glimpses of optimism that shine through the almost constant doom. In fact, the band describe the EP as a collection of ‘songs for the end of the world’. Swirling Appleseed…
Rosie Tucker has shared the video for new single ‘Habanero’ ahead of the release of their third album – and first on Epitaph Records – ‘Sucker Supreme’ on 30 April digitally/18 June physically. Discussing the new single, Rosie says: ‘The first two verses of ‘Habanero’ are about flirting, which is an important distraction from both…
Manchester Orchestra have shared the video for ‘Keel Timing’, the second single to be taken from upcoming album ‘The Million Masks of God’ (out on 30 April via Loma Vista Recordings – pre-order here). Described by frontman Andy Hull as ‘an isolated internal investigation about personal growth. Trying to decide what growh is positive and…
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