Charli Adams follows her highly acclaimed debut EP ‘Good at Being Young’ with new single ‘Superpowers’. Written during the lockdown, the song encapsulates the feelings of so many right now as they miss loved ones and wonder what opportunities have slipped away during this period of isolation. Charli says about writing this song: ‘I felt…
Brooklyn band Good Looking Friends have released their second album ‘The Light of the Well’ via We’re Trying Records. Mixed by The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die’s Chris Teti, the album features the natural – and man-made – sounds of New York City including ambulance, klaxons and…
Roxy Girls have announced details of new EP ‘A Wealth of Information’ (out on 5 June via Moshi Moshi Records) and shared the lead single, ‘Dirtier’. Clocking in under two minutes, there is a sense of the calm before the storm as jaunty guitar hooks gradually join the sole drums in its first 30 seconds…
laughingstock, a four-piece from Bellingham, Washington state, have shared the video for ‘Something Lite’ ahead of the release of their sophomore album ‘Is This Being Vulnerable’ on 17 April (pre-order via Bandcamp). With a diverse array of influences including The National, Real Estate, Oso Oso and The 1975, the band split singing and songwriting duties…
Phoebe Bridgers has announced details of her eagerly anticipated second solo record ‘Punisher’ (released on 19 June via Dead Oceans and available to pre-order HERE) and shared the video for new single ‘Kyoto’. The album features Phoebe’s band of Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford, Emily Retsas and Nick White alongside a multitude of special guests including…
A brand new band (only formed in late 2019!), Innerlove will release their debut EP ‘Fine By Me’ on 27 March via Know Hope Records. The ethos of the band is to ‘write songs with the intention of communicating feelings of hopefulness and self-perseverance’ without shying away from the harder times we all go through.…
With three singer-songwriters (Brock Ginther, Alex Merrill and Galen Richmond) and a long-time love of the indie-rock scene, Portland, Maine band Lemon Pitch are all set to release debut album ‘Flat Black Sea’ on 27 March. Recorded as live, the band describe their sound as ‘lyrically dense noisy pop’. Three and a half minutes of…
‘Hot Springs’ is the new EP from Beth Shalom Records signings Marigolds. It follows support slots to bands including Spring King and Turnover and finds the band dipping into various genres across the four tracks: ‘Ultimately, we see this EP as a step forward for Marigolds and believe each song offers enough versatility for each…
New Take This to Heart Records signing Snarls have just released new album ‘Burst’ and it’s one that is sure to delight fans of mathy art pop in the vein of Hop Along or Dutch Uncles. The Columbus, Ohio four-piece describes the band’s sound as ‘glitter emo alt rock’ and if that doesn’t sell them,…
Elizabeth Powell’s Land of Talk have announced details of new album ‘Indistinct Conversations’ (out on 15 May via Saddle Creek – pre-order) and shared new single ‘Weight of That Weekend’. Elizabeth says the song ‘is a recognition of having been on the receiving end of a lifetime of sexual coercion, assault, boundary violations, and subsequent…
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