Brian D’Addario (The Lemon Twigs) has shared ‘Till the Morning’, the title track from his forthcoming debut album, which will be released on 20 March. Described by Brian as ‘a love song having to do with those fleeting moments when you grasp something real, amidst all the noise and propaganda’, it’s a track that is…
New York duo Frog follow up 2023’s ‘Grog’ with ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song’, out via Audio Antihero Records on 14 February, 2025. This is an eclectic record that takes in themes of parenthood, living and finding yourself in your home city, with Frog singer-songwriter Daniel Bateman saying: ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song…
Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter Haley Heynderickx follows up 2018’s sublime ‘I Need to Start a Garden’ with ‘Seed of a Seed’, an album that – you can see this from the title – again takes inspiration from nature and our surroundings. It’s a record that Haley says honours everything from flowers and friends to forests and…
While Dan Knishkowy was writing the latest Adeline Hotel album ‘Whodunnit’ about the breakdown of a marriage, he realised he was actually pondering things on a wider scale – those connections between all of us. Putting together a band of talented friends, he got to work on creating on an all-encompassing collection of songs full…
Just over a year after the release of their debut album, The Waeve (real-life couple Graham Coxon from Blur and Rose Elinor Dougall of The Pipettes) return with ‘City Lights’, a bolder, brashier affair with an even more personal approach. The title track opens the album, landing in the sweet spot where disco meets art…
Haley Heynderickx has shared ‘Seed of a Seed’, her first new solo material since 2018’s sublime ‘I Need to Start a Garden’ album. It’s a song that finds Haley following her ‘desire for simplicity’ and searching for peace in a world that seems to do everything it can to disrupt this. Opening with hushed strums…
Nottingham quartet Divorce have shared ‘My Room’ alongside details of a full UK tour in October this year (dates below). Described by vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell as ‘An ode to unconditional love’, ‘My Room’ finds Divorce in an emotionally vulnerable space – especially in its sparse opening moments as they talk about plans, meeting…
James Smith (Good Good Blood) sadly lost his daughter Poppy at just a couple of days old last December and this overwhelming grief has driven the songs on his next album ‘forever scars’, due to be released on Fox Food Records this August. ‘Bosses’ is the first song from the record and it finds James…
Bess Atwell has shared ‘Fan Favourite’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Light Sleeper’ on 24 May via Lucy Rose’s Real Kind Records. Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, the song is an ode to shared experiences and our strong connections to them. With swaying melodies and a bittersweet look at how sometimes these…
A sold-out crowd descended upon Gloucester for the Easter Saturday extravaganza that was Underground Festival – a three-venue pay-what-you-want event that celebrates and showcases the best in new music from the worlds of rock, pop, punk, indie, emo and beyond. We made a beeline for the Blackfriars venue as soon as the doors opened –…
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