Proper. have shared the video for ‘Bragging Rights’, a song featuring guest vocals from Willow Hawks of The Sonder Bombs that the band themselves claims ‘brings back Taking Back Sunday-circa-2008 vibes’. The video finds frontman Erik Garlington (in one of the best suits you’ll see this year) embracing two of his biggest fears – being…
Saddle Creek signing Ada Lea’s album ‘What We Say in Private’ continually evolved over the course of its writing and recording process, leaving us with a debut to savour. Montreal native Ada is also a painter and visual artist and these passions have added to the colourful collection of songs that make up this record.…
Rosie Tucker has shared the lemon-drenched video for their new single ‘Habit’, one of many highlights from album ‘Never Not Never Not Never Not’. It opens with Rosie laying their heart bare: ‘I wanna tell you I’m sorry but what’s a couple words? Drops in the Pacific between us’ before going on to admit that even…
Following on from one of THE Glastonbury moments on the Park Stage and ahead of a sold-out tour of huge venues later this year, Idles have shared the animated video for live favourite ‘Never Fight a Man with a Perm’. Put together by the team behind Fluffer Records (Al Brown, Russell Taysom & Stella Belle…
Following an appearance at Glastonbury Festival and ahead of the release of ‘Yawny Yawn’ (a piano and vocals version of last year’s ‘Yawn’ album – Pre-order via Dom Mart now) Bill Ryder-Jones has shared a goosebump-inducing video for ‘And Then There’s You’. The stripped-back nature gives more focus on the reflective lyrics as the lead character…
We’re almost halfway through July so of course Conor O’Brien’s Villagers are bringing some more sunshine into all of our lives with ‘Summer’s Song’. Produced by Conor and mixed by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips), Conor claims it’s ‘the closest I’ll ever get to writing a pure pop song’ and reveals ‘it was really…
Following the success of the As It Was documentary and a successful appearance on the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival and ahead of new album ‘Why Me? Why Not.’, Liam Gallagher has announced an extensive tour of the UK and Europe and shared the video for new single ‘The River’. The song finds…
Croydon four-piece Bellevue Days have shared ‘Freakin Out’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘It Can’t Possibly Go Wrong Ever’ later this year. Bursting with scattergun guitars and frantic drumming, the song about ‘a kind of depression that keeps you up all night and makes you question everything’, Alan Smith starts the song by…
New York-based singer-songwriter and visual artist Joanna Sternberg has always lived a life surrounded by music – from humming the entire melody of ‘Oh What a Merry Christmas Day’ from Mickey’s Christmas Carol at just 2 years old to piano lessons at the age of 5 and learning guitar and bass at 11. Their education…
Although ‘Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?’ is Dead Oceans (Phoebe Bridgers, The Tallest Man on Earth, Mitski) signings Bleached’s third album, it’s the first that the sisters have written from a place of sobriety. When it came to writing the tracks, the duo decided to go back to basics with Jessie Clavin handling the…
Spectral Nights - alternative music, indie music, music reviews, new music, music blog 