Uzumaki have shared the video for ‘Ugly Hunger’ ahead of the release of debut EP ‘Square One’ via Everything Sucks Music on 28th July. Vocalist and guitarist Alex Cheung says the song ‘Explores themes of self-depreciation, addiction and love’, adding that while it’s packed full of breezy and melodic Guided by Voices-style riffs, the lyrics…
Celestial North has shared ‘Otherworld’, the title track from her debut album (out on 7 July). Ethereal and glacial in tone, Celestial North describes the song as ‘A rabble-rousing pick-me-up on days when life feels a bit much, a reminder that it will all be OK and that we are never truly alone on this…
Remember that Ben Folds and Nick Hornby collaboration around a decade ago? Well, Colin Macintyre has taken this concept a step further with the new Mull Historical Society album ‘In My Mind There’s a Room’. Asking 13 highly acclaimed authors including Hornby, Ian Rankin and Jacqueline Wilson to write words about a room that has…
The booking team at 2000trees are renowned for having their fingers on the pulse of the greatest in new and underground music… Whether it’s an act that climbs to stratospheric heights like Wolf Alice, a band that builds a cult audience and pushes the boundaries of their sound (e.g. Black Peaks) or an artist you…
We’ve been going to 2000trees on a regular basis since 2011 and over that time, we’ve seen some incredible performances in the beautiful Cotswolds sunshine (and 2012’s muddy sludge). Before we start looking forward to 2023’s event, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the most special sets we’ve seen on Upcote…
Photo credit: Niamh Barry Sprints have shared the video for new single ‘Adore Adore Adore’, a song that finds Karla Chubb offering observations on how a woman fronting a punk band is still held to the patriarchal standards of acceptability: “There is a different set of invisible rules I am supposed to abide by –…
Chicago’s Ratboys have shared the video for new single ‘It’s Alive’ ahead of the release of their fourth album, ‘The Window’ on 25 August via Topshelf Records. The band have played with the like of Soccer Mommy, Pup and Wild Pink and the new record showcases their sonically diverse sound. ‘It’s Alive’ opens with a…
Liam Gallagher has shared a live performance of Oasis deep cut ‘Roll It Over’ from last summer’s shows at Knebworth to celebrate the release of a live album capturing the best of those two days in the Hertfordshire sun-shiiine… The album, called ‘Knebworth 22’, will be out on 11 August. ‘Roll It Over’ features on…
Brighton five-piece Youth Sector have shared new single ‘Free Parking’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Quarrels’ on 16 June via Dance to the Radio. With art rock elements and jagged riffs that hark back to the indie-rock explosion of the mid-2000s (think The Rakes, early Maximo Park and the Futureheads), it finds Youth…
Bleach Lab have shared ‘All Night’, the latest single to be taken from their debut album ‘Lost in a Rush of Emptiness’. Inspired by true crime documentaries and podcasts, the song finds Jenna Kyle examining the sometimes fine line between romance and obsession: ‘I really wanted to write lyrics that at first few listens could…
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