Hope of the States continue their unexpected but most welcome of combacks with the release of ‘Billboard Mountain’. While its opening minute is filled with typically cinematic strings and Morricone-esque tones as Sam Herlihy declares ‘This grief makes energy. Believe, believe, believe’, the song then harks back to ‘The Lost Riots’ favourite ‘George Washington’: ‘Set…
Hitchin’s queer indie-punk rockers Brutalligators have returned with ‘Hold Fast’, the first single to be taken from their upcoming second album ‘Hold Fast’ (to be released via Fika Recordings on 21 November, 2025). With the record described by the band as a ‘love letter to learning to accept all that life throws at you’, ‘it…
False Advertising have made a welcome return with ‘The Sorry Window’. Referencing Curb Your Enthusiasm in its title, the song finds the band lamenting lost opportunities over a swathe of emo-meets-new wave guitar: ‘I guess you’ve head enough. Is this just all too much?’ Blending the hooks of Guided by Voices with the emotional resonance…
Who’d have thought there’d be two songs named after farmers’ markets in 2025? The Orchestra (For Now) follow Pulp’s album track highlight with ‘Deplore You/Farmers Market’ – the first song this special band wrote and played live. Mixing orchestral string manoeuvres with dashes of chamber pop melody, it starts in softer fashion before taking a…
Australian quartet The Belair Lip Bombs have shared new single ‘Back of My Hand’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Again’ via Third Man Records on 31 October, 2025. Opening with melodic and jangly hooks that reminded us of The Maccabees or Rilo Kiley, the song finds Maisie Everett in defiant mood as she…
Westside Cowboy have shared new single ‘Don’t Throw Rocks’ ahead of the release of second EP ‘So Much Countryy ‘Till We Get There’ via Island Records imprint Adventure Recordings on 16 January, 2026. Originally starting life as a ‘fuzzy drum machine demo that Jimmy made in his bedroom’, the song finds the four-piece reflecting on…
Militarie Gun have shared ‘God Owes Me Money’ ahead of new album ‘God Save the Gun’ (out today – Friday 17 October – via Loma Vista Recordings. Part of a record described as an ‘absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief, ‘God Owes Me Money’ finds the band delving into a more synth-based…
Following a 10-year relationship, Pip Blom and Willem Smit (frontman of Personal Trainer) have made their first and only record as a duo – Long Fling. The self-titled record is a truly collaborative effort, with sessions often ending in arguments due to the pair’s passion. ‘Remember that time we had Chinese for breakfast and you…
Richard Ashcroft follows up a celebratory summer supporting Oasis with the release of ‘Lovin’ You’ on 10 October, 2025. This is Richard’s first album filled with new material since 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and finds the singer-songwriter exploring, experimenting and celebrating love. ‘Lover’ opens the record with its take on Joan Armatrading’s ‘Love and Affection’. The…
Joseph Mount formed Metronomy in 1999 and in over a quarter of a century since, the band have brightened up indie discos, their own gigs and festivals – quite literally at some of their first shows, when they’d wear T-shirts with synchronised lights woven in (including the first time we saw them, supporting The Pipettes…
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