Howdytoons – Spectral Nights Jr’s absolute favourite band in the whole wide world – have shared ‘Smilodon’, a song that features on the Toronto band’s debut full-length album ‘Megafauna Metal’. Written by Mike Whitla and his son Jake, the riff-laden song provides an insight into what it must have been like to be one of…
American Football have previewed LP4 with the release of 8-minute epic ‘Bad Moons’. Originally written as two separate reacks, the first section is built around a sample of a gentle harp strum as Mike Kinsella ponders over past misdemeanours and the hurt they’ve caused: ‘Surprise, I’ve been so many boys in this trenchcoat. Ask my…
There’s always a bittersweet feeling on the final day of a festival, especially one as welcoming and glorious as 2000trees. On the one hand, you’re going to miss watching bands all day long but on the other, some time out of the sun – especially after a year as hot as 2025 – is most…
Manchester-based rock band The Hyena Kill release ‘A Disconnect’ via APF Records on 5 March. The album finds the band reflecting on a number of traumatic and tragic incidents in the members’ personal lives, with vocalist/guitarist Steven Dobb saying: ‘The bulk of material was written during a very low point in my life, and as…
Jamie Lenman has shared the video for ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Your Friend’ ahead of the release of his new mini-album ‘King of Clubs’ on 25 September (via Big Scary Monsters and available to pre-order HERE). The video features guest appearances from Wargasm, False Advertising, We Never Learned To Live, Intechnicolour, Frauds, Follow, Palm Reader,…
We were blown away by Strange Bones’ live performance when they headlined last year’s Summer Westival at the West End Centre in Aldershot and have been eagerly awaiting new material from the Blackpool four-piece. Now, the band have shared new single ‘Vicious.’ ahead of the release of the ‘Blitz Pt 1’ EP on 5 July.…
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