Following standout shows at both The Great Escape and Dot to Dot, Bedford-London goths Dog Race have shared the video for ’40 Winks to Wyoming’, a song that features on debut EP ‘Return the Day’, which is out now. Vocalist Katie Healy says the themes of the EP include ‘sleepless nights, intrusive thoughts and the…
Frankie Cosmos have shared new single ‘Bitch Heart’ and announced details of a world tour ahead of the release of new album ‘Different Talking’ vis Sub Pop on 27 June. The breezy (it clocks in at scarcely over 2 and a half minutes) slice of slacker-style indie-pop harks back to a time when we weren’t…
Wolf Alice have shared ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’, the lead single from forthcoming album ‘The Clearing’, which will be released on 29 August. Described as ‘an arresting ode to growth, evolution and expansion in life, music and art’, it blends a jaunty bar-room baroque piano stomp with a pummeling rhythm section, tribal handclaps and infectious riffs.…
Bath/Bristol dreampoppers Night Swimming have shared ‘In the Real World’ ahead of shows with Miki Berenyi and a debut headline UK tour in the autumn. Produced by Peter Miles (TORRES, Orla Gartland) and mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive, the song is delivered from the point of view of a young person who feels trapped,…
Composer/producer Paul Russell (Axes/Tough Glove) returns with ‘Thank You’, the fourth album to be released by his Human Pyramids project. Featuring members of Axes, Suicide Bid and Modern Studies, the album was recorded all over the world and mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens/Animal Collective). Gentle feedback and breezy, chiming percussion combine in the early…
Movements have shared ‘Afraid to Die’, ahead of an EU and UK tour (dates below). Patrick Miranda said the song ‘is so different than anything we’ve ever done, and yet I think it still pulls on the heart strings as a lot of our older music does’. Sitting in a space between Foxing and Minus…
2000trees is just around the corner and once again we’ll be making the journey to Gloucestershire to see a bunch of our favourites play sets on Upcote Farm. As ever, there’s a whole selection of smaller and new bands to check out over the four days – here are five we’d recommend listening to and…
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