The Cribs have made a welcome return with ‘Summer Seizures’, the lead single from upcoming album ‘Selling a Vibe’ (coming out on 9 January, 2026). Working with Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly (who has produced Solange, MGMT and Lil Yachty),the song finds the band embracing a pop-meets-new wave aesthetic as they sing about ‘love, tragedy and leaving…
Vegas Water Taxi, the new-ish project from Lazarus Kane’s Ben Hambro, has shared ‘Chateau Photo’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Long Time Caller’ (out on 25 October via PNKSLM Records). Opening with a declaration that all his friends are getting sober, the break-up anthem finds Ben trying to negotiate newly single life with…
Wednesday have shared ‘Pick Up That Knife’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Bleeds’ on 19 September via Dead Oceans. The band have also announced tour dates for the autumn. Inspired by the ‘feelings of helplessness, when every minor inconvenience hurts double because you’re close to giving up’ and the time their pedal steel…
David Balfe returns with ‘Carving the Stone’, the second album to be released under his For Those I Love moniker. While the debut self-titled record offered meditations on grief and loss following the death of his best friend, this record finds David focusing on life in working-class communities, familial life and how Irish capitalism is…
Swaggering superstar-in-waiting De’Wayne releases his third album, ‘June’, via Fearless Records today (30 July, 2025). There’s no messing around with this record, opener ‘Lady Lady’ combining Aerosmith-style hooks with copious amounts of funk and one-liners about his love life: ‘Great conversation, I don’t think she’ll be staying’. This is followed by an old-school countdown to…
Other Lives have shared ‘Show Us Some Love’ ahead of their appropriately titled fifth studio album, ‘Volume V’ (out on 10 October via Play It Again Sam’. An orchestral love song (of sorts) between the Gods and man, the song follows this complex relationship as the parties plead with each other to ‘make it easier’…
The Charlatans have returned with ‘We Are Love’, the title track from their fourteenth studio album, out on 31 October via BMG. Described by frontman Tim Burgess as ‘like an open-top car ride in the credits of your favourite movie, driving along the coast to somewhere amazing’, the instantly infectious track finds the band in…
20 years after their classic debut ‘With Love and Squalor’, We Are Scientists are set to release their ninth album ‘Qualifying Miles’ on 18 July, 2025. With themes of ‘nostalgia, loss and the bittersweet ache of the past’ and inspiration from ’90s guitar rock bands, the record finds the duo in introspective and reflective mood.…
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…
Following Kneecap’s triumphant headline set on the Thursday night of this year’s 2000trees (read our review here), there was no sign of anyone – or the weather – relenting or relaxing on the Friday. Mallavora kicked off proceedings on the Main Stage with one simple message: ‘We’re a band called Mallavora and we’re here to…
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