Canadian singer-songwriter Evening Hymns (Jonas Bonnetta) has shared new single ‘I Can Only Be Good’ – his first new material under this moniker since 2015’s ‘Quiet Energies’. Evening Hymns has played with acts including Agnes Obel, Lou Doillon and Mount Eerie and this heart-wrencing song features Destroyer saxophonist Joseph Shabason. Jonas anticipates the end of…
Roxy Girls have announced details of new EP ‘A Wealth of Information’ (out on 5 June via Moshi Moshi Records) and shared the lead single, ‘Dirtier’. Clocking in under two minutes, there is a sense of the calm before the storm as jaunty guitar hooks gradually join the sole drums in its first 30 seconds…
Phoebe Bridgers has announced details of her eagerly anticipated second solo record ‘Punisher’ (released on 19 June via Dead Oceans and available to pre-order HERE) and shared the video for new single ‘Kyoto’. The album features Phoebe’s band of Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford, Emily Retsas and Nick White alongside a multitude of special guests including…
Eerie Gaits, John Ross from Wild Pink’s solo project, have shared new single ‘The Rainbow Trout and the Wicker Creel’ from upcoming album ‘Holopaw’ (released on 10 April via sound as language). The instrumental piece has elements of the shoegaze-tinged and anthemic indie rock that Wild Pink specialise in so well but there’s also a…
You’ll know Toby Hayes from Meet Me in St Louis, Shoes and Socks Off and Eugene Quell and it’s always exciting to hear one of his new projects. Laundromat began when Toby was living in China but has also been on his radar while living in Berlin, London and Brighton – the city he has…
A singer-songwriter inspired by the likes of PJ Harvey and Sharon Van Etten (the latter of whom has already sang her praises), Lindsay Munroe has shared ‘Split’ – the second single to be taken from her forthcoming EP ‘Our Heaviness’ (released on 8 May via AWAL Records). Produced by Chris Hamilton, the EP also features…
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have announced details of their new record ‘Sideways to New Italy’ (out on 5 June via Sub Pop) and shared the video for lead single ‘She’s There’. Opening with zesty guitar work and talk of ‘summer rain’, the band sing ‘she’s there’ in unison while also talking about living on ‘the…
Signed to YALA! Records (the label co-founded by Felix White of The Maccabees) and already regulars on the 6Music playlist, Egyptian Blue follow up a support tour with The Murder Capital with the release of their second EP ‘Body of Itch’ on 10 April – and you can listen to ‘Never’ now. Opening with a…
Blanketman are a new band from Manchester who played a sold-out show in Manchester mere days before the pandemic took hold and changed all of our lives. They’ve already played numerous festivals, gaining praise from Huw Stephens and Steve Hanley (The Fall), and are now set to release debut single ‘Taking You With Me’. Sitting…
Featuring recordings made between 2013 and 2020, the six songs on this debut record span genres and tackle all kinds of vital subjects as Gordian Stimm (Maeve from itoldyouiwouldeatyou) tries to make sense of tangible and imagined physicality and emotions. The LP opens with the 7-minute ‘Bleeding Out in a Septic Tank’ – a track…
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