Five years since their incredible ‘Four of Arrows’ album, Seattle four-piece Great Grandpa return with ‘Patience, Moonbeam’, an expansive self-produced record that will take you on an otherworldly journey… The album opens with an almost classical string-laden feel, the 36 seconds of ‘Sleep’ offering the perfect introduction of what’s to come next. ‘Never Rest’ stays…
Amy Millan has shared ‘Make Way for Waves’ ahead of the release of forthcoming solo album ‘I Went to Find You’ (out on 30 May, 2025 via Last Gang Records). Starting life as a Stars demo, the song is a collaboration between Amy and the album’s co-writer and co-producer Jay McCarrol. Describing how the song…
South London indie-rockers Ain’t have shared new single ‘Pirouette’ ahead of a hefty touring schedule and debut London headline show at The Waiting Room on 12 June. Guitarist/vocalist George Ellerby says: ”Pirouette’ details the drudgery of break ups and the lethargy that can come with dating, but I feel it’s preoccupied with a sense of…
Benefits have shared the video for ‘Blame’, a pulsating song that features on their new album ‘Constant Noise’ (out now). Taking you back to the more hedonistic sound of 90s dance, there are nods to Leftfield, Underworld and various other acts that could and should have featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. The pummeling bass lays…
Panic Shack have made a welcome return with ‘Gok Wan’, a song that tackles the toxic culture of the ‘self-improvement’ shows that blighted TV screens during the mid-noughties. On the inspiration behind the track, Sarah Harvey said: ‘Growing up in the ’00s we were bombarded with constant images of super skinny models and ‘IT girls’…
Ben Kweller has shared ‘Depression’. Written in the wake of his 16-year-old son Dorian’s death, the song is a poignant piece built around a pre-set sound on a keytar that Ben has had since he was 8 years old. Actor Jason Schwartzman guests under his Coconut Records moniker. It will appear on forthcoming album, ‘Cover…
Brighton trio Orchards return with new album ‘Bicker’ (released on Friday 28 March via Big Scary Monsters. Full of bittersweet lyrics about love and losing it, Lucy Evers says about the album: ‘There are sad songs, happy songs, songs of ambivalence and everywhere in between on this record. But it’s back breakingly true. Every word,…
Recorded in just four days with cover artwork that recreates ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’ LP – albeit with more raw cheek – Jeffrey Lewis’s latest album, ‘The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’ is a record that once again finds one of the world’s finest storytellers offering musings and ruminations on the memories and mundanities of…
Teenage Tom Petties and Rural France’s Tom Brown releases the first record under his solo moniker, Lone Striker. Five years in the making, this self-titled album was recorded at Tom’s home using a selection of bedroom instruments, wobbly doo-wop samples, off-kilter drum loops and found sounds. ‘Blip One’ opens the record with a Sparklehorse sound…
Keg release their debut album ‘Fun’s Over’ via Alcopop! Records on 14 March, 2025. Known for their infectious live performances, this record finds the seven-piece showcasing a more vulnerable, human side amidst the chaos of synths, trombone and barbed guitars… Album opener ‘Photo Day’ has a long, mathy, post-rock-inspired build up that makes for a…
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