We’re almost halfway through another year and yet again our friends at Alcopop! have kicked it out of the park. To celebrate this (and the upcoming World Cup), they’ve put together a goal-den sampler compilation of songs from their 2018 releases. Available as a pay-what-you-want download from Bandcamp, the release also gives you the chance…
Punk trio Slowcoaches have unveiled ‘Found Down’, the first song to be released from their second album, due to be released later this year via Leisure & District. A seething rally against the way the media glamorises the struggles artists fave on a daily basis, whether they be mental, financial or something else, the 2-and-a-half-minute…
Ahead of the release of new album ‘Magic Gone’ on 15 June (Run for Cover Records), a US tour with Camp Cope and an eagerly awaited UK tour, Petal has unveiled ‘Tight Rope’. The song opens with Petal (Kiley Lotz) singing: ‘I saw a strange light in the sky. A fireball burning brightly’ before then…
Following 4 years spent focusing on releasing bands via his Super Fan 99 Records label, Uncle Luc (aka Luke Barham) makes a most-welcome return with the 8-song album ‘Sticking to the Rules’. ‘Plateaux’ opens the record with some ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ guitar strums and Luke singing the words ‘Don’t look back’ over and…
Mastered by Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, The Love-Birds’ ‘Angela’ has a timeless feel from its very first burst of guitar. Clocking in at just over 2 and a half minutes, it will appeal to fans of The Replacements, The Wave Pictures and perhaps Jeffery Lewis. The latest band to show there’s clearly something…
New Wichita signings The Goon Sax have unveiled ‘She Knows’ ahead of the release of their new album ‘We’re Not Talking’ in September. The Australian trio will soon be touring with Frankie Cosmos and have already played with the likes of Whitney, Angel Olsen and Teenage Fanclub. This burst of angst-filled guitar pop has elements…
Opening with a burst of ‘Waterloo Sunset’-inspired guitar, Sam Evian’s latest single ‘IDGAF’ – the opener to his upcoming second album ‘You, Forever’ (Saddle Creek) – is a song about embracing one’s passions and interests, no matter how hard it is to do. Its dreamy tone combines with Wilco-esque heartache as Sam laments the fact…
Made up of members of Idles and The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, The Plainviews are an in-your-face rock band with ‘songs about nothing’. With one line repeated over and over again – ‘Go and get the gun’ – ‘Bladerunner’ is 2 and a half minutes of unadulterated heavy monster riffs that will make you feel…
itoldyouiwouldeatyou’s video for ‘Get Terrified’ found the band at a prom and following the release of the EP via Failure by Design and Alcopop! Records (order here), we thought what better time to ask Joey Ashworth about their dream prom playlist. But first we had a few important questions… Do you have fond memories of…
Having recently been hand-picked by Frank Turner to play a Last Minutes show at his Lost Evenings festival, China Bears have released another fine indie-pop tune n the shape of ‘Night Calls’ – and it’s a hair-raising anthem tinged with regret. Ivan Proctor states how ‘You think I don’t recognise your heartbreak through that smile’…
