Glasgow-based art rockers Humour have shared new single ‘The Paddies’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Learning Greek’ via So Young Records on 8 August. Frontman Andreas Christoloudis says the song ‘is from the point of view of a character who summons various members of the dead throughout history to rise in a…
dog eyes, a Bay Area indie-folk duo made up of Hailey Firstman and Davis Leach, have shared the sublime ‘nano’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘blue bird rain cloud’ on 25 July via Grand Jury. Reminiscent of this year’s Great Grandpa album but mixed with the sensibilities of Loney, Dear and the gentle…
The Oasis reunion is just days away and soon you won’t be able to move for bucket hats, classic logo T-shirts and singalongs to ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Champagne Supernova’. We thought it would be fun to come up with an alternative setlist – avoiding the singles and B-sides from the ‘Definitely Maybe’ and ‘Morning Glory’ eras.…
Having shared stages with Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Tori Amos in the states, Brooklyn-based piano and violin duo Gracie and Rachel are now making waves in the UK with the release of new single ‘WTF’ ahead of some shows supporting Ani DiFranco on these shores. Dreamy and poignantly powerful from its very first note,…
Biffy Clyro have returned with ‘A Little Love’, a short, sharp and spiky song that celebrates love in all its forms – and the realisation that you don’t always know what you have until it’s gone: ‘This ain’t Utopia, but it’s better than Hell’. It has all the Biffy trademarks – chunky riffs, festival-ready singalongs…
Patrick Wolf releases ‘Crying the Neck’, his first album in 13 years, on 13 June, 2025. While addiction, bankruptcy and recovery influenced 2023’s ‘The Night Safari’ EP, this new record finds Patrick in more confident mood with inspiration from nature, the East Kent landscape and folklore – albeit tinged with his grief following the death…
Turin Brakes have returned with ‘Spacehopper’ – their first new music in over three years and 10th studio album overall. The record found the band heading back to Konk Studios, where they recorded debut album ‘The Optimist’ for the first time in a quarter of a century with Olly Knights saying: ‘We honestly don’t normally…
Adeline Hotel has shared new single ‘Came True’, Dan Knishkowy’s first new material since 2024’s ‘Whodunnit’ album. It’s a beautiful and evocative two and a half minutes that finds Dan recalling waking up happy but then feeling it wasn’t to be: ‘I was laughing with you, still I couldn’t smile’. He continues to struggle to…
Ada Lea has shared new single ‘baby blue frigidaire mini fridge’ ahead of the release of forthcoming third album ‘when i paint my masterpiece’ via Saddle Creek on 8 August. Ada says the song was inspired by ‘The Chantal Akerman film where the camera moves in slow circular pans around her apartment. Then what if…
LA-based singer-songwriter Will Paquin has shared new single ‘Hahaha’ ahead of his first shows in the UK and Ireland. Power-pop hooks that have elements of Cake and early Ben Kweller are mixed with the energy of Bleachers as the proudly independent Will talks about unattainable lust – ‘You let me get so close to you,…
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