Following a triumphant appearance at 2000trees Festival back in July and ahead of the release of debut album ‘Something to Consume’ (out on Friday 12 September, 2025), Austin, Texas four-piece Die Spitz share the folk-horror-inspired video for ‘Punishers’ Described by Chloe De St. Aubin as being ‘About things or people who ‘punish’. Whether it’s withholding…
London seven-piece The Orchestra (For Now) have shared the video for new single ‘Hattrick’ ahead of the release of their second EP, ‘Plan 76’, on 31 October, 2025. Describing the song as ‘a series of explosions and attempts at recovery and reckoning’, it packs a hell of a lot into its 5 minutes and 41…
New Zealand’s The Beths return with their fourth (and first for new label ANTI-) album ‘Straight Line Was a Lie’. With a focus on how life, no matter how difficult or transformative it seems, has a habit of feeling like it’s taken you back to where it started. It follows Elizabeth Stokes taking medication as…
We’re excited to premiere ‘Ode to Carl Dennis’, the new single from lo-fi singer/songwriter Alexei Shishkin ahead of the release of new album ‘Good Times’ via Rue Defense on 5 September, 2025. The slacker-pop stylings have a baroque tone and air of sadness as Alexei talks about not answering the phone, because he’s ‘damn sure…
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…
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.…
With a weather forecast in the 30s and a fully stacked line-up, it was clear 2000trees Festival 2025 was going to be a scorcher. Amidst the backdrop of a world in turmoil – something the vast majority of acts were keen to acknowledge – this year’s festival was needed for the whole community that calls…
There are even more reasons to be excited about The Maccabees’ upcoming show at All Points East in Victoria Park, London on Sunday 24 August, 2025. Not only will you get to see the headliners and CMAT following their triumphant Glastonbury appearances, but now the Radio X Presents YALA! Records Stage has added even more…
Kalamazoo, MI emo-rockers saturdays at your place have shared new song ‘Waste Away’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘these things happen’ on 12 September. The video was co-directed by Michael Herrick and Hot Mulligan vocalist Tades Sanville, who also makes a cameo in it. Clocking in at just over three minutes, the song…
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