Chicago-via-Grand Rapids indie rockers Pretoria have shared ‘Selfish’, a song that features on their new EP ‘If We’re Pretending’ (out on Friday 13 June). Opening with a recollection of smoking on the sidewalk after playing a show and being paid a pittance (‘makes me want to get a job ’cause I hate being poor’), while…
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…
We’re rapidly approaching festival season and there’s so much to look forward to this summer. Once again, some of the finest acts from the alternative sphere will be descending upon Upcote Farm in Gloucestershire for 2000trees Festival 2025. We’ll be there once again – and here are just five of the bands from the stacked…
On the eve of the release of ‘More’, their first album in 24 years, we thought we’d take a look at our Top 5 Pulp songs. What are your favourites? ‘A Little Soul’ Following the runaway success of ‘Different Class’, Pulp changed direction on the dark and brutal ‘This is Hardcore’ album. But that pop…
Elisabeth Elektra’s second album, ‘Hypersigil’, is named after Grant Morrison’s definition of a work of art that also acts as a spell. It takes in themes of magic, empowerment and self-realisation while working through trauma and reclaiming your true self. Elisabeth says: ”Hypersigil’ is about taking the fragments of my past, the pain and the…
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…
With influences ranging from Neil Young and Yo La Tengo to Lomelda and Lambchop, Friendship’s new album ‘Caveman Wakes Up’ promises a delicious cacophony of poetry, pain and alt-folk – with a dollop of heartbreak and longing thrown in for good measure. Written by Dan Wriggins while he crashed at MJ Lenderman and Wednesday’s Karly…
Arm’s Length explore the power and perils of personal trauma, love and loss in their new album ‘There’s a Whole World Out There’. Primarily written solo by vocalist and guitarist Allen Steinberg (‘the songs aren’t written for anyone else at all’), with input from the rest of the band bringing the songs to life, this…
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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