Marihuzka Cornelius (aka MC) may have grown up in western Sydney but she was obsessed with Seattle’s contemporary grunge/pop culture from an early age. She ended up recording Bloods new EP with her band mates in ‘Bleach’ producer Jack Endino’s Sound House with Steve Fisk (Soundgarden and Mudhoney) on production and mixing duties. After being…
Michigan-based singer-songwriter Khal Malik releases new EP ‘Fog’ – the latest under his Bedtime Khal moniker – via Devil Down Tapes on 15 May. The record finds Khal offering observations on race, love, feelings and the power of nostalgia. Opening track (and recent single) ‘Black Tears’ finds Khal revealing how it feels to be a…
Oxford dark pop four-piece PETSEMATARY are the latest band to sign to Beth Shalom Records and have announced details of ‘Get Away With It’ (out on 29 May and available to pre-save on Bandcamp and Spotify now). Already featured in the April issue of Flying Vinyl, it’s the first in a series of singles PETSEMATARY…
Charli Adams follows her highly acclaimed debut EP ‘Good at Being Young’ with new single ‘Superpowers’. Written during the lockdown, the song encapsulates the feelings of so many right now as they miss loved ones and wonder what opportunities have slipped away during this period of isolation. Charli says about writing this song: ‘I felt…
Walt Disco have shared the video (directed and filmed by the band themselves in the Glasgow flat that they share) for new single ‘Cut Your Hair’. Inspired by ‘female, queer pop and dance music’ with the aim ‘to get people moving’, lead singer James Power says: ”Cut Your Hair’ was written as a wee fun…
Dust in the Sunlight follow up their eponymous debut single from earlier this year with ‘Strangest Places’. Singer-songwriters Billy Wright and Annie Rew Shaw bonded while recording backing vocals for Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly’s new album and had signed a deal with Project Melody withing 12 months of forming. This new song, released ahead…
Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Hayden Thorpe (ex-Wild Beasts) have collaborated on new single ‘Unknown Song’. Written and recorded in the early part of the year before all of this, the dance banger will raise your spirits as Hayden sings about ‘where all the lost chords belong’ and broken melodies over synth beats that fall…
Chris Root, formerly of Mosquitos (Bar/None Records) releases ‘Wind Made of Kisses‘ via Team Love Records on 9 May. With a focus on pop hooks, love stories and dark secrets, the album promises to reward you on repeated listens. A burst of ’60s rock & roll guitar opens ‘Blow It Up With Love’, a song…
I LIKE TRAINS have returned with new single ‘The Truth’ – their first new material in eight years and the first song to be taken from new record ‘KOMPROMAT’ (out on 21 August via the newly founded Atlantic Curve label). The album deals with knotted themes of information and how hard it is to make…
Matt Evans (Tigue, Bearthoven, Man Forever) has shared new album ‘New Topographics’ – a record filled with percussive ambient pieces that make use of sounds including writing, typing and morse code. Written and recorded in December 2018 during a month-long artist’s residency program at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the songs are the result of researching…
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