Ash reach for the stars on their ninth album ‘Ad Astra’, released on 3 October, 2025 via Fierce Panda Records. Fittingly, the album opens with a cover of ‘Zarnthustra’, the famous Strauss piece that kicks off the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Ash have added sprinklings of their own style to…
Made up of Eva and Grace Tedeschi, sister duo The Cords are all set to release their debut, self-titled album via Skep Wax (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US) on 26 September, 2025. Formed when they started playing drums as kids and realised they enjoyed ’80s and ’90s indie music more than the other kids round…
Keaton Henson has shared his very own stop-motion video for new song ‘Insomnia’ ahead of the release of upcoming ninth album ‘Parader’ via Play It Again Sam on 21 November, 2025. Swapping the more introspective ‘quiet boy’ sound that has served him so well in the past for something with a bit more crunch, ‘Insomnia’…
When discussing the title of Biffy Clyro’s tenth album, Simon Neil explains ”Futique’ is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time – we are never aware when we do anything for the last time and there’s a beauty and sadness within that’. Inspired by the way the always-on digital era has…
A group with a real gang mentality, Die Spitz share instruments, swap songwriting and vocal duties seemingly on a whim and tackle subjects including politics, addiction and love. Made up of Austin, Texas natives Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St.Aubin, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter, the friends decided to form the band following a late night…
cheerbleederz, a DIY supergroup made up of members of Fresh, ME REX, Felicette and Happy Accidents, return with ‘Prove Me Wrong’ – an EP filled with songs inspired by loss, love, grief, hope and acceptance. But ultimately it’s about taking control and rising above negative toxicity… Lead single ‘I Deserved Better’ opens the EP with…
Australian group dust face shared ‘Alastair’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Sky is Falling’ on 10 October via Kanine Records. A song ‘about meeting someone down on their luck and feeling conflictingly empathetic for them’, ‘Alastair’ merges emotional and hefty alt-rock sounds akin to The National with considered post-rock sensibilities, bursts of…
Free Throw have shared ‘Mike Nolan’s Long Weekend’ ahead of shows with Prince Daddy & the Hyena and a UK tour. A song about feeling misunderstood or how sometimes there is ‘something a little more serious hiding slightly beneath the surface’, it’s filled with irresistible, emo-tinged hooks as Cory Castro sings about how anxiety has…
The Divine Comedy have shared the video for ‘Invisible Thread’ ahead of the release of 13th album ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ on 19 September, 2025. The video stars Ardal O’Hanlon, while the song offers a poignant take on parenthood – ‘there will always be an invisible thread between you and me’ and how it feels when…
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…
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