Shame have shared new single ‘Quiet Life’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Cutthroat’ – an album ‘about the cowards, the cunts, the hypocrites. Let’s face it, there’s a lot of them around right now’ – on 5 September via Dead Oceans. ‘Quiet Life’ is a rockabilly punk song about someone who’s in a…
Trout has shared new single ‘Bone’, the artist’s first new material since her debut EP ‘Colourpicker’ in 2023. Written following a move from Liverpool to the south coast, the song finds Trout in reflective mode as she faces up to past mistakes and quietly yearns for a change -all against scuzzy, grungey guitars that fall…
Eve Adams has shared ‘Couldn’t Tell the Time’ ahead of the release of new album ‘American Dust’ on 22 August, 2025 via Basin Rock. Short and sweet, bright and breezy, the song features Oliver Hamilton from caroline on fiddle, it finds Eve ruminating on ‘the magic hour of life when you’re not quite sure if…
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…
Idlewild – one of THE great British bands – have returned with ‘Stay Out of Place’, the first single to be taken from their forthcoming 10th (tenth!) album ‘Idlewild’. The record will be released on 3 October via V2 Records. Inspired by legendary American poet Walt Whitman’s view that we all contain multitudes and end…
For Those I Love (David Balfe) has shared new single ‘No Scheme’ – a spiritual successor to ‘Top Scheme’, the emotional centrepiece of his self-titled debut album – ahead of the release of new record ‘Carving the Stone’ on 8 September. Contrasting a cathartic and hedonistic teenage life with the mundanity of modern life (‘We’ve…
While the sure-to-be triumphant headline sets from Kneecap, PVRIS, Taking Back Sunday and Alexisonfire and long-awaited Upcote Farm debuts from the likes of Million Dead and Letlive capture many of the headlines, one of the best things about 2000trees is the festival’s dedication to smaller or lesser-known acts – this year, they even have BAFTA…
The already-stacked line-up for The Maccabees big comeback show at All Points East on Sunday 24 August, 2025 has just got even better with the addition of CMAT, Black Country, New Road, Everything Everything, Sorry, Katy J Pearson, Youth Lagoon, TTSSFU, Max Baby and The Juice. A tantalising combination of acts that played with The Maccabees back before their hiatus…
Following standout shows at both The Great Escape and Dot to Dot, Bedford-London goths Dog Race have shared the video for ’40 Winks to Wyoming’, a song that features on debut EP ‘Return the Day’, which is out now. Vocalist Katie Healy says the themes of the EP include ‘sleepless nights, intrusive thoughts and the…
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,…
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