New Big Scary Monsters signings Honey Lung have shared ‘Be My Friend’ ahead of what’s sure to be an exciting year. The band were formed following frontman Jamie Batten’s Gumtree advert requesting ‘like-minded individuals to help create sonic hell’ and have already played festivals including SXSW, Reading and Leeds and Latitude and received acclaim from…
Following an incredible live appearance at Bernie Sanders’ University of New Hampshire rally (you’ve seen the photo of Julian Casablancas next to a cop, right?), The Strokes have shared the video for new single ‘At the Door’ – the New York band’s first new material in seven years. The five-piece have also announced details of…
Featuring members of Happy Accidents, Fresh and Finish Flag, cheerbleederz have released their second EP via Alcopop! Records and it’s a real treat. It finds the three-piece focusing on new bonds and reflecting on themes of self-esteem, vulnerability and improving your well-being. The four-track EP opens with the smooth bass line and twinkly emo-tinged guitar…
Ella O’Connor Williams recently released her debut album ‘I Was Born Swimming’ under her Squirrel Flower moniker via Polyvinyl Records. Ella was born on 11 August, 1996 (the hottest day of the year) with a membrane between her and the rest of the world (still inside of a translucent caul suc membrane, surrounded by amniotic…
Novia Scotia-based Jennah Barry has shared the video for ‘Big Universe’ ahead of the release of her second album ‘Holiday’ on 27 March via Forward Music. Produced by Colin Nealis, the album follows an unexpected career break due to Jennah having vocal surgery and the nine tracks find her ruminating on the mundane routine of…
Incredibly, ‘The Scenic Route’ (order via Bandcamp here) is Dropkick’s 16th album. Released via Bobo Integral Records, the Scottish band claims it’s their ‘most accomplished, coherent and fully realised collection of songs to date’. With a melody Norman Blake would be proud to call his own, ‘Feeling Never Goes Away’ opens the album with a…
Eve Owen has shared the video (directed by her sister, Hannah) for ‘So Still For You’ ahead of the release of her debut album ‘Don’t Let the Ink Dry’ on 37d03d on 8 May. The record, produced by Aaron Dessner (The National), is already one of the most eagerly anticipated of the year and…
Featuring a self-portrait as its cover, ‘Likewise’ is the debut solo record from Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan and although it has plenty that will appeal to fans of her day job, it also finds her experiementing with more expansive instrumentation and instruments including harps, synths, strings and electronic beats. ‘Piltdown Man’ opens the record with…
Following praise from the likes of Goldflakepaint, The Skinny and The List and ahead of a tour supporting label mate Pictish Trail, Glasgow indie-rockers have announced details of their upcoming second album ‘Weird Country’ (out on 3 April via Lost Map) and shared lead single ‘Karaoke’. Described by singer, songwriter and guitarist Craig Angus as…
Margaret Glaspy has shared the Alex Chaloff-directed video for ‘Killing What Keeps Us Alive’ and announced UK tour dates ahead of the release of new album ‘Devotion’ on 27 March (ATO Records). Her first record since 2016’s ‘Emotions and Math’, ‘Devotion’ is described as ‘a collection on 12 love songs, reflecting the phases of romance…
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