By the Time It Gets Dark Records brought us the Spielbergs EP earlier this year and it’s been on pretty constant rotation since. After loving those songs so much, we were excited to see where the label would head next. This week they announced they have signed Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam and will be releasing a…
We saw Pizzagirl play the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading Festival the other week and his eclectic brand of electro-indie pop-meets-cabaret performer had the whole crowd dancing. Now he’s announced the release of the ‘season 2’ EP in November via Heist Hit Records (Her’s) and unveiled the opening jam, ‘Highschool’. With a complete DIY aesthetic…
Following their widely acclaimed debut album ‘From Caplan to Belsize’ and countless tours around the UK sharing stages with everyone from Los Campesinos! to Jeremy Corbyn, Muncie Girls have made a welcome return with ‘Fixed Ideals’. Once again produced by Lewis Johns and with a title taken from a Sylvia Plath poem, the Specialist Subject…
Ahead of tours with both Waxahatchee and Shannon Lay and the release of debut album ‘In the Break’ (14 September via Mare Records), Los Angeles-based Justin Sullivan’s Night Shop project has released a video for the sweet folk-rock song ‘My Love’. Justin has spent the past two decades touring as a session drummer with bands…
Following the release of his ‘Megadead’ album, we asked Audio Antihero Records signing Benjamin Shaw to talk us through five songs that influence his sound and five that he’s enjoying right now. Influences Katie Dey – ‘Unkillable’ I feel like my album is a whole big mess of influences, or things I’ve definitely tried…
‘Megadead’ is the new album from now Melbourne-based polymath Benjamin Shaw. Released through Audio Antihero in the US and UK and Kirigirisu Records in Japan, it’s a concept album of sorts about a party where everyone is having a good time except you (as a teetotaller, that’s something I can associate with only too well)……
Following shows with the likes of DZ Deathrays, Dream Wife and Idles and ahead of a nationwide tour, Leeds-based DIY art punks Dead Naked Hippies have released the riff-heavy ‘Rare’. Opening with a disgustingly catchy riff, the song finds Lucy Jowett letting rip at the way advertising companies use the general public’s discontentment to make…
‘The American Dream’, the third album by Sydney, Australia’s Trophy Eyes finds the band stepping into new and exciting territory. Inspired by frontman John Floreani’s experiences living in Burleson, Texas, the album promises to be their most expansive and anthemic yet A huge, glowing burst of Gaslight Anthem-meets-Menzingers guitar signals the start of album opener…
Hailing from Southampton, new project Sun Spot (featuring members of Gun Shy and Ko_Plune) are an indie-rock quartet that marry the erratic energy of American indie rock with anthemic synth-pop hooks. We are very pleased to be premiering the music video for their Debut single ‘Think Tank’: Having been a secret within the Southampton scene…
Brighton-based alt-poppers Orchards follow a tour supporting Tiny Moving Parts with new EP ‘Losers/Lovers’ – their first release on the always-ace Big Scary Monsters. Led by Lucy Evers on vocals, the four university friends have already made their mark in the math-pop arena and are set to be one of the highlights of both Truck…
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