Silverbacks’ ‘Dunkirk’ single has been all over BBC 6 Music over the lockdown period and it hints at great things to come from the Dublin-based five-piece’s debut album ‘Fad’. The band have already released a string of well-received singles (produced by Girl Band’s bass player Daniel Fox) and wowed a string of festival audiences last…
Arcade Fire’s Will Butler has shared new single ‘Surrender’ ahead of the release of new solo album ‘Generations’ on 25 September via Merge Records (Waxahatchee, Caribou, Destroyer). Opening with handclaps, a bluesy riff and call-and-response lyrics (‘Remember? I don’t know! You told me? Maybe so! You wanted to surrender’), it has a bit of back-to-basics…
Sarah Walk, a graduate of Berklee College of Music (St. Vincent, Aimee Mann and Melissa Etheridge are also alumni) signed to One Little Independent Records, has shared new single ‘Unravel’ ahead of the release of her new album, ‘Another Me’, on 28 August. The single finds her sharing her experiences as a queer woman and…
High On Stress describe themselves as a ‘power pop rock & roll band out of Minneapolis’ and their sound has already been praised by The Replacements manager Peter Jesperson (‘this is exceptional work’) and James Alex of the one and only Beach Slang (‘This record is F*CKING KILLER’). Their new record ‘Hold Me In’ is…
Columbus, Ohio band Trying describe themselves as ‘a kinda noisy, kinda sweet indie pop band’ with a whole host of influences. Their latest album, ‘This is Not a Disco’ is about the struggles of helping and being helped. The opening duo of ‘This is Not a Disco Pt. 1’ and ‘This is Not a Disco…
Following shows with Alex G and praise from Stereogum, KEXP and The Fader, Slow Pulp have announced details of their debut album ‘Moveys’ (out on 9 October via Winspear) and shared lead single ‘Idaho’. With a focus on personal challenges (both physical and mental), the record was written following vocalist and guitarist Emily Massey’s diagnosis…
Into It. Over It. has shared new single ‘Living Up to Let You Down’ ahead of the release of long-awaited new album ‘Figure’ on 18 September (pre-order here). Evan says the new record is ‘about trying to make peace with poor decisions that I’ve made and and how I can try to reconcile as much…
Following praise from NME, DIY and BBC 6 Music, Brighton duo Chappaqua Wrestling have shared new single ‘Football’. Opening with 45 seconds of fuzz that makes way for a circular and woozy riff that is reminiscent of Evan Dando or Cloud Nothings, the song finds lead singer Charlie Woods trying to figure out his place…
Named after a London bus route that runs all the way from Penge to Tottenham Court Road, Pozi’s new EP ‘176’ finds the political punks discussing everything from paranoia to social anxiety, jealousy and fever dreams – so, a potential soundtrack to 2020? ‘Whitewashing’ opens the EP with angular stop-start guitar hooks and stuttered vocals…
New Take This to Heart Records signings Riverby are all set to release their debut album on 10 July with 100% of the profits being donated to the Split Bail Fund via Act Blue. The record finds vocalist and guitarist Sophia Greenberg revisiting their past while also trying to make sense of where they stand…
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