Moreish Idols release their debut album ‘All in the Game’ on 7 March 2025 via Speedy Wunderground. Produced by the label’s Dan Carey, the record is inspired by iconic US indie rockers including Pavement and Sonic Youth but also has elements of contemporary art rock that offer something quite fresh and unique. Album opener ‘Ambergrin’…
Following their hugely acclaimed ‘Heady Metal’ EP and tours with Everything Everything and Bombay Bicycle Club, Nottingham quartet Divorce are all set to release their debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’ via Gravity/Capitol on 7 March 2025. Produced by Catherine Marks (boygenius, Wolf Alice, Foals), the record invites you to join the band in their fantasy…
We can talk for hours about how Jeffrey Lewis is one of the world’s finest storytellers, with his songs ranging from zipping tales about zombies and pigs to powerful self-referencing takedowns. See the handclap heartbreak of ‘Broken Broken Broken Heart’ or when he corrects himself on ‘Don’t Be Upset’. When Jeffrey releases new material, it’s…
Ben Kweller has shared the video for new song ‘Dollar Store’, the second single to be taken from upcoming album ‘Cover the Mirrors’ (out on 30 May). The album is Ben’s first since his son Dorian Zev died in 2023 and ‘Dollar Store’ finds him talking about walking away, hiding and facing panic attacks –…
Phoebe Green has shared ‘Rage of a Kid’, the opening song from forthcoming EP ‘The Container’ (out on 21 March via The Green Dream Machine). Blending a fragile, fractured electronica beauty with elements of London Grammar, Air and Imogen Heap, this subtly stirring song finds Phoebe healing from past trauma and suppressed emotions (‘I’m pushing…
Brian D’Addario (The Lemon Twigs) has shared ‘Till the Morning’, the title track from his forthcoming debut album, which will be released on 20 March. Described by Brian as ‘a love song having to do with those fleeting moments when you grasp something real, amidst all the noise and propaganda’, it’s a track that is…
Trevor Powers returns with his Youth Lagoon moniker, following up 2023’s ‘Heaven is a Junkyard’ with ‘Rarely Do I Dream’ (released via Fat Possum on 21 February 2025). This record finds Trevor armed with a shoebox of home videos that allows him to blend memories and more innocent times with aland filled with drifters, drug…
New York duo Frog follow up 2023’s ‘Grog’ with ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song’, out via Audio Antihero Records on 14 February, 2025. This is an eclectic record that takes in themes of parenthood, living and finding yourself in your home city, with Frog singer-songwriter Daniel Bateman saying: ‘1000 Variations on the Same Song…
Broken families, broken relationships and the chaotic nature of the human mindset… Jojo Orme’s debut album under her Heartworms moniker covers it all. Produced by Dan Carey and released on his Speedy Wunderground label on 7 February, the songs find Jojo looking back on her fractured relationship with her mother and the images of human…
Alcopop! Records have announced the launch of brand new children’s music imprint, Pandapop! Records, with the release of CBeebies star Yukee’s debut single ‘Fly Away Feathers’. The single is available on very limited edition 5″ vinyl. The single features Rivers Cuomo – who voiced Feathers the pigeon who needs to find the beat of his…
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