Howdytoons – Spectral Nights Jr’s absolute favourite band in the whole wide world – have shared ‘Smilodon’, a song that features on the Toronto band’s debut full-length album ‘Megafauna Metal’. Written by Mike Whitla and his son Jake, the riff-laden song provides an insight into what it must have been like to be one of…
Brighton four-piece The Stanford Family Band have shared ‘When Lonesome’, a sublime song that captures the spirit of ’60s pop and blends it with C86-inspired jangly guitar hooks – plus a touch of The Carpenters and Queen along the way. There’s talk of ‘confusion and disillusion’ amidst the harmonies and warming flourishes of piano.
Los Angeles band Jawdropped have shared new single ‘Monday’ and announced they’ve signed to Transgressive Records/Canvasback. Regarding the subject matter of the song, the band say: ”Monday’ is about treading the waters of anticipation, but deciding to face your feelings head on. The truth will set you free, even if it’s just the Sunday scaries.’…
Basement return with ‘Wired’, the Ipswich five-piece’s first new album in over eight years. Released via their original label, Run For Cover Records, the record is the result of all the band members collaborating during the songwriting process and working with producer John Congleton (Sharon Van Etten, Death Cab for Cutie, St. Vincent). The atmospheric…
Truthpaste have shared ‘Friendship is the Truth’ ahead of the release of debut EP ‘I Don’t Know Either’ on 28 April, 2026 via Dirty Hit and Memorials of Distinction. Reminding us of Slow Club and the anti-folk classics of the early 2000s but combined with the complex chamber pop melodies of contemporaries like Black Country,…
The 113 have shared the video for ‘When I Leave’, a song that features on their recently released EP ‘The Hedonist’. Produced by Dom Richmond and mixed by Daniel Fox of Gilla Band, the song is an unsettlingly atmospheric slice of post-punk with aggressive riffs, powerful drums, hissing bass and pondering lyrics filled with observations:…
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have shared new single ‘Nosedive’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Cannonball’ via Fiction Records on 7 August. With their trademark violin front and centre, the six-minute track has a more synthy, toe-tapping sound that recalls LCD Soundsystem or St. Vincent’s more experimental and electronic stylings. A song about ‘longing for both…
Truthpaste have shared new single ‘Bus Song’ ahead of a couple of appearances at The Great Escape and a date at the Lexington in London on 4 May. Describing the song as their ’emo rock song’, it’s a duet that finds the band making future plans – ‘Maybe we should have some kids, I could…
a forest – a creative collective formed around solo artist and songwriter Matt Hughes, but with plenty of guidance and support from Arcane Roots’ Andrew Groves – have shared debut single ‘Something I Need’ following its debut play by Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show. Taking influence from Mark Lanegan, The…
Nottingham trio Eyre Llew have shared new single ‘Miningsby’. A song about ‘staying, listening and offering warmth’ when someone you love is struggling, the poignant song was recorded on a baby grand piano the band no longer owns. It opens in sparse post-rock fashion, all bowed guitar, restrained drums and genteel piano before the falsetto…
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