Quiet Lions have shared a video of a special reworked acoustic performance of their ‘Absenteeism’ album favourite ‘Youth in Question’. Filmed in the stunning Two Woods Estate in Pulborough, Sussex, the band have added a string section to the song while also managing to strip the sound right back offering more focus on Michael Williams’…
Toronto musician Dana Gavanski follows up the excellent ‘One by One’ with new single ‘Catch’. Available as limited edition 7″ via Dana’s Bandcamp, the song was produced by Mike Lindsay (a member of Tunng and Lump alongside Laura Marling), Dana describes the song as ‘an attestation to the daily struggle to be inspired and how…
Soccer Mommy has released her first new song since 2018 with ‘lucy’. Described by the Nashville musician (known as Sophie Allison to her family and friends) as ‘a song about struggling with inner demons and your own mortality, but I masked it with this scenario of being seduced by the devil’, it opens with Smiths-esque…
Seattle indie rockers Great Grandpa have shared new single ‘Digger’ ahead of the release of their second album ‘Four of Arrows’ on 25 October through Big Scary Monsters in the UK and EU and Double Double Whammy in the US. The record is already being touted as one of the albums of the year and…
F*cked Up guitarist Ben Cook has shared ‘Try Not to Hang On So Hard’ ahead of the release of his solo project Young Guv’s upcoming album ‘GUV II’ via Run For Cover Records later this year. Already drawing praise from Pitchfork, the record was written in a Brooklyn flat and is full of acute and…
After playing shows with Bully, The Breeders and Broken Social Scene, Dead Soft are preparing to release their new album ‘Big Blue’ via the ever-reliable Arts & Crafts. To whet your anticipation, they’ve shared new single ‘I Believe You’. The album itself was inspired by the way the band had to leave Vancouver (regarded as…
Seattle dream pop duo Night Hikes have shared ‘Avila’ ahead of a West Coast tour. Named after a beach in California, the song finds Olivia Godby celebrating the joys of everyday acts of love (‘You’re the only one who ever made my coffee right, you’re the only one who saw the magic out of sight’)…
Temples of Youth have returned from a brief hiatus with brand new single ‘Rose Tinted’. The release comes ahead of a hometown show supporting Mystery Jets at Winchestival in Winchester on 27 September. Having honed their sound with support slots to bands including Pale Waves and Weaves, this gorgeous slice of dream pop has elements…
Following numerous festival appearances and a UK tour with Foxing, Norway’s favourite alt-anthem trip Spielbergs are following up one of the albums of 2019 with a new EP called ‘Running All the Way Home’ (out on 25 October via By the Time It Gets Dark Records – pre-order here) – and they’ve also shared the…
Seattle musician Cataldo (Eric Anderson) has shared the Cheers-referencing ‘Ding Dong Scrambled Eggs’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Literally Main Street’ (out 27 September – pre-order here). Taking the mantle of a woman stuck in a dead-end job in his hometown of Iowa, the track finds her looking over one-night stands and revealing…
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