Deep Elm Records is held in high regard by many music fans around the world and with their recent decision to offer up their entire back catalogue on a ‘pay-what-you-want’ basis, the American label is set to grow. As a thank you to their loyal fans – and to encourage those new to the label…
Four albums in and Manchester Orchestra’s ‘Cope’ continues their rise to the top of the alternative rock scene. Hitting number 13 on its week of release in the US Billboard 200, ‘Cope’ has also been a huge success across Europe, with sell-out shows at London’s Scala and an autumn tour culminating in a show at…
Already a favourite with all the trusted BBC presenters, Sam Airey is set to release his debut album later this year, but first he will drop the first single in June, the title track ‘Station Approach’, via Hide & Seek Records. Recorded and mixed by Whiskas from ¡Forward, Russia! and mastered by the Leeds band’s…
London’s Benjamin Shaw has released EPs called ‘I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got’ and ‘Rumfucker’ in the past, and now he’s following 2011’s debut long-player ‘There’s Always Hope, There’s Always Cabernet’ with the pun-worthy ‘Goodbye, Cagoule World’, a mini album that clocks in at just under half an hour. Bringing up…
Back in 2008, Hold Your Horse Is entered the local Hants/Surrey scene with a bang – and a few riffs to boot. The three members – guitarist and singer Robin Pearson, bassist James Penny and Chris Rouse on drums – had all grown up around the area and it was fitting their first gig was…
To mark our 100th post, we have a very special video from our friends Our Lost Infantry. It’s safe to say this site probably wouldn’t exist without the recently expanded Surrey five piece, who have always been fully supportive and provided us with so many band suggestions and pictures of their constantly smiling bass player,…
Currently touring the States with Spectral Nights favourites The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die (and soon both bands will be heading around the US with emo legends Into It. Over It.), A Great Big Pile of Leaves were formed in 2007 and have released two phenomenal albums…
New Jersey natives Real Estate have announced that their third album, ‘Atlas’, will be released via Domino Records on 3 March. They’ve also treated their fans to a sneak preview of what to expect from this record by hosting the video for lead single ‘Talking Backwards’ online. A sun-kissed slice of jangly indie-pop, the opening…
With the release of their debut album ‘Young Animal Hearts’ mere weeks away, Spring Offensive have decided to whet the appetite of this long-awaited record even more by streaming the new song ‘Hengelo’. Listing a number of familiar anxieties, the fearful lyrics (‘I was in Berlin, I was on my own’) are surrounded by an…
For as long as we can remember, Oxford has been home to some of the most dynamic, exciting and interesting bands around. After the huge success of Ride in the early 90s, shoegaze still holds a delightful hold over many of the bands formed in OX. And it’s in this genre where we find ArtClassSink,…
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