New York City’s indie-rockers Slow Fiction have shared ‘When’ as part of the Speedy Wunderground Speedy Singles series. The song, which opens with some ferocious drumming that partly recalls The Walkmen’s ‘The Rat’, is a captivating and intense piece of power pop about trying to stay positive in the midst of adversity and disillusionment: ‘There…
Jo Bartlett has shared the video for her synth protest song ‘These Simple Things’. A timely piece that comes just two weeks after the release of ‘Time and Time and Again’, the song finds Jo talking about how everything is ‘fucked up with all these things’ and how ‘the billionaires are stealing from our hands’…
Gwenno has shared ‘Dancing on Volcanoes’, the lead single from her new album ‘Utopia’, due out on 11 July, 2025 via Heavenly Recordings. With a focus on ‘the need to dance as a cathartic act’, the song is packed with indie-pop sensibilities (the press release says ‘a motorik-fuelled version of The Smiths’) and foot-shuffling melody…
We Are Scientists have made a welcome return with ‘Please Don’t Say It’, the first single to be taken from upcoming ninth album ‘Qualifying Miles’, out on 18 July via Groenland Records. Complete with a fog-laden video that takes you back to the ’90s – with just a touch of Meatloaf – the anthemic song…
Fresh off the back of their hundredth gig and rave reviews at SXSW, Man/Woman/Chainsaw release ‘Adam & Steve’. The London-based six piece’s ’bittersweet take on the heart-on-sleeve love song’, it features dual vocals from Billy Ward and Vera Leppänen pining over what could have been: “Now you’re going overseas, why’d you have to up and…
Five years since their incredible ‘Four of Arrows’ album, Seattle four-piece Great Grandpa return with ‘Patience, Moonbeam’, an expansive self-produced record that will take you on an otherworldly journey… The album opens with an almost classical string-laden feel, the 36 seconds of ‘Sleep’ offering the perfect introduction of what’s to come next. ‘Never Rest’ stays…
Amy Millan has shared ‘Make Way for Waves’ ahead of the release of forthcoming solo album ‘I Went to Find You’ (out on 30 May, 2025 via Last Gang Records). Starting life as a Stars demo, the song is a collaboration between Amy and the album’s co-writer and co-producer Jay McCarrol. Describing how the song…
Self Esteem (Rebecca Lucy Taylor) has shared ‘If Not Now, It’s Soon’, the third single to be taken from upcoming third album ‘A Complicated Woman’ (out on 25 April via Polydor Records). Partly inspired by Rebecca’s pre-fame years – a time when hypersexuality, booze and self-destruction all figured strongly – the song finds her looking…
South London indie-rockers Ain’t have shared new single ‘Pirouette’ ahead of a hefty touring schedule and debut London headline show at The Waiting Room on 12 June. Guitarist/vocalist George Ellerby says: ”Pirouette’ details the drudgery of break ups and the lethargy that can come with dating, but I feel it’s preoccupied with a sense of…
Benefits have shared the video for ‘Blame’, a pulsating song that features on their new album ‘Constant Noise’ (out now). Taking you back to the more hedonistic sound of 90s dance, there are nods to Leftfield, Underworld and various other acts that could and should have featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. The pummeling bass lays…
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