When a press officer references Stars in their pitch, you know a band are going to be worth checking out. This was the case with Minneapolis four-piece Graveyard Club. The band also list Arcade Fire, The Cure and New Order amongst their influences on their Facebook page and this all shines through on the synth-heavy…
Liam Gallagher has swaggered back into the spotlight with ‘Shockwave’ and now the former Oasis frontman has shared a video (directed by the award-winning Francois Rousselet) for the single that literally sees him burning down the house as he walks through America’s deep south. It even gives a cheeky nod to THAT viral video of…
Hailing from just north of Birmingham, Super Lemon Days have already released a couple of EPs and played shows with emo heroes including Drug Church, Radiator Hospital and Apologies, I Have None. Now, they’re set to release ‘No Slackin”, a three-and-a-half-minute song that wonderfully blends in elements of slacker pop (of course) and more experimental…
Brooklyn-via-Burlington VT power-poppers Little Slugger have shared ‘You’re On Your Own’, the first single to be taken from new album ‘I Want to Live Here Forever’ (out on 19 July and available to pre-order now). Formed by childhood friends Sam Bevet and Ben Chugg, the Little Slugger sound is HUGE. It’s packed with killer…
San Francisco band Lofi Legs live up to their name with the short and sweet ‘Dreamin’. Appearing on their upcoming debut album ‘Lamb’, the song finds the real-life couple of Maria Donjacour and Paris Cox-Farr sharing their love in a way that is reminiscent of Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) or The Moldy…
Toronto native Deanna Petcoff writes ‘happy songs about sad things’ and new single ‘Stage Lights’ captures this perfectly. Opening with a Kim Deal-esque bass line, Deanna starts to look back on a night where she felt a spark with a touring musician and asks ‘What if?’ She wonders what might have been if instead of…
‘Box’, the new single from Seattle trio Dude York opens with Peter Richards proclaiming: ‘It started with a kiss, who’d have thought it would end like this in a total eclipse? You broke my heart with your ruby lips’. It’s a power pop-infused three-and-a-half minutes that throws together elements of Guided by Voices and early…
The next release on Devil Town Tapes is ‘wyd’ by Bournemouth-based solo artist ‘omes’ (Omar De Col to friends and family). Described by the label as a ‘short and sweet ode to an internet friendship’, the 90 seconds has a distinctly lo-fi sound that just adds to its charm. With its hushed and introspective lyrics…
Cassels have announced details of their new album ‘The Perfect Ending’ and shared the video for its title track. The record will be released via Big Scary Monsters and is available to pre-order now. ‘The Perfect Ending’ is guitarist and vocalist Jim Beck’s ‘attempt to put a positive spin on the fact climate change is…
Following stellar support from 6Music and shows with bands including Flamingods, Mush and Crocodiles, Sunderland four-piece Roxy Girls have signed to Moshi Moshi Records and announced details of their forthcoming mini album ‘A Poverty of Attention’ (pre-order here). ‘Trials and Tribulations’ is the first song to be taken from the release and finds the band…
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