The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn shares new album ‘I Need a New War’, a record he claims to be the final part of a trilogy of collections of songs about the smaller moments in life: people trying to find connections and stay afloat financially and emotionally in today’s world. Each song focuses on a…
Heather Woods Broderick has released her latest album ‘Invitation’ via Western Vinyl. A member of Sharon Van Etten’s touring band, the album is full of poignant and powerful pieces of baroque pop. ‘A Stilling Wind’ opens the record with swaying vocals about being ‘thick with fear’ and a powerful build-up as Heather asks ‘How did…
Rising art rockers SPQR have shared the video for ‘Josephine’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Low Sun’ on 26 April (Modern Sky). The Liverpool trio have already played at BBC 6Music’s Fringe festival and can count bands like Everything Everything among their fans. Opening with a danceable bass line akin to Mini Mansions,…
Following its premiere on the Radio 1 Rock Show, Manchester trio False Advertising have shared new single ‘You Won’t Feel Love’ . After supporting Idles and Everything Everything and being hand-picked by Robert Smith to perform at the Meltdown festival in London last year, the band have gone from strength to strength and this is…
Quiet Lions have shared the visually stunning video for ‘Echo Chamber’, the first single to be taken from their debut album ‘Absenteeism’ (out on 14 June via Lonely Voyage Records – pre-order here). Loosely inspired by the role of digital media in both the Trump and Vote Leave campaigns, ‘Echo Chamber’ has a seething political…
We were blown away by Strange Bones’ live performance when they headlined last year’s Summer Westival at the West End Centre in Aldershot and have been eagerly awaiting new material from the Blackpool four-piece. Now, the band have shared new single ‘Vicious.’ ahead of the release of the ‘Blitz Pt 1’ EP on 5 July.…
Hayden Thorpe, formerly of Wild Beasts, has shared the Alexandra Liveris-directed video for new single ‘Love Crimes’ ahead of the release of his debut solo album ‘Diviner’ on 24 May (Domino). The song’s spacey and atmospheric opening recalls his old band as Hayden lays his heart bare and gives an honest admission of where his…
C Duncan’s third album ‘Health’ (out on 29 March via FatCat Records) finds the Scottish multi-instrumentalist working with other producers, engineers and musicians for the first time. His most personal work yet, it tackles issues of relationships, mental health and sexuality with honesty and humour – and wraps them all up in swaying harmonies delicious…
Alcopop! Records have added another fine band to their roster with the signing of Bury St Edmund trio Gaffa Tape Sandy. The band have also shared ‘Headlights’, the first track to be taken from their forthcoming EP – which will be released in time for the festivals. Gaffa Tape Sandy have already played shows with…
Bristol punks Weatherstate have shared the video for new single ‘Brain Dead’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Born a Cynic’ on 10 May via Failure by Design Records in the UK and EU and Wiretap Records in the US. Vocalist and guitarist Harry Hoskins claims ‘Brain Dead’ is ‘a song about disconnecting your…
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