ALBUM REVIEW: HAIM – WOMEN IN MUSIC PART III

Haim are back! After their more pop-leaning second album, they return with the posthumously titled ‘Women in Music Pt. III’. I can now say with no uncertainty that this is probably one of, if not the, best albums of the year, and it’s only June. ‘Women in Music Pt. III’ is their most personal, inventive […]

ALBUM REVIEW: HINDS – THE PRETTIEST CURSE

Two words spring to mind when I think of the Spanish quartet Hinds, and that’s colourfully consistent. Whether it be live or recorded, they never seem to dissatisfy. The band have just dropped their third album ‘The Prettiest Curse’ and you’d be a fool not to put it on to your summer playlist. Hinds have […]

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INTERVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY

It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since Manchester’s Badly Drawn Boy released a studio album. Not that Damon Gough has been completely away from music, there’s been the serenely beautiful soundtrack work and the occasional live gig, but the past few years have seen major upheavals, both in the wider world, and […]

SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS – BREAKTHROUGH

Death Valley Girls hit the streets once again with a single release of ‘Breakthrough’. A very charming and inviting success at merging the ‘old rock’ sound into a modern sound. They’ve got their influences tied into their groove without relying to much on just ‘sound like they did okay!’. Having never listened to the group […]

ALBUM REVIEW: NO AGE – GOONS BE GONE

In a year spinning so far out of control and social reach, it seems only fair to abandon it to be forgotten, as it only brings shame within the yearly calendars. Though one positive of ‘this year’ has given us, is a sleuth of good album releases. Fitting to the torrid trap that is ‘this […]

INTERVIEW: FLATWORMS

INTERVIEW WITH THE EARLY MORNINGS

EP REVIEW: FURROWED BROW – DEAD DEAD DEAD STILL DIGGING

Abstract: This EP is a zesty chorus stratagem of drain-pipe bass lines, journeyman synthesizations, moderate baritone delivery, candid fills and 6-stringed nuances which sail alongside tri-timbre-d lyrics that provoke humour, adds colour to the pallet of the mundane   and tastefully ventures into the distasteful without catering toward frightful yacht-rockisms or baseless complaints towards imaginary authority […]

ALBUM REVIEW: TIM BURGESS – I LOVE THE NEW SKY

I bet Tim Burgess never thought when he started writing solo album number five, that when it was released he’d be hosting twitter listening parties for music fans all over the world with no live gigs on the horizon. Although it’s a weird world we live in today, there’s something strangely comforting and upbeat about […]

WHO ARE YA? BALLAMONA

NEW SINGLE ‘KELPIUS’ FROM SYLVETTE IS OUT NOW

THE OBGMs RELEASE THEIR SECOND SINGLE OF THE SUMMER ‘NOT AGAIN’

I LIKE TRAINS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE ‘DIG IN’ AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM RELEASE NEXT MONTH

NEW SINGLE FROM SNOW COATS AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER EP RELEASE

ALBUM REVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY – BANANA SKIN SHOES

It’s been ten years since Badly Drawn Boy’s last studio album, the world has changed a lot, Damon Gough’s life has changed a lot, yet there’s something reassuringly familiar about ‘Banana Skin Shoes’.  Gough recently revealed that he was inspired by the The Beastie Boys book, and wanted to return to the drum loops and […]

DREAM WIFE NEW SINGLE ‘TEMPORARY’ SET TO RAISE MONEY FOR BLACK MINDS MATTER + GENDERED INTELLIGENCE

DRAB CITY SHARE NEW TRACK ‘LIVE FREE AND DIE WHEN IT¹S COOL’

BEE BEE SEA SHARE VIDEO FOR THEIR LATEST SINGLE ‘DAILY JOBS’

BC CAMPLIGHT SHARES TITLE TRACK TO NEW ALBUM ‘SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF’

ALBUM REVIEW: THE 1975 – NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM

The new album from The 1975 is finally here, after numerous delays it launches during the strange days we currently inhabit and provides another solid album, but not the magnum opus some were building this up to be. Their last full-length album was critically acclaimed by the majority of the press and went straight to […]

ALBUM REVIEW: THE DEARS – LOVERS ROCK

The band who put the drama into indie rock are back with their eighth album. The big sounding orchestral backings are in place as are the soothing melodies, yet the explosive riffs and uplifting choruses are never far way either. The Montreal band led by husband and wife duo of Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak […]

INTERVIEW: PSYCHO COMEDY – LIVERPOOL ART COLLECTIVE WITH A PSYCH ROCK HEART

THE FLAMING LIPS NEW SONG AND VIDEO ‘FLOWERS OF NEPTUNE 6’

BO NINGEN AND BOBBY GILLESPIE JOIN FORCES ON NEW SINGLE ‘MINIMAL’

BECCA MANCARI REVEALS BEAUTIFUL NEW SINGLE ‘HUNTER’

IRMA VEP SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘STANDARDS’

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INTERVIEW: GREG DULLI – AFGHAN WHIGS & TWILIGHT SINGERS FRONTMAN ON NEW SOLO ALBUM