A MUSICIAN and visual artist who is best known as the leader of the avant-garde rock band Red Krayola, Mayo Thompson has released a wild live collaboration with The Corky Band entitled “Worried Worried”. In a post promoting the song, the act released this unusual explanation: “On January 9, 2020 – the day after the …

NEWLY signed to Bella Union, Laura Groves has shared dreamy new track “Infinite Wisdom” and its accompanying video. The glittering track comes ahead of her new six-track EP A Private Road, which will be released on December 4th. Speaking on the upcoming EP, Groves explains: “This record, made mostly on my own, became both a channel for the expression of …

“SEEING Shapes’ is the first single taken from Forever, the new album by Belgian indie rockers Teen Creeps, set for release on January 22nd, 2021 on [PIAS] Recordings.  An ode to 90s’ fuzz-drenched bands such as Dinosaur Jr., Superchunk and Sonic Youth, the trio are sure to tick all the right buttons for those nostalgia …

ALT-POPPERS Firestations return with their new single “Small Island”, the first instalment of a new multi-EP project entitled Automatic Tendencies; and their first new music on Lost Map since their 2018 album The Year Dot. Over the last two years, Firestations have refined their brand of conceptual alt-pop, and their new songs are concerned with …

AHEAD of the hotly anticipated release of her debut EP coming this November, Scottish folk singer Emma Miller has released the a taster in the shape of second track “Sail Away”. Speaking of the track, she states: “I wanted to write the song from the perspective of what a friend might say to me, rather …

BLACKPOOL punk legends Strange Bones have released a brand new cracker of a single, ‘Menace’. ‘Menace’ is the result of the anger and frustration resulting from lockdown. The night before release, September 24th, the band teased details about the new track on their Facebook page:“‘MENACE’ is a cathartic release in response to the world being …

Gorillaz have announced the full collection of their Song Machine collection, featuring an expanding roster of collaborators captured live in Kong Studios and beyond.  Entitled Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez, it’ll be out on October 23rd on digital, standard CD, vinyl and cassette; plus the 17-track deluxe and super deluxe box sets. As well as …

CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July aged 59. Along with the new song, the band shared a touching tribute: “Of stars and planets,of darkness and light,of all universal energies issues forththe …

Indie Bristol-born outfit Pet Shimmers have announced their second album of 2020, Trash Earthers, also sharing the first single ‘Imber‘. The album will be released on 2nd October via their own PS Records. Speaking on the new record, vocalist Oliver Wilde states: “During this time, all we’ve been fed is what’s happening in the news, and it quite …

Raymond Ian Burns, known more commonly as Captain Sensible from the seminal punk band The Damned has, like the most of us, had a lot of time on his hands lately. Luckily, he happened to spare some of that free time to have a little chat with us about their new The Rockfield Files EP, …