News: YUNGBLUD Announces 2025 ‘IDOLS’ World Tour – Presale Details & Full Dates Revealed
Fresh off announcing his forthcoming double album IDOLS, YUNGBLUD has unveiled a major 2025 world tour spanning North America and Europe. The global tour kicks off in Los Angeles on 23rd August and includes headline dates in cities like New York, Berlin, Paris, and Toronto, before wrapping in Italy on 31st October. Presale access is available …
Track: Kathryn Joseph releases the emotive beauty of “deer”, plus reveals tour dates and Mogwai support slot
Kathryn Joseph’s new single “deer” arrives cloaked in sorrow and restrained beauty, a haunting first glimpse into her upcoming album WE WERE MADE PREY. Built around gentle, emotive synths and her unmistakable voice—fragile, enclosed, and quietly powerful—the track feels like a private reckoning. It’s a piece that doesn’t so much unfold as it hovers, pulling you …
EP Review: John Beltran presents Sol Set – Love Revolution EP
With Love Revolution, John Beltran’s Sol Set project returns in fine form, delivering a sun-drenched, deeply musical EP that radiates warmth and groove. Rooted in Brazilian jazz-funk but stretching comfortably into soulful house, Latin rhythms, and downtempo bliss, this latest chapter in the Detroit-based collective’s journey feels both timeless and joyfully present—a record made for golden …
Track: Waterbaby thrills with the tender hushed beauty of new single “Amiss”
With “Amiss,” Stockholm-based artist Waterbaby offers a gorgeously tender return—a hushed, melancholic piece of indie folk that feels both fragile and grounded. Built around softly strummed acoustic guitar, sighing cellos, and gentle vocal harmonies, the track unfolds like a quiet confession, intimate and richly textured. There’s a lilting sadness in Waterbaby’s voice, which carries the …
Album Review: Surprise Chef – Superb; kings of instrumental soul delight once again
Surprise Chef return with Superb, a rich, groove-driven collection of instrumental funk, soul, and jazz that deepens their cinematic sound while loosening the edges. Rooted in the Australian five-piece’s signature blend of vintage textures and head-nodding rhythms, this album expands their palette with bolder moods, freer structures, and a broader sense of place. It’s music made …
Album Review: Azzurro 80 – Flashback; warm 80s fused instrumentals hit the right spot
On Flashback, Azzurro 80 invites listeners into a lush, imagined memory of the 1980s—a world shaped more by the ghosts of old television idents and faded VHS movie trailers than by the actual charts of the era. It’s a beautifully constructed instrumental album where groove, mood, and nostalgia blend seamlessly into a single cinematic vision. Opening …
Live Review: Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking Tour, Manchester O2 Apollo, 2.5.2025
The Manic Street Preachers launched their much-anticipated ‘Critical Thinking’ tour with a sold-out show at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on May 2, 2025. Despite unforeseen delays due to a reported motorway fire and Glossop’s notorious traffic, which caused us to miss support act Honeyglaze, the evening unfolded into a triumphant celebration of the band’s enduring legacy. …
EP Review: Chapterhouse – White House Demos; early psych-fuzz brilliance from Shoegaze legends
Long before they carved out a legacy as one of the defining names in shoegaze, Chapterhouse were just four gigs in and brimming with raw psychedelic energy. White House Demos, recorded live in a single day in January 1989 at The White House studio in Weston-super-Mare, captures the band in their earliest and perhaps most primal …
Album Review: TVOD – Party Time; loud, jagged and full of heart
Brooklyn’s post-punk firebrands TVOD (Television Overdose) explode onto the scene with Party Time, a debut album that’s loud, jagged, and unexpectedly full of heart. It’s a record built for sweaty clubs and emotional release — an intoxicating mix of snarling guitars, warped synths, and chant-along choruses that channel chaos into catharsis. It’s punk for misfits who …
EP Review: DJ Cosworth – Hard30 EP; fierce and finely tuned UKG/tech-house from Hardline boss
Bristol’s own DJ Cosworth takes the wheel with Hard30 EP on his own Hardline imprint, with a debut that lives up to its name – three fierce, finely-tuned cuts that fuse tech house toughness with the rolling swagger of UK garage. This is music for dark rooms, low ceilings, and high energy. Opening track Nuff Gyal kicks things off …