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TRACK: LOW HUMMER – THE REAL THING
Hull quintet Low Hummer have shared the video for their third single via Dance to the Radio records. “The Real Thing” sees the band pressing ahead with their desire to experiment and embrace more electronics as guitarist and singer Daniel Mawer explains: “The Real Thing was a bit of experimenting in the studio with our …
TRACK: SPECTOR – WHEN DID WE GET SO NORMAL?
London-based five piece Spector have shared their next single – “When Did We Get So Normal?”. This is the fourth and final track to be taken from their ‘Extended Play’ EP. It will be released physically as part of their ‘Non-Fiction’ compilation on 29 April via the band’s own Moth Noise Entertainment. It has a …
Track: Holy Hive – Broom
Ahead of the release of their album ‘Float Back To You’, Holy Hive – aka Homer Steinweiss, the Brooklyn based soul-funk drumming staple and sometime Daptone, Paul Spring, a young idealist folk singer traveling the country, and studio assistant named Joe Harrison oped in to join the band on bass, have released a new single …
News: Ty Segall & Mikel Cronin to re-release ‘Pop Song’ 7”
Two of the hardest working men in garage rock / psych, Ty Segall and Mikel Cronin, are to have one of their long out of date 7” records – ‘Pop Song’ b/w/ ’So I went to beach, melody’ and ‘Kit Carson’, re-released on Italy’s Goodbye Boozy imprint. All three tracks on the EP are short, …
Track: The Hotrats (Gaz Coombes / Danny Goffey) – Milkshake
The Hotrats, Supergrass’ Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey, released their Nigel Godrich-produced covers album ‘Turn Ons’ this year, and in anticipation of a new 3CD/DVD box set 10th anniversary edition, out on June 19th, the band jumped in the studio and recorded a version of Kelis’ classic Milkshake. Gaz Coombes explains: “The Hotrats was all about …
Track: Brendan Benson – Good to be alive
After a long 7 years its comes to somewhat joy to announce Brendan Benson’s new album DEAR LIFE arrives via Third Man Records on 24th April. It feels such the right time for singer, songwriter and producer to get back to making music. “There’s something about this record,” Benson says. “A friend of mine called it …
Track: Gateway Drugs – Wait (Medication)
Gateway Drugs are back with the follow up to their 2015 LP ‘Magick Spells (Dine Alone) with a new record ‘PSA’. From it they’ve shared a new track Wait (Medication), which the band say is about “Falling in love with madness. When sustenance is stolen and your vice becomes your friend, your lover. Romanticization of …
Track: Bishop Nehru – Emporer
Bishop Nehru, one of the most talented MC’s around, is back with a new self-written and produced album ‘Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts’, out on May 8th and available for pre-order here. Of the track, he says “EMPEROR was just a track that I was making specifically to have fun at lives shows,” adding: “I wanted to be able …
Track: Katie Von Scheicher – Nowhere
Ahead of her album Consumation, out via Full Time Hobby on May 22nd, Katie Von Scheicher has released a new single, Nowhere following on from previous insight in the album ‘Caged Sleep’. Katie herself says of the track “‘Nowhere’ is about the close and tight feeling of being alone. It can be a hard spell …
TRACK/EP: POZI – WHITEWASHING AND NEW EP 176
The London band Pozi have announced the release of their new EP on 8th May via PRAH Recordings. Titled 176 its their first new music since the release of debut album PZ1 less than 12 months ago. First single comes in the form of the bass heavy track called Whitewashing. Think The Jam with Ian Dury on vocals. The song is …