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Track: The Beautiful Darkness – She
Founded in 2021 by singer-songwriter Nerys John, The Beautiful Darkness is an emerging rock band that blends goth and grunge influences into a unique sound. A blend that matches haunting melodies with powerful guitar riffs, which their brand new single ‘She’ demonstrates perfectly. Vocalist Nerys states “Music artistry is the alchemy of emotion and sound, …
Track: The Petrov Affair make a welcome return with the silken melancholy of ‘White Out’, with launch date announced.
There is a crystalline delicacy to the new single ‘White Out’ from the enigmatic The Petrov Affair who make a welcome return after an absence of a few years. The track is threaded with a poignant melancholy but a soaring chorus bursts through like a ray of sunshine through the clouds. Indeed there is an …
Track: ‘This City’ – prodigious new talent ixaras releases a vibrant, exhilarating new single.
Meanjin/Brisbane-based DIY artist ixaras has just released a single ‘This City’ and indications are this is a prodigious rising talent. Using percussion, digeridoo and thundering synths, ‘My City’ is a vibrant slice of danceable pop with ixaris’s vocals soaring in the ether, ranging from delicate velvet to urgent exhortations over instrumentation that blisters with vivacity. There is …
News: Wolf Alice announce new album ‘The Clearing’ and lead off with explosive single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’.
Driven by hands claps and a rolling piano, the new single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ from north London band Wolf Alice is a driving, vibrant track with singer Ellie Rowsell’s vocals soaring across the surface, falsetto and urgent at times, raw and raucous at other times, with an extraordinary range. It’s a thrilling and dynamic blast …
Track: Amanda Whiting – What Is It We Need; (Feat, Alice Russell) elegant, unhurried soul
With What Is It We Need, Amanda Whiting offers a moment of true elegance—an unhurried, soul-steeped piece that moves with the grace of a slow, stately dance. It’s a track that’s as much about space and mood as it is about melody, and it gently unfolds like a breath held and then exhaled, warm and weightless. …
Track: Caring Less Bring 90s Aesthetics On New Single ‘So Sick’
Indie-rock up-and-comers Caring Less unveil the new single ‘So Sick’. Arriving as a preview of their upcoming sophomore EP, the Philadelphia-based trio capture an essence of 90s alternative-rock with a twang of Phoebe Bridgers moments of Avril Lavigne. ‘So Sick’ builds through its jangly strummed guitars, tight drums and under the emotive vocals of front woman Sara Johnson to a dynamic close as a well placed lead line overlaps the instantly repeatable and emotive vocal melody. Intimate, dreamy, raw, and beautifully constructed. Speaking about the song’s creation, the band explains: “‘So Sick’ evolved from an improvised jam at band practice into a bouncy rock anthem that blends our 90’s alternative influences with raw lyrics that blur pain and desire over jangly guitars and a restless beat.” Caring Less—made up of Sara Johnson on vocals, Ryan Acito on bass, and Nicholas Kreh on drums—have been steadily building a name for themselves across Philadelphia. Known for their energetic live shows and recent local radio exposure, they’ve cultivated a loyal following and a growing buzz around their work. With influences that span Alanis Morissette, Jeff Buckley, and other 90s icons, they manage to nod to the past while sounding undeniably current. Listen …
Track: Allo Darlin’ make a welcome return with new single, My Love Will Bring You Home
After more than a decade away, Allo Darlin’ return with a tender, toe-tapping gem in My Love Will Bring You Home — a warm-hearted slice of jangly indie pop that gracefully reaffirms the band’s gift for melodic intimacy. Breezy yet thoughtful, the track marries classic pop sensibilities with soft nods to Americana. There’s a gentle sway to …
Track: The Lemonheads release new single ‘Deep End’ (featuring J Mascis, Juliana Hatfield and Tom Morgan) with news of album, ahead of Australian/NZ tour.
The Lemonheads are about to embark on a tour of Australia and in anticipation have release a blistering single ‘Deep End’, with news of a new album ‘Love Chant’ that will be released on Fire Records later this year. ‘Deep End’ features Evan Dando’s trademark laconic delivery and pop sensibility, with the added frisson of …
Track: Tan Cologne raise anticipation for their new album with hypnotic new track ‘Infinity’.
Magnificent New Mexican dream pop exponents duo Tan Cologne recently announced their third studio album ‘Unknown Beyond’ for release on 20 June via Labrador Records, which is enough good news to put a spring in the step. To add to the anticipation, they have just released the second single ‘Infinity’ off the album and the upwards trajectory for …
Track: The Stray Pursuit Return With Explosive New Single ‘Mess with My Head’
Swansea four-piece rockers The Stray Pursuit channel angst ridden anthemic alt-rock in the new single ‘Mess with My Head’. Equal parts catchy and energetic, the track displays an accessible and relentlessly catchy songwriting style underpinned by a tight, guitar led backdrop. With thick walls of guitars, pounding drums, tight bass and a stellar vocal performance that teeters between vulnerability and strong defiance, ‘Mess with My Head’ is an elegant and addictive pop-rock fizzer. Rich with some elegant, soaring guitar work and thick …