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See: Young Knives release new video for ‘Society for Cutting Up Men’
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Barbarians’, Young Knives – aka brothers Henry Dartnall and The House of Lords have released a new single, Society for Cutting Up Men. Named after Valerie Solanas’ feminist political pamphlet the SCUM Manifesto. Henry explains: “I really just wanted to write a song from this position. The basic idea is …
Track: Monograms – American Dreamz
Monograms, aka Brooklyn based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Jacobs, is gearing up for the release of his new album ‘Only a Ceiling Can Stay Inside Forever’, out on PaperCup Music on July 31st, and ahead of it he’s released a new single from it American Dreamz. Of the album, written in these Covid times and …
DROPPIN’ KNOWLEDGE: TRACK: The Twilite Tone – ‘Do It Properly’
ANTHONY KHAN, the Chicago-based producer who has collaborated with Kanye and Gorillaz and produced longtime friend Common, is bringing his The Twilite Tone project to the world via the channels of the good people at Stones Throw. His latest single, “Do It Properly”, has been dropped by the label, and is available to stream and …
Track: Honeybadger – It’s All There For You
With an average age of 17, Honeybadger are a 3 piece band from Brighton bringing there own brand of punk rock inspired by the likes of Queen OF The Stoneage and Whitestripes. Let the age not put you off though they guys are talented at what they do and sound great together. Best enjoyed live. …
NEWS: Calvin Harris releases first track on Defected with surprise virtual festival appearance
In the vast majority of cases sending your demo tape to a record label does not end well. Far from the usual rejection, disappointment and subsequent insecurity is this heart-warming story of when Adam Wiles first contacted Defected records back in 1999 hoping for a break. While the dream of getting a deal was not …
See: Bully Share Video For Track ‘Every Tradition’
Bully will release their new album SUGAREGG worldwide on August 21st through Sub Pop. In celebration, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno has shared a new video for the single “Every Tradition”, which she co-directed remotely with Alan Del Rio Ortiz. Pivoting traditional video making techniques due to the pandemic, Del Rio Ortiz and Bognanno aimed to make something simple …
SEE: the sweetness of Emma Kupa’s ‘Hey Love’
Former singer with Sheffield cult indie heroes Standard Fare, in collaboration with Hefner man Darren Hayman in the Hayman Kupa Band, and in indie fizzbomb purveyors Mammoth Penguins, Emma Kupa has been absent from our ears over the past few years in her solo incarnation. Thankfully that gap in our musical lives is about to …
Track: Bad Omens release an acoustic version of their track ‘Limits’
American metalcore band Bad Omens have shared an acoustic version of the bonus track ‘Limits’, track taken off the deluxe version of their 2019 album ‘Finding God Before God Finds Me’ via Sumerian Records. The band have also announced the release of the track bundle, which includes both the album and acoustic versions of the …
Track: The Levellers – Generation Fear
Folk rockers The Levellers have shared their new single ‘Generation Fear’, taken from their upcoming studio album Peace, which will be released on the 14th August via On The Fiddle recordings. Written during the album recording process, the track evolved as a full band collaboration and its immediacy comes from a lot of the band laying their …
Track: KEYS – This Side of Luv
Long standing Welsh psych-pop band KEYS have released a new single, This Side Of Luv, as part of a collection of songs the band recorded in lockdown by the most basic of means, complete with hiss. As vocalist / guitarist / songwriter Matthew Evans explains “We recorded these tracks on Cassette four track machines during …