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See: Squeeze reveal new video for ‘Rough Ride’
Taken from their 15th studio album, The Knowledge, Rough Ride is the new single from Squeeze, and it’s Tilbrook and Difford comment on the current state of the British welfare crisis, and features guest performers from the bands home patch of South London, namely Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir and the Thorntree School Choir. A …
Track: The Sea and Cake – These Falling Arms
With the release of their new album Any Day getting nearer and nearer, The Sea and Cake have unveiled the new records second single, following on from the brilliant title track, called These Falling Arms . It’s usual Sea and Cake fare – beautiful tunes, unassuming vocals and gently shifting accompaniments spiced with these gloriously …
Track: Pearl Jam – Can’t Deny Me
Pearl Jam have released a new track ‘Can’t Deny Me’ from their forthcoming album ahead of a couple of sold out London Shows in June. Out on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records, it mars the bands first new music since their Grammy award-winnning Lightning Bolt album in 2013. It’s a pulsating rock track, with swathes of edgy …
Track: Soft Science – Undone/I Don’t Know Why I Love You (The House of Love)
Californian shoegaze band Soft Science are releasing a double A side single on 16 April and it is a dream pop/shoegaze delight. First song, ‘Undone’ has intricate, layered dreamy pop vocals with a distinctive instrumentation that recalls My Bloody Valentine with the volume turned down. The song is a gorgeous, lush wall of sound, mesmerising …
Track: The Double Happiness – City (EP)
The sun keeps on streaming out of Queensland with the release of The Double Happiness EP ‘City’ today. We gave an enthusiastic review of the debut single (also called ‘City’) last month and there’s always that twinge of concern as to whether whether the single is a diamond in a sea of coal. It makes …
See: Belly release video for Shiny One, plus UK Tour Dates
Belly have returned after a long hiatus and are about to release their first album in 23 years. Called Dove, the album is due out on May 4th, and was recorded and produced by band member Tom Gorman alongside longtime band affiliate Paul Q. Kolderie (Throwing Muses, Radiohead, Hole). The first single to be taken …
Track: Madonnatron – Mermaids / Ich Liebe Dich, plus UK tour news
Following their rather brilliant eponymously-titled debut album, Madonnatron have kept themselves busy, recording a new single ‘Mermaids’, backed by ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ out on Trashmouth Records on 11th May. Not that they’ve had much time on their hands – they’ve squeezed touring with The Moonlandingz, PINS & supporting The Black Lips; featuring on the line …
Track: MC Paul Barman – (((echo chamber))) feat. Open Mike Eagle
What is it to be a rappers rapper? To be a person who your contemporaries look up to? Well, MC Paul Barman could quite easily be the person to answer that. Since Prince Paul introduced him to the masses with ‘It’s very stimulating’, he’s been turning heads in the world of hip-hop. Masta Ace used …
Track: Charlotte Gainsbourg – Sylvia Says (Tensnake remix) plus tour news.
The legendary and multi-talented Charlotte Gainsbourg has just release a scorching version of her song ‘Sylvia Says’, remixed by German DJ and producer Tensnake. The song is off her most recent album, ‘Rest’ and as a result of the remix is a Giorgio Moroder-type euro disco blast with Gainsbourg’s ethereal vocals skating across the bubbling …
Track: Ladytron – The Animals
Electro-pop pioneers Ladytron make their long-awaited return with shimmering single ‘The Animals’. Ladytron – Helen Marnie, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu – were formed in Liverpool back in 1999. Combining electro, pop, new wave and shoegaze elements they released five records over a ten-year period, went on a succession of world tours and …