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News: THE WONDER YEARS announce UK headline tour for November!
To mark the release of their forthcoming new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’ released on September 23rd on Hopeless Records, Philadelphian sextet, The Wonder Years, have today announced a UK headline tour for November. The tour kicks off in London at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on November 8th, before performances in Birmingham, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow, …
Track/Video: Elaine Howley announces debut album ‘The Distance Between Heart And Mouth’ with the underground dream-pop honesty of ‘Silent Talk’.
Cork based musician Elaine Howley has been a significant contributor to the Irish indie underground scene for a while now. She brought her distinct experimental sensibilities to The Altered Hours’ psych-rock as well as the song based electronica of Howlbux and Crevice. Now comes news that this summer she is stepping out from the shadows …
NEWS: THE WONDER YEARS announce new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’, with new single, ‘Wyatt’s Song’ (Your Name)!
THE HUM GOES ON FOREVER is released September 23rd on Hopeless Records. “I don’t want to die, at least not without you.” Those are the words that open up The Wonder Years‘ new album, The Hum Goes On Forever. It marks the next evolution of a band that’s never stopped growing, never stopped striving, never stopped searching for the truth and …
News: Brisbane punk rock royalty WAAX release new single ‘Read Receipts’: Album ‘At Least I’m Free’ dropping in August + special guest performances with The Amity Affliction
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of second studio album At Least I’m Free (out 5 August via Dew Process), Brisbane’s WAAX share their vividly charged new single Read Receipts alongside the accompanying music video. Of the powerful track, lead singer Maz DeVita says: “We’re pretty excited to let this one out as it’s perhaps …
TRACK: YINYANG – Happy Money
YINYANG is the moniker of Irish artist Lauren Hannan who has released her latest single ‘Happy Money‘. YINYANG evolved during lockdown in 2020 when Lauren taught herself how to produce music and cultivated her writing by working on it every day. Technology was a blessing during this enforced period of isolation and Lauren looked to …
PREMIERE: Saint Christopher announces debut album with the bruised yet hopeful ‘Winners’
Christopher Kalil went to hell last year. Or maybe everything went to hell for him. He’s not sure exactly how, but the Los Angeles-based former leader of Arms Akimbo is still hanging on. He now operates as Saint Christopher, a project that, with the best will in the world, was launched at the worst time: …
VIDEO PREMIERE: New Yorkers The Velvicks explore the cyclical nature of trauma on powerful new single ‘Old Mistakes’ (+mini Q&A)
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from New York-based band The Velvicks. They’ve been suspiciously quiet aside from the release of a couple of singles last year, and now we know why: they’ve been working on their debut album! That’s very exciting indeed for a band who displayed plenty of promise on 2020’s debut …
News: The Snuts team up with Rachel Chinouriri on bittersweet new single ‘End Of The Road’: Summer festival dates announced
Following their raucous headline show at London’s Brixton Academy recently, The Snuts have teamed with rising alt RnB artist Rachel Chinouriri to present the uplifting new single End Of The Road. First performed onstage at Brixton Academy in April, it’s their third new music release since acclaimed number 1-selling debut album, W.L. Produced by Detonate …
News: Luxed up and climate positive – Fratellis release deluxe version of acclaimed album ‘Half Drunk under a Full Moon’ with bonus tracks + new single ‘Alive’
The Fratellis have released a deluxe version of acclaimed 2021 release Half Drunk Under A Full Moon via Cooking Vinyl, which includes eight bonus tracks (a darkly joyous version of Baccara’s disco classic Yes Sir, I Can Boogie anyone?) plus brilliant new single Alive. The multi-platinum Glasgow band’s sixth album, Half Drunk Under A Full Moon became one …
Album Review: Congotronics International – Where’s The One? : Indispensable document from the Congolese/leftfield indie supergroup, live and locomotive.
Collective, supergroup, ensemble…whatever way you look at it Congotronics International were a big big band. Nineteen musicians, five guitarists, three likembe players, five percussionists, two bass players, three drummers and an overflowing pool of vocal talent, they aimed for scale, scope and scintillation. Formed in 2011 from members of the pioneers of the ‘tradi-modern’ sound, …