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Live Review: Heavenly / Tulpa – Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield 21.3.2026

At what must have been almost a sell-out—if not an actual one—Sidney and Matilda was packed to the rafters with an eager, cross-generational crowd ready to celebrate the enduring charm…

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Live Review: Sigrid – O2 Academy Leeds. 18.03.26

Sigrid's breezy charm captivates Leeds O2 Academy

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Track: Indiepop royalty Heavenly announce new album, release new single Excuse Me.

It’s overused I know, but indie pop legends (you find me a better description….) return with a new single Excuse Me, accompanied by news of a new album Highway To…

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News: Sydney’s exciting new band Kate Moth sign to Wayne Connolly’s Scenic Drive label and we review their new single ‘Overnight Sensation’

We are ever so honoured to review the new single ‘Overnight Sensation’ from Sydney band Kate Moth, whose inherent worth can be gleaned form the fact that they have signed…

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Album Review: Whitney K –’Bubble’ : Hard-won songs ringing with indie pop sharpness and country rock twang.

Canadian singer-songwriter Konner Whitney aka Whitney K is keeping that hardcore troubadour tradition alive and still kicking up the rubble. After releasing three mighty slices of his raw, country rock…

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Vona Vella drop ‘Bear Trap’, their shimmering new single

Vona Vella drop 'Bear Trap', their shimmering new single

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News: Joan & the Giants find beauty in heartbreak on their greatest release yet, latest EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief’

Breakups are messy and never just one thing. Grief doesn’t arrive in a neat sequence, and Joan & the Giants’ new EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief‘ catches every jagged…

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Premiere: sundayclub say hello with the atmospheric thrills of ‘Bannatyne’

A new band on Paper Bag, you say? That’s always cause for celebration. sundayclub (lower case, probably would have released this on Sunday except nobody does that) are Manitobans Courtney…

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Album Review: Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Sounds made by humans; Guest review by Sarah Records founder Matt Haynes

Should Bob Dylan have got the Nobel Prize for Literature? Of course not, he wasn’t a poet; as he famously said, he saw himself more as a song and dance…

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Track: The Perfect English Weather release the gorgeous indie pop of London By The Sea / Flames

The Perfect English Weather – Simon and Wendy Pickles of 90s indie pop favourites The Popguns, return with a double offering that reaffirms their gift for crafting wistful, melodic indie pop soaked…

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