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Premiere: Dumb Whales release chiming indie pop single ‘The Great Divide’

We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘The Great Divide’ from Melbourne-based indie band Dumb Whales. It’s an absolute thumping track: chiming, razor-sharp guitars carve their way over a…

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Track: Badgers – Why Am I Your Only Friend?

There’s nothing like a good dose of aural medicine to stimulate the system and the new single from Melbourne band Badgers does that and more. ‘Why Am I You Only…

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PREMIERE: People Soup – ‘Rosemary’: fragrant ‘n’ wired Leeds post-punk debut

PEOPLE SOUP is a new post-punk trio outta the capital of God’s Own Country, Leeds, comprised of singer-guitarist Harry Jones, bassist Ryan Walker and drummer Joe Willis. They’ve got it…

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SEE: The Lathums – ‘I See Your Ghost’: a ska-psych grenade lobbed over pop’s wall

WIGAN’S THE Lathums? I mean, they’re sweet, thoughtful lads (see their recent, very neat plan to raise funds for beleaguered hometown football club by raffling off a one-only vinyl pressing…

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TRACK: The Native – ‘Break Away’: South West indie risers’ second laments Brexit

PLYMOUTH’S The Native are on an upward curve: they’ve been building a real reputation down in the South West, getting themselves a real fanbase and a name as purveyors of…

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TRACK: Yo La Tengo share the warm hush of ‘Bleeding’ from their new EP

AWW, YO LA TENGO, when they’re on (sleepy) fire, you just have to adore them; and they really are, right now. They’ve just shared a second song from their forthcoming…

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PREMIERE: Fixtures – ‘Five Ft One, Six Ft Ten’: proper scruffy, shredding alt.guitar pop like they used to make

BROOKLYN five-piece Fixtures know how to do a ridiculously fun guitar pop rush. Really, they do. They’ve just signed on the dotted with Spain’s Bobo Integral, and will be releasing…

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SEE: Tune-Yards’ ‘nowhere, man’: brilliantly freakish stop-motion and a rousing groove

MERRILL GARBUS and Nate Brenner’s excellent, genre-busting, rousing Tune-Yards have released a brilliantly freakish stop-motion animation for their new track, “nowhere, man”. It’s bright, groovy, offbeat, spacious, eccentrically paced, passionately…

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TRACK: The Dawdler – ‘Crocodile’: a pristine guitar-pop thrill

THE DAWDLER – the brilliant North-East singer-songwriter known to friends and family as John Edgar – has today released a second song from his forthcoming debut EP Sign of Growth…

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TRACK: Palace Winter feat. Jason Lytle – ‘The Deeper End’: ‘Think Kraftwerk playing country’

SINGER-guitarist Carl Coleman and pianist-producer Caspar Hesselager are the musicians behind Danish-Australian duo Palace Winter; they’ve been plying a line in grand, intelligent pop since Waiting For The World To…

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