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Track: hairpin get a ‘Curtain Call’ on new single; debut EP out next month
Featuring current and previous members of such UK scene luminaries as Lost in the Riots, Nervus, Weatherstate and Lakes, south coast UK band hairpin may be a relatively new name but they’ve got a hell of a pedigree behind them. Cleaving closer to vibrant post-hardcore than you’d expect from their previous activity, the quartet sprang …
Track: Radio Free Alice release sparky, angular new single ‘Empty Words’ ahead of debut US tour
We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have had an extensive unreciprocated love affair with the magnificent Radio Free Alice since their early years back in 2023, and the band has just exploded everywhere ever since. Having just been named by a prestigious UK music magazine as one of a 100 bands to watch …
News: Kip Moore Goes Big With Solitary Tracks – A 23-Song Journey Of Grit And Growth
Kip Moore’s Solitary Tracks World Tour Is Coming
News: Californians RAUE seek ‘Escape’ as they plan new EP for May
It hasn’t been too long since we last heard from Californian duo RAUE (it’s pronounced ‘roo-AY’), but we haven’t yet heard them like this. Since the …Or Forever Hold Your Peace EP arrived in October, the pair of Paige Kalenian and Jax Huckle have been poised for a breakout moment, helped by a groundswell of …
Track: Julien Baker & TORRES Drop Heart-Wrenching New Single ‘Tuesday’
Julien Baker & TORRES Drop Heart-Wrenching New Single ‘Tuesday’
News: The Wombats Release Newest Indie-Rock Treasure ‘Oh! The Ocean’ Ahead of UK/EU and Aus Tours! + Headlining SummerSalt Fest
Two decades in and The Wombats are bigger than ever, playing to massive crowds, dropping fresh records, and bringing in new generations of fans at every turn. Now, they’re jumping headfirst into the fog/their next chapter with ‘Oh! The Ocean’ – a freshly, introspective album that undoubtedly positions them at the forefront of the 2010s …
Track: Perfume Genius and Aldous Harding Get Hauntingly Unhinged on ‘No Front Teeth’
Perfume Genius and Aldous Harding Are a Match Made in Eerie Pop Heaven
Track: It’s not a cover – Lutruwita/Tasmania’s go-to musician Jethro Pickett releases the shimmering and lush single ‘Jolene (not a cover)’
Jethro Pickett is the go-to guitarist in his home Lutriwitta/Tasmania – look at any recent release and you will find his signature chiming guitars sparkling somewhere in the mix (Claire Anne Taylor, EWAH and Christopher Coleman being recent examples). In his new single ‘Jolene (not a cover’ – which he is at pains to make …
Track: Mess Esque unveil the dreamy track ‘Let Me Know You’ ahead of new album release.
It’s been just over three years since Mess Esque – the stunning collaboration between Helen Franzmann (McKisko) and Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Tren Brothers) – released their self-titled album (see my review here), and a follow-up entitled ‘Jay Marie, Comfort Me’ is due for release on 28 March 2025 through Drag City Records and Remote Control Records. As a taster of …
Track: Call the ‘Deviant Hotline’ – it’s Low Monroe with a deliciously dark and visceral track, with launch date announced.
Low Monroe – the nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Sergi – has just released a deliciously dark slice of gothic fuzz in the form of ‘Deviant Hotline’. With reverb-soaked, scything guitars and a rhythm section that prowls like a ravenous wolf, the track has a late night/early morning sleazy nightclub vibe filled …