Last month, Phoebe Bridgers confirmed details of her second solo album, Punisher, to be released via Dead Oceans on the 19th June. She has shared another song from the album. Originally entitled ICU the song’s spelling has been changed to I See You for its release on digital platforms – for fairly obvious reasons. She says of the song, “It’s about my breakup with my … Continue reading Phoebe Bridgers – I See You
London shoegazers Honey Lung have recently released a new single, Big, which is taken from the band’s forthcoming Post Modern Motorcade Music EP, set to drop 29th May via Big Scary Monsters. Drawing inspiration from acts including Car Seat Headrest, Sparklehouse, Elliot Smith and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the EP introduces their newly-refined melodic sound whilst keeping still keeping roots firmly in the world of fuzzy, … Continue reading Honey Lung – Post Modern Motorcade Music EP
With an amalgamation of genres, an intriguing mix of pop, punk and alternative rock, Milo Gore draws influence from a variety of artists such as The 1975, Bears Den and Idles. In turn, their own sound sits closer to the likes of The Strokes, The Hunna and Blossoms. Latest single, Green Eyes is an effervescent slab of indie rock that bounces along on a tide … Continue reading Milo Gore – Green Eyes
Leeds indie stalwarts the Wind-up Birds have released their new album Summer Haunts today (order from Bandcamp here). It is another excellent collection of contagious, observational and wilfully unpredictable songs packed with melody, wry, but often dark, humour and scalpel sharp lyrics. Unmistakably northern in the same way as The Fall or Cabbage or Pulp, The band have been ploughing their furrow for well over … Continue reading Wind-up Birds – Summer Haunts
Brooklyn-based rockers Cup have just released their new album – the satisfyingly hard and heavy-hitting Nothing Could Be Wrong, out through Aagoo Records. With a gritty sound that draws from psych rock, garage, some surf licks and punk, imagine something a bit like Black Angels meets Oh Sees meets The Cramps, then add some early desert Queens Of The Stone Age, with even a little Gary … Continue reading Cup – Nothing Could Be Wrong
Anarchic Canadian music collective Crack Cloud will release their debut album Pain Olympics on the 17th July. The band have also shared an incendiary video for the record’s lead single Ouster Stew, a jittery slice of punk funk that nods to the Talking Heads and James Chance. Catch them on tour Nov 17th | London – EARTH Nov 19th | Leeds – Brudenell … Continue reading Crack Cloud – Ouster Stew
It seems only right and proper that following new music from Fontaines D.C.and The Murder Capital, that another of our favourite Dublin bands Silverbacks should also share the good news of their debut album Fad, with a new single, and video, titled Muted Gold. Taking their cues from the taut rhythms and urgent drive of late 70s punk and the discordant, unpredictable freak-outs of NYC no … Continue reading Silverbacks Announce Debut Album, Share Muted Gold
Here is another track from Lucern Raze’s forthcoming long player International Breakdown, which is out next week via PNKSLM Records. The record features collaborations with the likes of Chemtrails, Cherry Pickles, Black Mekon, this one with ShitKid, Swampmeat, and now this track, Elvis Ronaldo, with another MM fave, Sudakistan. We have got no idea what’s going on, but it is one hell of a track, … Continue reading More From Lucern Raze, This Time With Sudakistan
Hot Heater is the latest single taken from Pottery’s much anticipated debut album Welcome To Bobby’s Motel, which is out on the 26th June via Partisan Records. It is another trip into the band’s psychedelic dreamworld, all chugging low-end, blasts of disco beats and tribal chants. Stream it here. Rescheduled UK Live Dates Sept 8th | Manchester – Deaf InstituteSept 9th | Glasgow – Nice … Continue reading Pottery – Hot Heater
The Growlers have shared a new single, Dream World, which was recorded after sessions for their last album, 2019’s Natural Affair LP. The track imagines an alternate universe available to everyone, if you want it. Upright pianos, razorwire guitars, and singer Brooks Nielsen’s most prescient lyrics to date invite us all to embrace the other side, whatever that might be…. call it danceable garage pop … Continue reading The Growlers – Dream World
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