We’ve been fascinated with Nine Perfect Lives since finding a brief Instagram clip of them playing live back in March this year. The alt-rock, off-kilter dream pop, sound pricked our ears and we’ve patiently...
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London instrumental four-piece Long Distance Runner return with their new single “New Song”, offering another glimpse into the expansive sound the band have been developing for a while. At just under three minutes, “New...
Dutch art-pop trio The Homesick have unveiled their latest slice of synth-pop, “Love Off The Leash”, alongside news of their fourth studio album, What’s Up With All These Shangri-Las?, due 18 September via Siluh Records....
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Purveyors of live-wire chaos Kiosk are back with “Baby Teeth”, a grizzly slice of darkwave “Leedstronica” arriving via Private Regcords (Bathing Suits) just in time for another run of gigs around the UK. Because...
Rotterdam quartet Library Card return with the latest preview of their debut album Peeling An Orange In Just One Go, due November 6 via AT EASE. The new single finds their wiry, angular post-punk energy...
Singapore slowcore trio Vegtable have announced their second album, Hit By A Car, arriving 16 October via Leeds-based DIY label Field Work Recordings, alongside the release of new single “Stay”. The follow-up to 2025 debut Through...
There’s always been something bewilderingly claustrophobic about Sweeping Promises sound. The economy and density of the duo working so tightly together can feel gleefully intense. From the lockdown-era discovery of Hunger for a Way Out through...
Manchester quartet Westside Cowboy have shared “Dobro”, the final single to be lifted from their eagerly awaited debut album It Goes On, arriving August 21 via Island Records. Following the breakout success of “Kick Stones...
Brighton alt-rock outfit M. Woodroe have returned with blistering new single “Carte Blanche”, the latest taste of their forthcoming debut EP The Treatment of Fractures, due September 18 via Venn Records. Following the acclaim surrounding...
The list of 12 artists shortlisted for this year’s Mercury Music Prize has been announced today (30 July) and as always it’s a compilation of great contrasts. See the list of happy campers below!...
Los Angeles composer and art-pop visionary Julia Holter has announced her new album Materia, arriving August 21 via Domino Recording Company. The seven-track collection expands on the ideas explored on her acclaimed 2024 record Something in the Room She...
Rising Leeds outfit Honest Work have unveiled their powerful new single “The Final Prose”, offering another glimpse of forthcoming debut EP Another Broken Glass, due for release on 23 September. Out now, the track captures...
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