Because Music Matters
Cruush’s latest single “Great Dane” finds the Manchester quartet refining their sound into something even more expansive. Drawing on their roots in hazy indie and textured shoegaze, the track blends…
For more than a decade, Scattered Purgatory (破地獄) has existed in a self-made border zone: not quite drone or folk and not quite kosmiche rock. instead they’ve been something ritualistic…
With a sparkling, wiry jangle and a knack for delivering alt-rock melody London four-piece Tooth reveal their debut single The Age of Innocence after carefully cultivating a rapturous live audience…
Charli XCX’s debut film acting outing, the A24 backed “The Moment”, has revealed it’s first key track from the score composed by A.G. Cook. “Residue” is a cool, brooding dance…
Former Savages bassist Ayşe Hassan has unveiled details of her new ESYA album project Chasing Desire, out on 10th April via AOK Records, including the release of the new single…
Welcome to the best new songs, videos and more from the last seven days – in our opinion! There’s pop, rock, alt, dance and a fair few other genres in…
As a final preview of Searows upcoming second album Death in the Business of Whaling, due out this Friday, they’ve shared striking new single “In Violet”. Premiered on BBC Radio…
Today Taiwan’s Scattered Purgatory (破地獄) have shared a new track ahead of the release of album ‘Post Purgatory’, which will be released next week, on January 30th via Guruguru Brain.…
Aubrie Sellers has blasted into 2026 with “Subatomic,” a thrilling first single from her forthcoming third album Attachment Theory, out March 20 via Casual Records/Carnival Recording Company. The Nashville singer-songwriter…
London’s shoegaze/dream-pop trio deary have unveiled their stirring new single “Seabird”, the first taste of their long-awaited debut album Birding, due April 3 via Bella Union. The track shows the…
It’s the future, 2026, and everything is rosy and new. In the hubbub of holiday celebrations you might have missed some late springing music news however. Just before the fireworks…
Let’s face it choosing just 20 songs to sum up our year of music listening is pretty ridiculous, not only in the context of EVERYTHING that was released but also…
This year’s album list (unranked) isn’t about one dominant style or one “scene.” It’s an array of contrasts, often between despair and hope, or the sacred and the profane. As…
Bug Teeth’s debut full-length arrives softly, building and scrutinising loss down to its fine veins, even as it gazes upward to the skies. With a title drawn from Robert Hooke’s…
My new book is available now in Hardback, Paperback and Kindle editions. “Pull back the red curtain on the sonic architecture and hypnotic soundscapes of David Lynch’s surreal universe. Explore…