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Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise” HighSchool dial in with new single “Sony Ericsson” ahead of debut LP Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus” Red Ivory come of age with charismatic new single “Crashing Down,” plus EP & Live NewDad search for a renewed faith on “Altar”
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Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise”

October 3, 2025 Matt
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Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus”

September 30, 2025 Matt
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Hilary Woods’ “Endgames” is a Haunting Return to Voice and Vision

September 11, 2025 Matt
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Why Horses? Stalk Cardiff’s indie underground with feverish debut EP

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WOOM finds stillness on “To Slow You” EP

August 28, 2025 Matt
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Pynch Unspools a Dreamlike Heartache on “How You Love Someone”

August 27, 2025 Matt
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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP

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Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise”
Album Review
Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise”
HighSchool dial in with new single “Sony Ericsson” ahead of debut LP
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HighSchool dial in with new single “Sony Ericsson” ahead of debut LP
Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus”
Album Review
Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus”
Red Ivory come of age with charismatic new single “Crashing Down,” plus EP & Live
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Red Ivory come of age with charismatic new single “Crashing Down,” plus EP & Live
Half Happy mixes dream pop and post-punk on new single “Well Done Honey”
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Half Happy mixes dream pop and post-punk on new single “Well Done Honey”
Half Waif shares moving new single “Figurine” from her upcoming album “See You At The Maypole”
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Half Waif shares moving new single “Figurine” from her upcoming album “See You At The Maypole”
Kelly Lee Owens drops summer “Sunshine” ahead of new album
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Kelly Lee Owens drops summer “Sunshine” ahead of new album
Ellur is searching for answers on soaring new single “God Help Me Now”
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Ellur is searching for answers on soaring new single “God Help Me Now”
Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise”
Album Review
Pynch soundtrack what it is to try and be alive on “Beautiful Noise”
HighSchool dial in with new single “Sony Ericsson” ahead of debut LP
News
HighSchool dial in with new single “Sony Ericsson” ahead of debut LP
Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus”
Album Review
Clipping fail to improve on original with deluxe re-issue “Dead Channel Sky Plus”
Red Ivory come of age with charismatic new single “Crashing Down,” plus EP & Live
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Red Ivory come of age with charismatic new single “Crashing Down,” plus EP & Live
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Jehnny Beth makes a fierce return with “You Heartbreaker, You”

August 29, 2025 Matt

Raw and ferocity are words that have always described Jehnny Beth’s music. From Savages to her solo work the painful intensity she wrings out of her music marries trauma and…

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HighSchool drop new single “Dipped” and finally announce debut album

August 28, 2025 Matt

Halloween just got a whole lot louder. Melbourne’s very own HighSchool have finally announced their self-titled debut album, landing October 31 via Australia, and they’ve gifted us a brand new…

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Champ race into their ‘Future’ single + debut UK headline tour

August 28, 2025 Matt

Hartlepool newcomers Champ are wasting no time. Today (Aug 28) they unleash their thrilling second single ‘Future’, a widescreen indie anthem following hot on the heels of debut track ‘Taste…

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WOOM finds stillness on “To Slow You” EP

August 28, 2025 Matt

South London’s WOOM are a quartet who occupy a rare space between band and choir, their voices intertwining in ways that feel both ancient and strangely futuristic. With To Slow…

Track Review

Pynch Unspools a Dreamlike Heartache on “How You Love Someone”

August 27, 2025 Matt

Pynch’s new single, “How You Love Someone,” is a vulnerable indie reveal from their upcoming album Beautiful Noise (dropping October 3 via Chillburn Recordings / State51 Conspiracy). The track marks…

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Hand Habits’ Blue Reminder is the sound of acceptance and love

August 23, 2025 Matt

The warm glow of 90s indie rock pulses through Blue Reminder, yet Meg Duffy’s trademark introspection, as Hand Habits remains intact. The songs form a delicate seesaw between joy and…

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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP

August 20, 2025 Matt

Minneapolis dream-pop purveyors she’s green spread their wings on Chrysalis (via Photo Finish Records), a lush, full-bodied metamorphosis in their sound. Across five tracks, the band plants its flag at…

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Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”

August 15, 2025 Matt

Bathing Suits’ new single “I Can Be A Freak” detonates Estelle’s “Freak” into a snarling, maximalist sampled powerhouse, equal parts abrasive guitars, pounding techno, and raw attitude. Operating under their…

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Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth

August 15, 2025 Matt

For an artist who has always played with reinvention; as glam-rock mystic, electronic siren, ambient poet, and synth-pop high priestess, Alison Goldfrapp has rarely sounded as personally rooted and emotionally…

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Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”

August 8, 2025 Matt

I’ve often found, with the music that I love, it’s the quieter artists who say the most whenever the world feels unkind. Not with their slogans but by tuning into…

Album Review

Wisp luxuriates in If Not Winter’s sonics

August 6, 2025 Matt

Wisp’s debut full-length, If Not Winter, arrives at the height of summer like a shimmering shoegaze fantasia, something aching, bred from restless longing and mythic yearning. Natalie Lu aka Wisp,…

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“Drunk Surfer” Seals the Deal on Westside Cowboy’s Must-Hear Debut EP

August 5, 2025 Matt

Westside Cowboy crash into summer with their most addictive track yet, the woozy, wide-eyed anthem “Drunk Surfer”. It’s the final teaser before the full drop of their debut EP This…

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The Youth Play channel shimmering urgency on “Last Day On Earth”

July 30, 2025 Matt

The Youth Play channel raw emotion on their new single “Last Day On Earth,” a standout preview from their upcoming someday, forever EP. Fronted by Latin American migrant Diego Bracho,…

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Eades flex their swaggering alt-country sound on “The Other Side of Life”

July 18, 2025 Matt

Packed with attitude and a fair amount of disdain for playing the ‘content creator’ game at the expense of making and playing the music they love Eades return with another…

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ashnymph’s debut single “Saltspreader” is a glitch-pop gut punch

July 9, 2025 Matt

London trio ashnymph are barely six months old, but their debut single “Saltspreader” feels like a band already burning through the slow lane. Made up of Will Wiffen (vocals/guitars/keys), Jonny…

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