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Ellis-D unleashes frenetic single ‘I Want To Be Everything You Desire’ amid relentless touring
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Ellis-D unleashes frenetic single ‘I Want To Be Everything You Desire’ amid relentless touring
Hilary Woods’ “Endgames” is a Haunting Return to Voice and Vision
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Hilary Woods’ “Endgames” is a Haunting Return to Voice and Vision
Why Horses? Stalk Cardiff’s indie underground with feverish debut EP
Track Review
Why Horses? Stalk Cardiff’s indie underground with feverish debut EP
Playlist: File Under Essential Music
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Playlist: File Under Essential Music
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”
Ellis-D unleashes frenetic single ‘I Want To Be Everything You Desire’ amid relentless touring
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Ellis-D unleashes frenetic single ‘I Want To Be Everything You Desire’ amid relentless touring
Hilary Woods’ “Endgames” is a Haunting Return to Voice and Vision
Track Review
Hilary Woods’ “Endgames” is a Haunting Return to Voice and Vision
Why Horses? Stalk Cardiff’s indie underground with feverish debut EP
Track Review
Why Horses? Stalk Cardiff’s indie underground with feverish debut EP
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Playlist: File Under Essential Music
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M(h)aol’s “DM:AM” artfully exposes digital misogyny

March 14, 2025 Matt

M(h)aol (pronounced “male”) has been a growing formidable force in the post-punk scene, known for their raw sound and unapologetic feminist stance. Their latest single, “DM:AM,” offers a scathing critique…

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Sunday (1994) dance with the apocalypse on “Doomsday”

March 14, 2025 Matt

In a musical landscape often dominated by fleeting trends, Sunday (1994) emerges as a beacon of authenticity with their latest single, “Doomsday.” This Anglo-American trio of vocalist Paige Turner, guitarist…

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Blondshell challenges love song norms on the delicate “Two Times”

March 3, 2025 Matt

Blondshell, Sabrina Teitelbaum’s musical persona, has unveiled her latest single, “Two Times,” offering fans a heartfelt glimpse into her evolving artistry. Departing from the grandiosity of her previous release, “T&A,”…

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Wings of Desire look forward to “A Few More Years” on cinematic new single

February 20, 2025 Matt

Wings of Desire return with “A Few More Years,” a glistening yet gritty dream-pop anthem that perfectly captures the duo’s signature blend of nostalgia and forward-thinking optimism. As always, the…

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WELLY flex their pop muscles with “The Roundabout Racehorse”

February 20, 2025 Matt

WELLY’s back with their latest single, “The Roundabout Racehorse,” a riotous indie-rock anthem that perfectly captures the surreal nostalgia of returning home and realizing that, while everything looks the same,…

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Bria Salmena unveils bold new single “Stretch the Struggle”

February 7, 2025 Matt

Bria Salmena, long known for her commanding presence as the frontwoman of FRIGS and a key vocalist in Orville Peck’s band, is stepping boldly into the spotlight with her debut…

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ELLiS·D drops epic new single “Drifting” ahead of upcoming EP

February 7, 2025 Matt

Brighton’s goth-punk dynamo ELLiS·D is back with a bang, dropping the electrifying “Drifting,” the latest track from his upcoming sophomore EP Spill, due March 21st via Crafting Room Recordings. “Drifting”…

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Mogwai drop “Fanzine Made Of Flesh” ahead of new album release

January 14, 2025 Matt

Scottish rockers Mogwai have been teasing their new album “The Bad Fire” over the last few months and ahead of its release on January 24th they have dropped a surprise…

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Glixen announce new EP, tour and drop the swirling “lick the star”

November 29, 2024 Matt

Phoenix shoegaze four-piece Glixen has spent most of 2024 building upon its fine reputation for creating sonic mystery and whipping up a fanbase of like-minded souls prepared to be absorbed…

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ElliS-D gets fretful and fearful on new fuzzed out single “Shakedown”

November 15, 2024 Matt

With trademark Goth atmospherics and anxiety-ridden jitters, ELLiS·D returns with a fearful and fretful single in “Shakedown.” The fuzzed-up white noise and disassociated-sounding vocals pile on layers of bewildered overthinking,…

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Westside Cowboy meld country, rock and lo-fi power pop on new single “I’ve Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)”

November 15, 2024 Matt

Opening with an acerbic and zestful declaration brand new four-piece Westside Cowboy from Manchester, England possess a youthful zeal and energy that accompanies their penchant for magpie musical cherry-picking on…

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M(h)aol share resplendent new single “Snare”

November 8, 2024 Matt

Freshly signed to Merge Records and now playing as a three-piece Irish intersectional feminists M(h)aol return to the pop rock fray with a gloriously, typically spikey sounding “Snare.” The single…

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Hotgirl announce arrival with blistering single ‘In Your Head’

November 1, 2024 Matt

Besides playing some raucous live shows and festival dates, Hotgirl has been hunkered in the studio recently, escaping the confines of lead vocalist Ashley Abbedeen‘s previously DIY bedroom project. They…

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Mamalarky return with the sweet and hooky love song “Nothing Lasts Forever”

October 28, 2024 Matt

Mamalarky, the tri-coastal indie rock quartet of Livvy Bennett, Noor Khan, Michael Hunter, and Dylan Hill, has signed to Epitaph Records and released a new single, “Nothing Lasts Forever”, the…

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The Horrors emerge from the darkness with “The Silence That Remains”

October 11, 2024 Matt

What a week to be goth! The Cure releases their first new music in sixteen years and now The Horrors, Faris Badwan and his crew of Robert Smith‘s musical descendants…

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