The Rat Trap series has been, frankly, awesome. This fifth instalment from Royal & the Serpent continues the trend with […]
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After the dark pop album Zig (2023), Poppy released a new single this month, ‘New Way Out’, showing a new and unexpected face. It’s great […]
In the heart of Reading, UK, the indie rock duo Puma Theory has been making waves with their fresh, guitar-driven by […]
In an era where music often feels disposable and artists release an album or two every year, Candi emerges as […]
As an anniversary gift to the single’s original launch, Canadian rock band The Beaches have released a version of ‘Blame […]
Opening for the new album, Empathogen, ‘Home’ is a song with a folksy melody and a serious groove. It’s lyrically […]
The return of Superdrone comes with the total loss of working copies for all their new material, but they are […]
If you were to plot a chart rating tone over the past decade, you’d agree that Stand Atlantic have been […]
It’s been a busy month for Cassyette, who was (trivia alert) a co-writer of the intense and brilliant Irish Eurovision […]
Hear me out… What if The 1975 released a pop-punk single!? Moving swiftly on from that cheap opening, let’s look […]
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For a track that slams hard, ‘Life In Silhouettes’ sure is emotional. Lastelle build the atmosphere with some piano and […]
With ‘Mantra’, Northern Gloom give us a near-instrumental with a sparse six lines of prose, but the song suffers not […]
The introductory verses washes over you like a warm blanket for The Early November’s new single, ‘The Fool’. The song […]
The latest single from English Teacher is an airy swirling song with a luminous vocal. It’s an indie song with […]
The good news is that the album lands next week, in the meantime, Rachel Chinouriri has given us one last […]
Originally released in 1982, sought-after vinyl Dirges and Anthems has received a remaster and landed on YouTube. The album is […]
Carpenter delivers another experience of growing up in a religious family that cuts deep. Only this time […]
Oxford post-hardcore five-piece, Lastelle, certainly know how to create atmosphere. And it’s an epic mood they whip up for ‘Breathe […]
In collaboration with Lynn Gunn of PVRIS and Amalia Ramírez of Bruses, Stand Atlantic’s new single, ‘GIRL$’ brings a throbbing […]
Prolific. A word we can use to describe Humberstone’s approach to music. We’ve just got four new songs after […]
It’s no secret that Garageband Superstar is one of my favourite albums. It’s glorious. Following up on an album like […]
There’s a playful four bars that usher in the song before things punch out into a slamming pop-punk that thrusts […]
With an upbeat vibe, bright acoustic guitar, and snare fills, Sea Girls ‘Midnight Butterflies’ harks back to the nineties Manchester […]