Never Let Me Go is a stunner from Placebo, and after things looked like stretching a full decade before we […]
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Where ‘Piggy’ gave us a stomping punk angst-fest, ‘Can’t Take You Anywhere’ is a smoldering dark track with a persistent […]
With an overdriven brace of bars to open, ‘Highlights’ soon leaps into life just like the artwork suggests. This is […]
There’s an eighth album in the offing for the Pixies if they can choose from the forty-plus songs they’ve written […]
With a driving stomp of a beat and stabby guitars, ‘Hair Out’ is an explosive track that is the most […]
Misinformation, both unintentional and intentional (usually called disinformation), is one of society’s greatest challenges. It is deployed at scale against […]
Brei Carter is a pop/country crossover with a smooth soulful sound. She doesn’t have a new release out, but we […]
When Brooklyn’s Leesta Vall came up with their pandemic concept of shut-in sessions, they probably didn’t think that they might […]
With a simple beat and a synth bass line, ‘Copy’ is a sultry offering from Zoe Gabrielle, who arrived in […]
This is the second side of the Imposter Syndrome cassette tape, with Courage Mother taking over from Two Thumbs Down […]
We have here a two-sided cassette collaboration with a band on each side. On Side A, it’s Two Thumbs Down […]
Midnight Oil released ‘Beds Are Burning’ thirty-five years ago in response to the displacement of Aboriginal communities. ‘It belongs to […]
Suck in a deep breath. Let it out slowly. It has finally arrived. It may not have been the longest […]
Blind Channel’s self-proclaimed violent pop style takes a side step for their latest single. So, while there are still some […]
Invoking the classical elements of earth, air, fire, and water in the introduction, ‘Sex Magik’ is an obscure but polished […]
Live from Junction 1 in Cambridge, ‘Thought You Were My Friend’ is a new song from the new lineup for […]
Just Mustard return with haunting doomy tones in their latest release, ‘Still’. It’s a great teaser for the forthcoming album, […]
If I had ever written songs and albums like Feeder, which I most definitely haven’t, I would be pretty nervous […]
With a gentle introduction that references the chorus, we quickly find ourselves in a punchy Angels & Airwaves style bass-led […]
With Hot Milk benched on doctor’s orders, the warm-up was tasked to the very capable Los Angeles band, Bitters. They […]
It has been over five years since Anarchytecture, so it’s a good time for the angsty fuzz of ‘Piggy’ to […]
Pretty much everything is a collab right now, but hit your brain’s pause button and give the MGK and Willow […]
As Show Of Hands once mentioned, ‘branch, stem, shoot; they need roots’ and The Longest Johns are certainly drawing on […]
It is well known already that we think Salem are the best glittering-dark band since forever; so it is no […]