Watching your nearest and dearest spiral is hard, feeling like no more than a bystander, a morbid spectator that can do little else other than observe. The latest release from NewDad takes a darker turn in its exploration of just…
What does it mean to be a Londoner? An ability to take the tube without consulting Citymapper first? Knowing that east and west are two very different stomping grounds? Calling the perfect pint hotspots before the hipsters get involved? Whatever…
The best kind of racket you could wish for in a mid-week release, ‘Sippy Cup’ is a short, sharp burst of eccentricity that commands attention from the off with Jekyll and Hyde vocals enveloped in a mass of spontaneous, jovial…
As this sad and sorry year draws nearer to a close, the mood of the nation is – let’s face it – at an all-time low. With beloved grassroots venues on the brink of closure and even the socially distanced…
Dry Cleaning have released brand new single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’. The track, the bands first since signing to legendary indie label 4AD, marks their first output since the ‘Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks’ EP in 2019. ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’ begins with a robotic…
It goes without question that humanity is experiencing a societal re-shift. When channelling rage to fuel a generational desire to infuriate those who seek to repent progressiveness, there’s an art to anthemic escapism and a vulnerability in collaborative self-awareness. Both…
Toronto’s Kiwi Jr. release ‘Cooler Returns’ and announce new album with Sub Pop. It would be too short-changed to assume that a track “assembled in flow state through the first dull stretch of quarantine” would promote a forced sense of…
Screaming with confidence and shimmered with the attitude of Violet Beauregarde, the Brighton quartet’s latest release ‘Fever’ comes as a welcome distraction to the end of yet another mentally, physically, spiritually (etc) exhausting week. Looking on the bright side, everything…
It’s very rare that a band surfaces at the beginning of a year and creates such fanfare which quickly develops into adoration and a debut album, but that’s exactly what TV Priest are; rare in every sense of the word….