GLASGOW-based indie alt-rockers FLAIR have recently released their self-titled, three song EP, along with video for lead track, ‘Run Away,’ which all point towards a huge year ahead for the young five piece. At times bold, introspective, anthemic and experimental, the band exhibit a mature, laid-back confidence beyond their years, and having already completed a…
Read articleMEMPHIS-based MARCELLA SIMIEN has just released her first new music of 2025 – the groove laden, electrifying dance track and anthem for empowerment, ‘Manifest It.’ “The song is meant to inspire you to stand in your power, and confidently reach for what you want in life,” she said. “I had a strong desire to make…
Read articleADDRESSING the planet’s ongoing environmental crisis, BREN BERRY’s new single ‘Knives (Heavy Metal Rain)’ was inspired by David Attenborough’s clarion call at COP26: “Is this how our story is going to end? Failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short-term goals?” “I wrote this song in response to complacent half-measures and cynical greenwashing…
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Read articleOUT now via Easy Eye Sound, the new album ‘Medium Raw’ from Alabama folk, blues, rusty, crooner-esque musician EARLY JAMES, produced by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys). ‘Medium Raw’ more than lives up to its name with a collection of sincere, intimate rockers presented in an earthy, lived-in, real-world ambiance, and after recording his first two albums…
Read articleTHE first album track drop, ‘Hopper’s On Top (Genius)’ from THE WATERBOYS upcoming ‘Life, Death And Dennis Hopper’ long player, has been released today. Buoyed by Mike Scott’s searing vocals, vibrant instrumentation, and a psychedelic edge, the song channels the euphoria and hubris of the 1960s counterculture epitomized so well by Hopper. Scott worked for…
Read articleTHE WATERBOYS have today released news of their sixteenth studio album, ‘Life, Death And Dennis Hopper,’ released April 4 on Sun Records. The long player features the epic story of the trailblazing American actor and rebel told through a song cycle depicting not only Hopper’s tale, but the saga of the last 75 years of…
Read articleAHEAD of April’s ‘Gargantuan’ album, Brit prog rockers AMPLIFIER today release new single, ‘Invader,’ a pulsating, monolithic melodically charged wall of sound, available via ‘Rockosmos Records.’ “I think ‘Invader’ is an Amplifier classic in the making,” said Sel Balamir. “It’s got that raw energy of Motorhead or Open Up, but with a haunting twist. The…
Read articleWITH a mind-blowing mix of influences including industrial, electronic, deathcore and techno, THE BROWNING have created – and released – a genre-blending masterpiece with their cover of Eiffel 65’s worldwide number one, ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’ released via FiXT. Formed as a solo project by Jonny McBee in 2005, The Browning now also features guitarist,…
Read articleAHEAD of next month’s ‘Dirty & Divine’ album, Sweden’s hard-rock goddesses THUNDERMOTHER have premiered a lyric video for new single, ‘Bright Eyes.’ The album marks a fresh beginning for the band with new members frontwoman Linnea Vikström Egg, and drummer Joan Massing, making their recording debut, and joining returning bassist Majsan Lindberg, and guitarist Filippa Nässil. “You’ve still got…
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