‘CONNEMARA’ MICHAEL HEAD and THE RED ELASTIC BAND. Does it get any better than this?

AHEAD of May’s hugely anticipated new album, MICHAEL HEAD and THE RED ELASTIC BAND today release the intricately picked, flute and brass-embellished, psych-folk beauty Connemara, a mesmerising tale of a somewhat unconventional love affair. “The song is about a decades long on/off love affair between Mrs. Rafferty, a lecturer, and her ex-student,” explained Head. “The…

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Introducing: TINY HABITS

SHOWCASING their trademark lush harmonies and intimate vocals, America’s rising stars TINY HABITS have today released latest single ‘Mudroom,’ (via Mom+Pop) produced by Tony Berg and Will Maclellan. Featuring Maya Rae, Cinya Khan and Judah Mayowa – who met while studying at the Berklee College of Music – the band were formed in Boston, Massachusetts in…

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DUBINSKI: Life on the road, Arizona, New York, and this new video

EDINBURGH-based brothers DUBINSKI have just released their ‘New York Arizona and This’ single, a song offering commentary on the struggles of an independent, touring band. “This is a song written about driving from Edinburgh to London to play shows with no idea of what to expect,” said singer Eugene. “We were ‘DIY’ and trying to…

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Getting to know: BURNER HERZOG

BASED out of New York City, BURNER HERZOG have recently released their latest long-player, ‘Random Person’ (Take-A-Turn Records) with accompanying video for ‘Metric Halo.’ Formed by multi-instrumentalist Jasper Leach in 2015 as an outlet for some of his more overly ambitious recording projects, and inspired by Arthur Russell, Sun Ra and Paul Simon’s Graceland, the idea…

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Vicious, unforgiving and full of frustration: AERIAL SALAD’S ‘Tied To Pieces Of Paper’

MANCHESTER’S AERIAL SALAD offer a glimpse of their forthcoming album ‘R.O.I.’ with the release of today’s new single, ‘Tied To Pieces Of Paper.’ “It’s inspired by something I read where Steve Ignorant from Crass was saying that basically, back in the day, humans had less reliance on money – not needing phones, broadband, and houses…

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EMMI IIDA: Crisp, dreamy, trippy, chillpop.

FINLAND’S EMMI IIDA has just released her dreamy, 14-track debut album, ‘The Eye,’ via EFG Records. The sonic tale is vibrantly told. Crisp, reverberant, trippy production that defies genres glues the project together, each track’s mood and energy distinct with ample flavour and variety. From the downtempo trippy chillhop of ‘Higher Self’ to the pulsing, sultry spoken word vocals…

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“Standing together to show life is always worth living” THE BOXER REBELLION’S ‘Open Arms’

REACHING one hand into the future and pulling the past along with the other, transatlantic post-rockers, THE BOXER REBELLION have just released their four-track ‘Open Arms EP.’ It’s another beautiful haul from their seam of expansive, soul-searching songwriting and with the addition of the emotive title track, the four throw the spotlight on human fragility and…

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THE EMPTY PAGE: “It’s political, personal, passionate and, I hope, important.”

MANCHESTER alt-punks THE EMPTY PAGE have just released the video for new single ‘Cock Of The Fifth Year,’ taken from the forthcoming ‘Imploding’ album, due May 10th via Vociferous Records. “’Cock of the fifth year’ is what we called the biggest jock types when I was in high school,” explains frontwoman, Kel Page. “Cocky, brash loud…

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“Motown had the sweet. But STAX had the funk”

THE good, the noble, the magnificent. The highs, the lows, a shattering demise felt the world over, a triumphant, phoenix-like rise from the ashes. A beacon of hope for future generations. The history of STAX Records is covered in astonishing detail at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 East McLemore Avenue, Memphis. But…

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SNUBA: The cream of British quirky indie pop

OUT now from Hamburg-based, British quirky indie pop duo SNUBA, debut single ‘(I’m not a) Cool Girl,’ taken from the ‘Have My Head’ EP – via indie label DHM, distributed by Label Worx. Comprising Scottish singer/songwriter Annie Higham, and English instrumentalist/producer Asa Clough-Howard, SNUBA are musical magpies, taking influences from artists including Baby Queen, the…

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