THE CAMPBELL APARTMENT – Happy at home in the ‘(510)’

INDIE outfit THE CAMPBELL APARTMENT follow up last year’s ‘Under The Influence Of Love’ with latest long-player ‘(510)’ – available via ‘Mint 400 Records.’ Comprising of Moscow born Ari Vais (guitar/vocs), Kevin Frank (bass), and Steve Mathews (drums), the band spent their first decade in New York, before relocating to San Francisco: the new album…

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One band, many flags: LOS PEPES prep long-player number six

AHEAD of April’s ‘Out of the Void’ album release, London’s LOS PEPES reveal new video and single, ‘Thoughtless Boys.’ Based in London but comprising an international membership from the UK to Japan, Brazil, and Poland, Los Pepes gelled over a love of obscure, no hit wonder 7”s, Slaughter and The Dogs, the spirit of independence,…

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Ahead of new EP, TOMMY DOWN asks ‘Do You Want It All?’

CAMDEN-based TOMMY DOWN today unveils latest single ‘Do You Want It All?’ (via Declo Grey). “The song draws from some Radiohead tracks like ‘Creep,’ but with a shoegazery spin to it,” he said. “Mazzy Star is also an inspiration. The lyrics are about maintaining your soul and morals in your pursuit to gaining all your worldly possessions…

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‘Cvrses’ to the BLACK SPIDERS who won’t die, can’t die…and luckily for us, haven’t died

SHEFFIELD’s righteous rockers BLACK SPIDERS follow up 2023’s ‘Can’t Die, Won’t Die,’ with new album ‘Cvrses,’ released on Dark Riders via Cargo Distribution. “Stick to the formula of ‘being true to yourself and everything will be alright’ is what we hope, and then with a little bit of luck life might surprise you,” said guitarist…

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PEPE and the BANDITS promise “Tomorrow will be better” on new single, ‘One Chance’

CREATIVE UK East Coast multi-instrumentalist Joe Miller – aka PEPE AND THE BANDITS – moves away from his trademark EDM output with latest single, ‘One Chance,’ showcasing a previously hidden talents as a singer-songwriter. “’One Chance’ is a song of hope,” he said. “It’s a reminder that even during the darkest times there’s always a…

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Tuscany rockers HAND ON HEART release debut album, ‘Space’

BASED out of the magnificent Tuscany town of Montecatini Terme, Italian rockers HAND ON HEART have just released debut album, ‘Space.’ Formed in 2017, the band comprises Christian Evans (guitars), Sergio Leonetti (drums), Alessandro Moschini (bass), and Gianluca Niccoli (vocs/keys). “We grew up with the hard rock of the ‘80s, with the Los Angeles scene,”…

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ADAM LYTLE raises the spirits of Walker and Cohen on unnerving new single and video, ‘Black Masses’

COMPLETE with the darkest Scott Walker, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen vibes, New York’s ADAM LYTLE today releases ‘Black Masses,’ the first single from new album, ‘Altars,’ (May 2nd, 2025). “’Black Masses’ is a parable,” he said. “A time-worn story of how the power-hungry use violence and religious fervour to achieve what they feel is their divine…

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Songwriter extraordinaire CHAS LEMAN returns with ‘Situation Normal’

LONDON-based singer-songwriter CHAS LEMAN returns with the poignant ‘Situation Normal,’ a trademark piece of social observation centred around life’s everyday struggles. “I was watching TV with my kids, one of their ‘cbeebies’ programmes or whatever,” he said, “And it had a robot on it who kept saying ‘Situation Normal’ in that TV robot voice we…

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UK psych cadets FLORAL IMAGE release latest single ‘The Score’ today, debut album ‘Gone Down Meadowland’ follows April 25

NORWICH-based psych outfit FLORAL IMAGE are back with new single ‘The Score,’ another cut from debut album ‘Gone Down Meadowland,’ released April 25 via the Fuzz Club label. Overflowing with a breezy East-Coast psychedelia vibe, under-pinned with an infectious, metronomic bass and drum groove, the song’s sublime melody rises almost lazily on top, before sliding…

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FOLD cite Ike on chilling new release, ‘In the Goodness of Time’

SOUNDING like a trip-hop Scars fronted by Matt Johnson, Leeds-based musical collective FOLD mix Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell speech – which warns of the rise of the military-industrial complex – with sorrowful soundscapes on latest single, ‘In the Goodness of Time.’ “At its core, the song explores a haunting sense of dread, anger, and fear…

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