IRISH indie outfit SODA BLONDE are back with new single ‘Midnight Show,’ a cinematic power ballad weighing disillusionment with the music industry, against the unapologetic pursuit of one’s desires. The single comes from the band’s upcoming album, ‘Dream Big,’ due September 8th. Following two introductory EPs – 2019’s ‘Terrible Hands’ and 2020’s ‘Isolation Content,’ Soda Blonde released debut album, ‘Small Talk,’ in…
Read articleOUT today from the Brighton-based music collective and record label Lights & Lines, the uplifting, infectious new single, ‘Inside Your Head,’ from BETH SARAH, a singer-songwriter, captivating audiences with her blend of 90s nostalgia and a fresh, inspiring perspective on transformation and self-development. Filled with Beth Sarah’s trademark soul-stirring melodies and insightful lyrics, ‘Inside Your…
Read articleWITH their complete and original line-up about to embark on a 40th anniversary UK tour, seminal 80’s post-punk outfit RED GUITARS mark an unexpected collaboration with country hip-hop pioneer Jake Angel with the September 1st release of ‘Good Technology (Cowboy Mix),’ an other-worldly rework of the Hull band’s debut single and number one indie chart hit, with rattlesnake slides, menacing fretless bass…
Read articleBERLIN-based post-punk rock outfit MAGGOT HEART offer a taste of what is to come with the release of ‘This Shadow,’ taken from September’s ‘Hunger’ album. It’s a brooding, yet dynamic propulsion of noise, melody, and expression, released via Berlin’s Rapid Eye Records, together with Finland’s Svart Records. “This song is both melancholic and euphoric, sometimes you don’t know if you’re…
Read articleRELEASED today, ‘Bossa Never,’ the latest single from Southampton’s one-man recording project, Time. Space. Repeat. The general vibe is one of blissed-out post rock and shoegaze with an optimistic leaning, along with layer upon layer of guitars, washed with synth pads, the occasional bell, zither, piano and much more. Work began on album number four…
Read article‘With The Wind’ (out 25/8) is the new single by Ida Wenøe, the first to be taken from the Danish artist’s third studio album, ‘Undersea’, coming via Songcrafter Music on October 6th, 2023. “When the heart lies heavy in your chest, and you long for lightness, the thought of leaving it in the hands of nature is alluring,…
Read articleOUT of Powys, Wales, SALLY CROSBY is a singer-songwriter who studied Music and Creative Writing at Bangor University. A piano student since she was five, her songs are largely guitar-based, with an honest, raw, folk-pop sound. Sally has previously shared her time between playing the violin in orchestras, and with folk-rock band The Rambling Pilgrims, touring…
Read articleIT’S been a quarter of a century in the making, but the debut album from STORM of CROWS has finally arrived. The three-piece, Matt Kik, Jimmy Medway and Paul Coates – based in Sheffield and Stockport – originally played together in a band at the end of the 90s, but that particular adventure was over…
Read articleFENDAHLENE – Aussie expats Ashley Hurst (bass) and Paul Whiteley (guitar/vocals) – have just released ‘Brilliant Sun,’ the last in a series of three records. “Unofficially they from a triptych of singles,” said Hurst. “They follow an arc from uncertainty and despair to acceptance and perspective, I guess the full gamut of those crazy emotions…
Read articleFOLLOWING previous single, ‘Nunney Town,’ West Country duo BURR ISLAND today release their follow up, ‘English Roses,’ to remind us there is an inherent commonality among humans. ‘English Roses’ is a haunting folk song about xenophobia and how growing up in small towns, the duo and best friends Tom England and Oskar Porter, witnessed the insidiousness of unconscious…
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