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Alternative quartet Daytime TV have unleashed their most explosive work to date with the release of their pounding comeback single, ‘Pause’, forged in the turbulence of the modern world. The track serves as a visceral response to a world spinning out of control and an urge to reclaim individual identity. It is the first release on the band’s new label, Marshall Records. ‘Pause’ marks a definitive shift for the band, fusing their signature “arena-ready ambition” (Kerrang!) with a darker, electronic pulse that mirrors the relentless intensity of the 2026 landscape,…
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I am incredibly honoured to present to you lot, my lovely readership, the exclusive premiere of Iguana Death Cult’s latest single, ‘Reckless Running’. Iguana Death Cult is a band who have made quite the miles in the last decade. Started as a group of young friends in 2014 wanting to make rock ‘n roll, the band has risen to great heights including touring with Osees, Frankie and the Witchfingers, supporting Jack White, playing SXSW, Levitation Festival and Desert Daze and doing multiple successful US tours. On their new record Guns Out, released via Greenway Records and…
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Charlie Cello is a Toronto-born musician now based in London, serving up his first dose of delightfully coy indie rock with ‘CAN I GET UR NUMBER’ (out now). The track continues a songwriting theme that began in childhood, writing his first love song at ten years of age. I asked Charlie Cello ten questions to divine his transatlantic take on devilishly catchy songwriting.
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I am incredibly honoured to present to you lot, my lovely readership, the exclusive premiere of Nick Flessa’s latest single, ‘Ira Louvin’s Inner Child’. Nick Flessa is an artist and musician originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, currently based in Los Angeles and Wonder Valley, California. A multi-instrumentalist with a background in film and literature, A Different Kind of Energy is his third solo full-length. Some other musical endeavours include fronting the goth/post-punk outfit Dayton Swim Club and playing bass in the alchemical lo-fi project Squeegees. He is the longstanding saxophonist for the Austin Leonard Jones band, and has recorded or performed on…
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Chinese American Bear is the project of married musicians Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten. Both parts Teletubbies and The Soft Bulletin, Chinese American Bear have crafted their own strain of bubbly indie pop – all glimmer, no filler. They are in the process of releasing singles for their upcoming LP, Dim Sum & Then Some (out May 8), with their latest release being the funky ‘Mama’ (out now!). And to top it all off, a North American/European tour that stops off for a few dates in the UK. I asked…
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A roundup of new releases this past week (16/03/26-22/03/26).
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“It’s been too long,” said Foy Vance, beer in one hand, acoustic guitar in the other, his twisted handlebars like antennae above his grin. In the basement of an overpriced bar in Central London, Foy was ready to bring his latest album, The Wake, to an audience of what couldn’t have been more than a couple hundred; the audience, responding with maddened whoops, were evidently ready too.
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The Wonder of Stevie is a celebration of Stevie Wonder’s catalogue, featuring premier soul singer Noel McCalla, award-winning saxophonist Derek Nash, and many more world-class performers. They have been touring for years, and are still traversing the country this year to celebrate Stevie Wonder’s brilliance. I asked Derek Nash ten questions to get to grips with how the wonder of Stevie is still so strong in 2026.
Charlie Cello is a Toronto-born musician now based in London, serving up his first dose of delightfully coy indie rock with ‘CAN I GET UR NUMBER’ (out now). The track continues a songwriting theme that began in childhood, writing his first love song at ten years of age. I asked Charlie Cello ten questions to…
Chinese American Bear is the project of married musicians Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten. Both parts Teletubbies and The Soft Bulletin, Chinese American Bear have crafted their own strain of bubbly indie pop – all glimmer, no filler. They are in the process of releasing singles for their upcoming LP, Dim Sum & Then Some…
A roundup of new releases this past week (16/03/26-22/03/26).
“It’s been too long,” said Foy Vance, beer in one hand, acoustic guitar in the other, his twisted handlebars like antennae above his grin. In the basement of an overpriced bar in Central London, Foy was ready to bring his latest album, The Wake, to an audience of what couldn’t have been more than a couple…
The Wonder of Stevie is a celebration of Stevie Wonder’s catalogue, featuring premier soul singer Noel McCalla, award-winning saxophonist Derek Nash, and many more world-class performers. They have been touring for years, and are still traversing the country this year to celebrate Stevie Wonder’s brilliance. I asked Derek Nash ten questions to get to grips…
The self-proclaimed Dirty Misfit herself, Kit Major is a punk rocker from Los Angeles. Her upcoming EP, Miss Ego, will be released on June 12, with her latest single, ‘Punk Rock Boyfriend’ out now (video below)! I asked Kit ten questions to figure out the power behind her punk.
Bosh Rothman is an LA-based songwriter and drummer who has worked with some of the best in the business: Blur, Courtney Love, Girl In Red. He has decided to step into the spotlight, releasing his debut EP, Joshua, on May 8. The first title track has already been released as a single. I asked Bosh…
DEAD CHIC are a rock band, their cinematic take on guitar and grit leading to ferocious live shows and their dark, sauntering debut, Serenades & Damnation. In fact, they’ve released a deluxe edition of that LP, fitted with three reimagined tracks, and have since announce a UK tour, bringing their smokey sound to our green…
What is in a first impression? Tree Trunks’ latest LP, Hot Fruit, is immediate with its saccharine peppiness; ‘Tiempo’, the opening track, shimmies with three notes of repeated woodwind and a wood block Soca rhythm. The melody is fairly simple, and Sam Lewis’ stream-of-consciousness lyricism is sung with a whimsical airiness. You may start worrying that the…
A roundup of new releases this past week (09/03/26-15/03/26).
Chalk Farm’s Roundhouse feels like Château Gaillard to a music journalist: there are no nooks in which to hide, no shadows in which to scribble. Compared to some of the brilliantly deprived hovels I’ve attended, this seemed more RSC than railway arch squat. It’s a complex of culture, and walking into its colossal pit, with…
Dani Larkin is a singer-songwriter, baring her soul with a hopeful vulnerability on her latest LP, Next of Kin (out now). Blending indie sensibilities with a folkier sound, Larkin explores the complexities of life with a heartfelt poignancy, providing comfort in a wayward world. With her UK and Ireland tour starting later this month (including a London date),…
Iguana Death Cult are as kooky as they come. Blending art-funk with garage rock, the Dutch rockers take universal emotions and grind them down with their unique blend of Latin percussion, synths and rhythmic riffs, blowing the powder into your eyes like some ayahuasca-guzzling shaman, or Ralph Fiennes in Bone Temple. Their upcoming album, Guns…
A roundup of new releases this past week (02/03/26-08/03/26).
You might know Matthew C. Whitaker better by his stage name – Zpor. As lead singer of Manchester’s alien squadron HENGE, Whitaker has captured the imagination and funny bone of festival goers worldwide. However, with his latest solo LP, Songs For The Weary, he has eschewed the futuristic silliness of HENGE for the cosy bliss…
Reviews are flooding in, as they often do, for the new HELP(2) charity record. So, to differentiate myself from the noise and furore, allow me to regale my experience of last night’s HELP(2) listening party at The Greyhound Pub in Peckham, where I heard the album a few hours before most of the world. I’ll be going through the…
Committee of Sleep are a four-piece lo-fi pop band from the North. Their dreamy compositions exist between shoegaze, bedroom pop, and DIY experimentation, touching on themes of love, loss, renewal, and quiet gratitude with an atmospheric haze. Their latest single, ‘Space Time’, is out tomorrow, the next step towards their debut EP, Ruling Overturned (out April…
Hannah Schneider spent a two-month residency at The Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen recording In This Room. The museum is dedicated to the life and works of Bertel Thorvaldsen, a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame who specialised in the Neoclassical (an artistic movement inspired by the art and culture of Ancient Rome and Greece). Thorvaldsen himself is buried in the…
Leeds’ electro-pop newcomers Kiosk deliver an enigmatic fusion of electronoise, darkwave and dream-pop. Distinguished by aloof vocals, analogue synths, hypnotic drum machines and heavily processed basslines, their sound channels the immediacies of PVA and Working Men’s Club, but darkened by the gothic mysteries of late 00s synth-pop.. I asked Kiosk’s Isabella Alcock (vocals, synths) and Rory ‘Maz’…
A roundup of new releases this past week (23/02/26-01/03/26).
Abronia are a six-piece, genre-blending band from Portland. Desert noir, Eastern drone, avant-jazz – whatever you want, they’ve got it. Their latest LP, Shapes Unravel, came out last Friday, a review of which you can read here. I asked guitarist Eric Crispo ten questions to dig deeper into the rich sonics of Abronia .
Last year, Gorillaz were on the nostalgia treadmill. For their silver anniversary, they reminisced on their visual history with the brilliant House Of Kong exhibition. This was located just behind the Copper Box Arena where they performed a residency consisting of their first three albums, plus a secret set (which turned out to be a…
Leeds alt-rockers Supermaus have crafted their sound around a shared love of ’90s alternative rock, refracted through a contemporary post-punk lens. They are currently releasing singles for their debut EP, Out Of Body, out on May 8. Their latest, ‘Second Place’, will be released tomorrow. I asked lead singer Helen Edgeworth ten questions to find…
When clouds heave the night on their slumped shoulders, and rain falls like treacle from a spoon, what could be a better soundtrack than some French indie pop? Though it may have been in Brixton, the weather thrashing not the banks of the Seine, but the gullies of the Effra, Melanie Pain’s set of quaint…
Opal Ocean are a brilliantly peculiar band. The Melbourne-based duo, comprised of Alex Champ and Nadav Tabak combine high-octane Spanish guitar techniques and dynamic performances to create something truly unique. A video of the pair busking their track ‘J.A.M.’ on the streets of Melbourne went viral, and they haven’t stopped since, gearing up to tour the UK this…
A roundup of new releases this past week (16/02/26-22/02/26).
Ten years on from their breakout moment, Sports have released their self-titled LP (out now). Old schoolmates Christian and Cale meld the electronic and the dreamy, crafting a pop sound that’s as clean as it is emotive. The Oklahoma duo’s latest album is self-produced, having worked with Chad Copelin for their last three efforts. I asked Sports…
To unlock Shapes Unravel, you have to spend time with its cover art. A woman in red, her fist clenched, pasted between crags and crevices. She is facing a black tombstone, potentially a shrine, that stalks her, its central eye wide and unnerving. It looms over her, as though it floats amongst the mountain tops.…
Having toured the globe as Elle King’s backing band, The Bretheren are gearing up to release some music of their own. Moving away from their usual country stylings, the band have most recently toured the UK with Midlake, with their upcoming debut album featuring vocals from plenty of acclaimed artists, including King, Britt Daniel, Ben…
A roundup of new releases this past week (09/02/26-15/02/26).
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