PREMIERE: You Said Strange return with ‘(Song For A) Wasted Land’, announce new album
Toward the end of 2021, Giverny-based quartet You Said Strange released the first part of their second album Thousand Shadows, which followed up 2018 debut Salvation Prayer. We didn’t hear much from them last year, certainly not in the form of new music, but Vol. 1 implied the existence of a Vol. 2, so it …
PREMIERE: Grant Summerland unveils new EP ‘Unnatural History’
Last month, we premiered the lead track from Californian Grant Summerland (solo artist and leader of the live iteration Grant and the Summerlands), his first proper appearance in a few years after being sidelined by the pandemic – his debut album Bigfoot Museum was released in mid-March 2020 and immediately hit the skids. Not to …
PREMIERE: Natalie Shay kicks off 2023 with emotive pop smash-in-waiting ‘The Edge’
North Londoner Natalie Shay‘s been putting in work. Perhaps too much – in a way, that’s what her new single’s about. More specifically, a painful friendship breakdown inspired ‘The Edge’, her first new track of 2023 and the successor of her second EP Milk, which landed in September. It arrived last week along with b-side …
PREMIERE: Tearing Up shares video for ‘Said Something’; debut album Heavy out today
That Graham Caldwell keeps busy, doesn’t he? Back in October, we premiered ‘Highway Bandits’ from the Ontario native’s Billy is Dead EP (his debut release after retiring the Billy Moon moniker); what we didn’t know at the time was there was an entire debut album on the way in three months, so we’re delighted to …
PREMIERE: Grant Summerland doesn’t want to be a ‘Real Boy’, shares indie-punk scorcher ahead of new EP next month
Meet Grant Summerland. He’s been away for a little bit. OK, three years. That’s not important; what you need to know is that he’s back. The Californian had the bad fortune to release his debut album Bigfoot Museum the same week his home state shut down everything in the midst of an unfolding pandemic. You’d …
PREMIERE: Strawberry Fuzz kick off 2023 with ‘Dropout’, releasing new album Strongs Dr. tomorrow
Well, that’s one way to start the year. If you’ve been keeping an eye on Los Angeles band Strawberry Fuzz, you’re about to have a very good week. In November, they released the Wasting My Time EP, a sampler from their forthcoming second album. Or rather, imminent second album, because it’s done – and it’s …
PREMIERE: hurt season wants you to ‘feel sum’n’
If we could have your attention for exactly 54 seconds – here’s a brief new song from the pseudonymous hurt season. He doesn’t waste time – all bar one of his singles since relaunching the project in July have been under two minutes in length. Of his especially brief new song ‘feel sum’n’, which has …
PREMIERE: Seth Swirsky’s looking for his ‘Christmas Eve’ on throwback festive song
Christmas classics occupy the position they do for a reason, so i you’re going to try to emulate them, you’d better do a damn good job. Seth Swirsky making a song that tips its hat to the Beach Boys and specifically their 1964 Christmas album makes sense. If you’re unfamiliar, luckily Swirsky released a new …
NEWS: Technology + Teamwork announce debut album, share ‘Amsterdam’
You may remember Technology + Teamwork from a while ago. It was Sarah Jones and Anthony Silvester’s collab project – they released two singles before the thing ground to an abrupt halt. Not so much failure to launch as Jones immediately being swamped by touring drummer duties for the likes of Hot Chip and NZCA …
PREMIERE: Rodolphe Coster shares the muscular ‘Dolls Their Maps’, preps new album
Brussels man Rodolphe Coster has been on the go for a while; first as part of Flexa Lyndo, then as a multidisciplinary artist. Music remains his first love, however – as someone who’s supported everyone from Liars to Italia 90 and Thee Oh Sees/OCS/Oh Sees etc. He’s in it for the long haul. Speaking of …