SEE: Midnight Ambulance collaborate with Edinburgh College of Art student to create an animation video for their new single Smoke and Sweets
Alternative duo Midnight Ambulance, nominated for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year 2022, have collaborated with Edinburgh College of Art student, Em New, to create an animated music video for their new single ‘Smoke and Sweets’. The innovative video is a mixture of stop motion and animation. It follows a 3D model of Fraser …
LIVE REVIEW: Eades / Midnight Ambulance / ur.frnd – Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh 08.08.2022
Independent Grassroots Music Venues, you have to love them especially when the bands they host provide such great nights. Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh presented a night of pure fun away from the mayhem of the August Festivals. Eades headlined to create the mayhem inside instead…..and all on a Monday night! An almost sell-out venue saw …
LIVE REVIEW: Sacred Paws/Poster Paints – Summerhall, Edinburgh 06/08/2022
Sacred Paws brought smiles, sunshine, dancing and pure joy to Edinburgh’s Summerhall. The duo, comprising Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers, won the 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award with their debut Strike A Match and their second album Run Around the Sun was long-listed in 2020. Both released on Rock Action Records. With their …
NEWS: Midnight Ambulance release new single Smoke and Sweets and confirm support slot for Eades at Edinburgh’s Sneaky Petes on 8 August
Scottish alternative rock band Midnight Ambulance have released their new single ‘Smoke and Sweets’. The duo of lead vocalist and drummer Amelia and guitarist Fraser produce the most glorious music, with a soundscape that simply envelopes. Amelia’s vocals are “stop you in your tracks” breath-taking and this song is no exception. What starts quietly and …
NEWS: BESSIE TURNER releases new mixtape Arrabbiata
Suffolk songwriter Bessie Turner shares her new mixtape Arrabbiatta via her own Good Shout Records. This follows her EP Themed Nights which was self-released in December 2021. Lead single ‘It Was Nothing’ was playlisted by BBC Radio6 Music. It’s followed on the mixtape by ‘JUJU’. It’s a brooding track, ruminating on the non-linear emotional journey …
NEWS: PEEPING DREXELS release new single Sneak Motel, announce EP Days of Heaven and confirm live dates with more to follow
London based Peeping Drexels have announced their new EP Days Of Heaven as well as sharing new single ‘Sneak Motel‘. The EP will be released 2 September on Brace Yourself Records. Peeping Drexels have shared stages with the likes of Shame, Goat Girl, Public Practice, Viagra Boys and Fat White Family. The band will headline London’s Lexington on 7 October to celebrate the release. …
NEWS: KEG share new single NPC, confirm EP Girders set for September release and share festival, UK and EU dates
Brighton based Keg have released new single ‘NPC’ taken from the band’s upcoming EP Girders set for release 2 September via Alcopop! Records/BMG. It’s the third single lifted from the EP and follows ‘Kids‘ and ‘Elephant‘. However ‘NPC‘ is a departure from Keg’s previous material. With thought-provoking lyrics reflecting serious subject matter and an opening synth line which demands your attention, it is both …
NEWS: LIFE release new single Duck Egg Blue taken from the forthcoming album North East Coastal Town, and confirm album launch instores plus dates in UK and EU.
Ahead of the imminent release of their third album North East Coastal Town on 19 August, LIFE return with ‘Duck Egg Blue‘, the fourth track to be taken from the album. ‘Duck Egg Blue‘ shows a calmer quieter side to the band as vocalist Mez Green’s boisterous and sardonic vocal style is swapped for tender, …
LIVE REVIEW: Yard Act – The Caves, Edinburgh 28.07.2022
You just knew Yard Act would do the right thing. This gig was originally booked for 2 March but had to be rearranged due to illness. In the intervening months Yard Act have played SXSW, too many other festivals to list, become best mates with Elton John and just this week been Mercury Music Prize …
NEWS: Leftfield have announced their first album in seven years, This Is What We Do, featuring guest contributors including Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten and Lemn Sissay. Lefield also release new single Pulse.
Electronic mavericks Leftfield have announced their first album in seven years, This Is What We Do. It’s their first album of new music since 2015’s acclaimed Alternative Light Source, and is set to be released via Virgin Records on 2 December 2022. And as a taster of what’s to come they have released new track …