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Track: Aidan Knight – Rolodex
Singer songwriter Aidan Knight is sharing his second single ‘Rolodex’, taken from his forthcoming self-titled album, due 28 August via Full Time Hobby. Aidan explains, “It’s a song exploring my intrusive thoughts about relationships and divorce and having kids. What a dark thing to worry about and wonder about and write a song about. I find it’s …

Track: Jaz Coleman’s New Project Black & Red – On The Day The Earth Went Mad
Jaz Coleman’s new project Black & Red, a collaboration with Ondrej Smeykal have just shared their debut single ‘On The Day The Earth Went Mad’ the single is also available as a limited edition numbered red vinyl 10” via Cadiz Music. Available here “The Black and Red project was born in Australia in 2010 when I set out …

Track: sir Was x Casper Clausen – Flyder
‘Flyder’, is the new single from the Gothenburg-based artist/producer, sir Was – real name, Joel Wästberg – and Casper Clausen, the singer of experimental Danish post-rockers, Efterklang. ‘Flyder’ started as a small sketch around the time when Joel went to join the Efterklang recordings in Copenhagen last year. After bouncing the song back and forth, between Gothenberg and Casper’s studio in Almada (looking across the …

Track: Lonely The Brave – Distant Light
Back in April, Lonely the Brave released their first material with new singer Jack Bennett: the single, “Bound”. Check out our review of that here. Now they return with another track, “Distant Light”, on Easy Life Records. The band say: “We find ourselves in trying times at present. As you may know, some of us are NHS key …

Track: Kestrels – Vanishing Point
Nova Scotia shoegazers the Kestrels are sharing their second single, ‘Vanishing Point’, from their upcoming album Dream or Don’t Dream, out on Darla Records on July 10th. Guitarist and vocalist Chad Peck explained: “I liked the idea of the record opening with the band kicking in with this intense and hypnotic riff as opposed to a synth …

Track: Japanese Television – Beecage
On September 4th space surf rockers Japanese Television will release their brand new 5 track EP ‘EP III’ out September 4th via Tip Top Recordings Preferring to work in a cold, dusty, village hall somewhere deep in the wilds of the east British countryside, Japanese Television once again recorded live to an old 8 track machine with …

Track: Colorama – And Plus New Album News
Carwyn Ellis has teamed up with Shawn Lee under Ellis’s project, Colorama and are about to release album ‘Chaos Wonderland’ due July 31st via Banana & Louie Records this will be the seventh full-length album by Colorama. As part of the news the guys have also shared a new track from the album – ‘And’. …

Track: Michael CG – When Do I Start Smiling
Multi-talented musician, songwriter and producer Michael CG, has been steadily sharing his creative side over the last couple of years both in local groups, notably Oilbirds who’s EP we reviewed here, and also under his own name. His recent single ‘When Do I Start Smiling’ may just be some of his best work yet. It’s …

See: Remo Drive Release Video For Track ‘Easy As That’ As They Release Their New Album
Remo Drive sound larger than ever on their highly anticipated new album, ‘A Portrait of an Ugly Man’, which sees its release on Epitaph Records. With its acrobatic guitar work, deeply self-referential lyrics and off-the-walls energy, the album calls back to the dextrous, eccentric sound that helped the band – brothers Erik (vocals, guitar) and Stephen (bass) Paulson – explode …

Track: Red Rum Club – Eleanor
Fresh from being nominated as best Live Act at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2020, Red Rum Club have released their first new music of the year with a new track – Eleanor, out now on Modern Sky. Lead singer, Fran Doran, says: “It’s a perfect love song, sung to and about Tom’s (guitarist) partner, Eleanor. …