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News: Delilah Bon announces Galop UK benefit gigs
Following her successful debut UK tour last autumn, a remarkable live appearance on the French Late Show with Alain Chabat on national French TV and having already confirmed UK festival appearances this year at Bearded Theory, Shindig, 2000 Trees and Tramlines, DELILAH BON continues her spiralling trajectory into 2023. To add to the festival announcements, …
News: Lana Del Rey releases new single ‘The Grants’
Lana Del Rey releases her new single, ‘The Grants’, the third single taken from her upcoming ninth studio album, Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. The track is out now via Polydor Records. The single was co-written with Mike Hermosa and features backing vocals from MelodyePerry, Pattie Howard and Shikena Jones, who all appeared in the 2013 music documentary, ‘20 Feet From Stardom’. ‘The …
News: Waterparks release new single ‘BRAINWASHED’
Genre-bending pop/rock trio Waterparks have released “BRAINWASHED,” the fifth single from their hotly-anticipated fifth full-length studio album INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, out on Friday, April 14, 2023 via Fueled By Ramen. The new song depicts the ups and downs of infatuation in a relationship, juxtaposed against a soundtrack of sunny guitar riffs and bouncy melodies. The effort underscores frontman Awsten Knight’s candid, authentic lyricism that has amassed a highly-engaged, …
News: The Lunar Year return with new single ‘Hey! Wait!’
The Lunar Year – UK-based vocalist, guitarist, and bassist Connor Ball [The Vamps] and Croatian drummer Sasa Macek [Cheat Codes] – are back in business on their new single “Hey! Wait!” – listen here. “Hey! Wait!” was written in Los Angeles with blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and GRAMMY®-nominated producer Matt Malpass [blink-182, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Nas …
News: The XCERTS & Sam Carter of Architects release brand new single ‘Ache’
Distorted pop trio THE XCERTS today announce their brand-new single ‘ACHE’ featuring Sam Carter of Architects on guest vocals. The track is available on all streaming platforms via UNFD – https://thexcerts.lnk.to/ache. The track follows first single ‘GIMME’. Their second single to be released this year, The XCERTS welcome long-time friend Sam Carterfrom metal behemoths Architects onto ‘Ache’, adding a new depth as well a newfound sense …
News: Terra Twin release cinematic art rock single ‘Nightshift’
Emerging London-based quartet Terra Twin have unveiled their new single ‘Nightshift’ – listen here A cinematic, art rock gem, the track ebbs and flows with wandering guitar lines and purring percussion. Pulling from less obvious influences in the Americana and folk worlds too, it creates a chasmic collection of sonic footprints, inventing a totally unique soundscape. Elaborating on today’s single, Terra Twin explain, “‘Nightshift’ embraces themes …
Track/Video : Scott Lavene releases new single ‘Waitrose Has Run Out Of Lobsters’ – a people’s pop anthem.
That seasoned purveyor of the short burst, lo-fi pop song Scott Lavene has just announced a new single ‘Waitrose Has Run Out Of Lobsters’, out on 7th March via London’s Nothing Fancy. The follow up to last year’s fine family homage ‘Prettiest Peach’, this supermarket name dropper once again crackles with Lavene’s sardonic wit and …
Album Review : Basile Petite & Drew Wynen – On s’amuse : Broken beat sophistication from the nu-jazz duo.
Now here are two musicians stepping out from the world of sessions and band membership to spotlight their own soundscape. Basile Petite’s past associations include Earl Thomas and Todd Sharpville while Drew Wynen currently plays with Crystal Fighters and Ellie Goulding, but it’s their music made as a partnership that is beginning to rustle up …
News: Fall Out Boy announce intimate UK shows
Following the wildly successful launch of their UK arena tour which is selling out fast and additional dates have been added, GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum rock band Fall Out Boy today announce two very special, intimate shows. To celebrate their forthcoming So Much (For) Stardust, they will play Manchester’s Band On The Wall on Wednesday 15th March and London’s Heaven …
Album Review: Alice – L’Oiseau Magnifique : A lo- fi mini choir that conjure everyday magic.
You’ve got to be curious about Alice, the off-kilter Genevan trio formed by mother/ daughter/visual artist pairing Yvonne and Lisa Harder with their friend, graphic novelist Sarah Andre. Self-styled as a DIY micro chorale, their three voices and second hand keyboards conjure up songs that sneak way beyond any Occitan/French folky starting point. For sure …