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Premiere: Late Night Therapy sign to Mugatunes and takes us on a thrilling ‘Drive’ – the pulsating electro-pop single featuring Lily Belle.
The enormously talented Harry Suttor is Late Night Therapy and we are very honoured to premiere his new single ‘Drive’ (featuring Lily Belle), accompanied by news that Late Night Therapy has signed to the cool Mugatunes label. ‘Drive’ sets off on a dynamic percussive beat and washes of natural sampled sounds with a synth undercurrent. …
Live Review: The Lathums – The Roundhouse, London 18.03.2023
By Fearghal McGlinchey “Welcome to the Music and Social Club at the Roundhouse in London, with your hosts, The Lathums. One week after securing their second UK number 1 album, The Lathums were on top form as they rounded off the UK leg of their ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’ tour in London …
Live Review: Rianne Downey – Oporto, Leeds. 19.03.23
Scottish singer-songwriter Rianne Downey enchanted a sold out Oporto in Leeds last night with her intricately crafted songbook and sweet but confident performance. Downey’s music draws on a wide variety of influences – at once conjuring up the sounds of Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, as well as the likes of Flyte and Taylor Swift. It …
Live Review: The Backseat Lovers / Junodream – O2 Kentish Town Forum, London 16.03.2023
By Henry Groves After playing London shows at Omeara and Electric Brixton last year, The Backseat Lovers were back, and this time were playing a sold out O2 Kentish Town Forum. Support for the night came from London-based Junodream, who certainly got the crowd warmed up for the main event. They mentioned this was a …
Track: Sydney trio The Duke of Randwick demand ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ in a raucous anthemic blast.
The Duke of Randwick are a Sydney trio whose exact musical genre is hard to define, but their new single ‘Where You Gonna Go?’ is a veritable blast of fuzzy jangle pop with an anthemic, melodic attack. There are certainly elements of a Britpop swagger but this is ameliorated by a harder, punchier attack that …
Live Gallery: Teenage Dads Live at the Metro, Sydney 18.03.2023
Teenage Dads headline their largest Sydney gig to date.
Live Review and Gallery: Charlie Needs Braces – MONA Lawns, nipaluna/Hobart, 18.03.2023
Having just released the searingly brilliant debut album ‘Saltwater People’, Charlie Needs Braces (the solo effort of Charlie Woods) is embarking on an ambitious Australia wide tour, bringing an incandescent ray of sunshine wherever she (and her sister) goes. Playing in the afternoon sun (albeit intermittent and not so warm – it is the southern …
News: Middlesbrough Multi-Venue Festival Twisterella Announces First Line Up
Middlesbrough’s forward-thinking music festival Twisterella has announced the first batch of acts performing at this year’s event, with avant-garde prog-poppers Dutch Uncles topping the bill as one of their 2023 headliners, alongside other artists including Opus Kink, Arxx, Ciel, Avalanche Party and more. Established in 2014, Twisterella is an award-winning multi-venue, metropolitan music festival that …
News: The Vices release new album ‘Unknown Affairs’
Exhilarating Groningen alt-rock outfit The Vices have released their new album ‘Unknown Affairs’ – listen here. Pulling inspiration from rock juggernauts like The Strokes and Cage The Elephant, with a bit of early Red Hot Chili Peppers thrown in for good measure, The Vices’ fusion of Britpop and surf rock has propelled them outside of their Dutch hometown and onto stages alongside the likes of Yungblud, Nothing But Thieves and Black Honey. Today sees them …
Track: Philippa Nihill (Underground Lovers) finds her way and channels Burt Bacharach in her glorious new single ‘Getaway’.
Philippa Nihill (founding member of the legendary Underground Lovers) has just released a thrilling new single ‘Getaway’, which channels the anthemic style of Burt Bacharach with her own unique dynamism and power. With a chorus break bigger than skies above Australia and a stirring reflective verse, ‘Getaway’ is a majestic single that ebbs and flows like …