It has been 15 years since Nouvelle Vague‘s glorious self-titled covers album. The album consisted of bossa nova versions of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Teenage Kicks”. They are celebrating with a huge UK tour which hits the following venues later this year: October 9th – Grand Central Hall Liverpool10th […]
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Our Album of The Week last week was Soccer Mommy‘s excellent new record. If you appreciated that slice of 90’s-tinged alternative, then you may also want to give the debut album from Wisconsin rock band, Disq, a go. It’s a bit Car Seat Headrest and a bit Pavement but with greater pop sensibilities. You can […]
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Dream Wife have just released details of their second album, “So When You Gonna…“, which will be released on July 3. The band’s excellent self-titled debut was released in 2018 and their live shows have gone from strength to strength. They told Radio 1’s Annie Mac that the new album was made with an all-female […]
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Record Store Day is back in 2020 for the 13th year to celebrate independent record stores with limited edition vinyl releases from some of the biggest names around. This year Record Store Day sees releases from Biffy Clyro, J Hus, My Chemical Romance and an exclusive live record from 2020’s official ambassadors The Big Moon […]
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Often imitated but rarely equalled, Róisín Murphy has been gifting us with weird and wonderful dance music for 25 years and she’s not slowing down. She’s just released a brand new epic funky pop song: “Murphy’s Law” is 8 minutes long and it’s still not enough – no radio edits required. Speaking of the track, […]
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SHEAFS are building a name for themselves already having supported Idles, The Amazons, The Coral and Greta Van Fleet. Their upcoming run of headline shows have sold out already and then they’re on tour with The Slow Readers Club. SHEAFS‘ debut EP is produced by Tarek Musa (formerly of the brilliant Spring King, RIP). The […]
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2019 was a big year for Megan Thee Stallion with her breakout hit “Hot Girl Summer” confirming her as a superstar in the making. Her mixtape, “Fever”, was undoubtedly one of the best rap records of the year and we highly recommend her NPR Tiny Desk set. Megan‘s been in the news a bit this […]
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If you’re looking for some new music on the sonically-diverse side of things, then look no further than CLT DRP (pronounced ‘clit drip’ if you hadn’t worked that out). Their debut album “Without the Eyes”, is being released on May 15th and their press release describes them as “drawing influence from musically-diverse acts ranging from […]
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US singer-songwriter, Sophie Allison, who goes by the alias Soccer Mommy dropped her second LP on Friday. It’s called “Color Theory” and it’s our favourite album this week. File it next to those classic 90s indie pop records. Lyrically sad and gloriously produced, if you’ve enjoyed recent records from Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers or Kacey […]
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Oxfordshire’s Cornbury Festival returns 10th – 12th July 2020. We already know that Van Morrison, Dido, Jack Savoretti, The Waterboys and King Creole are playing. They have now confirmed that former Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating, will be their Sunday night headliner. Today’s announcement also confirms that legendary US band America will be on the bill. […]
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