It’s hard to believe that Pet Shop Boys have only had one UK Number 1 album, 1993’s “Very”. They are after their second chart-topper this week with their fifteenth studio album, “Nonetheless”. It is undoubtedly the duo’s strongest album in years but it looks like they may be blocked from the top spot by Taylor […]
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Aric Improta (Night Verses) and Stephen Harrison (The Chariot) today announced the launch of their new project, House of Protection. They have been signed to Red Bull Records after their recent departure from Fever 333. A press release says “the duo take their extensive background as boundary-pushing live musicians to the next level, combining the […]
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Glastonbury Festival returns on 26th June and they are now announcing line-ups for the various different stages and areas. Typically, each of the main stages and areas is given the opportunity to show off their line-up with an individual announcement separate from the main poster. Today, the Woodsies area drops its poster which includes the […]
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Former The Maccabees frontman, Orlando Weeks, has just announced details of his third solo record. “LOJA” will be released digitally on 6th June with a physical release to follow on 23rd August. The album follows the singer’s brilliant first two albums “A Quickening” and “Hop Up”. Orlando has teamed up with Wet Leg‘s Rhian Teasdale […]
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Singer/songwriter Griff won the BRIT Award for Rising Star back in 2021. Since then, she’s released several singles and a mixtape and toured extensively but there’s been no sign of an album. Later winners of the award, Holly Humberstone and The Last Dinner Party, have released their debut records to critical acclaim and commercial success […]
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Brit-award winning singer, Mabel, has shared a new song. If, like us, you really enjoyed Mabel’s earlier R&B offerings like “My Boy My Town” or “Thinking of You” then you are going to appreciate her return to that sound on “Vitamins”. Mabel‘s last LP was 2022’s concept album, “About Last Night…” which peaked at Number […]
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Cassandra Jenkins has signed to Dead Oceans – home of Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, Japanese Breakfast and loads of other great acts. Her first album for them, “My Light, My Destroyer”, will be released on July 12. The album follows 2021’s exceptional “An Overview on Phenomenal Nature” which contained one of the greatest songs of the […]
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Bat for Lashes has shared the next single from her upcoming album, “The Dream of Delphi”. It is a cover of Baauer and Bipolar Sunshine‘s “Home” (specifically the Special Request remix). The singer/songwriter explains that it is dedicated to her daughter, Delphi, and it “was her favourite song to listen to in the car. It […]
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We’re big fans of Katy J Pearson and excited for her upcoming third album. Katy has just announced a pair of special shows next month to preview the new material. The two dates will feature “a one-off band of musicians who also worked on the new album”. The LP will follow one of our 2022 […]
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Brighton punk duo, Lambrini Girls, are one of the most exciting and essential bands around right now. We were lucky enough to catch their electrifying set at 2000 Trees Festival last Summer and have been enjoying their every move since – both musically and politically. They have just shared their new song, ‘Body of Mine’, […]
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