Completing a mystical trilogy of EPs Piney Gir has released Cosmic Upside Down, a sultry jazz- and Country-infused indie pop collection that closes the circle wonderfully Artist: Piney Gir Track: Cosmic Upside Down Label: No Distance Records Released: 30 August 2024 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Back in 2021 Piney Gir released Astral Spectra, the first in a …
Brighton alt-rockers Slung release their debut single Neurotic and it’s a brilliant introduction to the four-piece with doomy riffs rising to a crescendo Artist: Slung Track: Neurotic Label: Fat Dracula Records Released: 12 September 2024 Find it: Spotify There’s a late night confessional atmosphere simmering away on Neurotic, the debut single from Brighton alt-rock band …
Bristol band Sans Froid release their debut album Hello, Boil Brain – a densely packed and anxious-feeling experimental alt rock album capturing the overwhelm of post-pandemic life. Artist: Sans Froid Track: Hello, Boil Brain Label: Self-released Released: 13 September 2024 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify I’ve been fortunate enough to never find myself lost in …
Formed in York in 2023 Knitting Circle make socially-conscious and urgent post-punk, brilliantly showcased on their debut EP Deciduous Climbers Artist: Knitting Circle Track: Deciduous Climbers Label: Self released Released: 14 June 2024 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify It’s been a while since a song has resonated so immediately and completely with me. It used …
We Are Restless is the first release from Berlin-based Brazilian / Australian noise-punk duo Restless that makes the personal political against a backdrop of furious beats and catalysing riffs. Artist: Restless Track: We Are Restless Label: Self-released Released: 4 September 2024 Find it: Bandcamp Having played their first dates in Berlin in early summer Brazilian …
Their fifth album, No Hero, is only weeks away and Desperate Journalist give us something a little different but no less wonderful with latest single You Say You’re Lonely Artist: Desperate Journalist Track: You Say You’re Lonely Label: Fierce Panda Released: 4 September 2024 Find it: Spotify The reliably brilliant Desperate Journalist have done it …
Ahead of their self-titled second album dropping in October London’s BERRIES release a second single in Balance, stretching beyond their usual sound while underpinning all they do so well Artist: BERRIES Track: Balance Label: Xtra Mile Recordings Released: 6 September 2024 Find it: Spotify It’s an opinion often repeated that second albums are difficult ones, …
You might have caught North East punk pop band bigfatbig supporting Martha a while back and they’ve now released their second EP, Rippin’ It. Expect catchy choruses, catchier riffs, and a whole lot of fun. Artist: bigfatbig Track: Rippin’ It Label: Daemon TV Released: 6 September 2024 Find it: Spotify Describing their sound as. ‘chaotic, yet …
London dreampop band Mannequin Flowers release their emotional and ethereal debut single Heartbeat, quickly establishing them as an act to keep an ear on. Artist: Mannequin Flowers Track: Heartbeat Label: Mannequin Recordings Released: 7 August 2024 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Here we are, in the liminal space between seasons. Where warm winds shake crisp ochre leaves from …
The only studio album from now iconic Jeff Buckley, Grace turns 30 and we take a look back at how it has grown from being an astonishing debut release to regularly being hailed as one of the best albums of all time. When released in August 1994 the debut album from Jeff Buckley, Grace, garnered …