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Kim Gordon Keeps Experimentalism Alive On The Collective
A new solo effort from a rock veteran in the latter stages of their career wouldn’t exactly be something many new music fans would be rushing to hear in any given week. Then again, Kim Gordon isn’t just any rock veteran. And boy, does her…
Yard Act Are At Their Most Eclectic And Fun On Where’s My Utopia?
Mercury prize nominations, Elton John collaborations and US chat show TV appearances: 2022 was quite the year for Yard Act following the release of debut The Overload. Repeat the same process again for album two then, right? Not quite. On…
Love To You Mate Is Colouring At His Most Cathartic
Colouring (not to be confused with the mindfulness activity/children’s art task) is the solo project of Nottingham songwriter Jack Kenworthy. Once a band of four, Colouring has taken on a dual identity since 2020 as both the…
TANGK Sees IDLES Chart Loving And Experimental Terrain
Bristol punks IDLES are back again with TANGK - the boys are loved up and on a mission to further their sound progression without losing their distinctive boisterousness. As a follow up to 2021’s CRAWLER, the newly discovered terrain marks…
8 Winter Songs That Aren’t All About Christmas
In the enchanting realm of winter melodies, the seasonal symphony extends far beyond the jingling bells and festive cheer of Christmas tunes. As the snow blankets the world in a hush of serenity, these eight winter songs offer a…
ØXN Are Remoulding Folk On The thrilling Cyrm
ØXN, a doom folk quartet, comprises Lankum vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Radie Peat, producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy, and associates Eleanor Myler of Percolator and Katie Kim. Cyrm (pronounced ‘cy-rum’) is their debut album, and marks the…
Tandem Felix Gets Deeper And Darker On There’s A New Sheriff In Town
It’s been four years since the release of Rom Com, the debut full-length from Dublin’s Tandem Felix, and this time around, things are a little bit darker.
On There’s A New Sheriff In Town, David A. Tapley and company shift towards an…
Changing Of The Guard Is A Transitional Moment For I Have A Tribe
I Have a Tribe is the brainchild of the Dublin singer-songwriter Patrick O’Laoghaire, and Changing of the Guard is the project’s first album since 2016’s Beneath a Yellow Moon.
Changing of the Guard is chocked full of O’Laoghaire’s…
Bleach Lab Pack Plenty Of Emotion Into Their Dreamy Full Length Debut
With a collection of impressive EPs under their belt - the highlight being November 2022’s stunning If You Could Only Feel Once – blissful rockers Bleach Lab have slowly become the talk of the UK indie underground, growing a status as one…
Everything Is Alive Is A Reminder Of Slowdive’s Timeless Quality
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder and this couldn’t be closer to the truth than with Reading shoegazers Slowdive.
Three albums in the early to mid ‘90s gained them status as one of the hottest names in the UK indie rock…