Inbox Interview: Moodbay
Moodbay are a electropop duo from the North East of England, consisting of producer-songwriter, Alfie Cattell, and vocalist-songwriter, Anna Stephens. They formed in 2017, after meeting at the British and Irish...
Introducing: The Red Stains
Despite having only one official single release to their name, The Red Stains have already been hailed as "a band to listen to", by The Charlatans frontman and all-round music guru, Tim Burgess.
This may not...
Album Review: Pale Waves – Who Am I?
Pale Waves ditch the eighties style guitar riffs and sleek synths of their debut, and instead turn to the 2000's heyday of pop punk for its follow-up, Who Am I? Despite the record largely parroting this era...
Hyundai Mercury Prize 2020: The VLM Predictions
Snobs of the music world, rejoice. The Mercury Prize (sort of) returns tonight from 10pm. You can watch live performances of the 2020 shortlisted acts on BBC Iplayer and the performances are also internationall...
The VLM Playlist: August 2020
It has been particularly fruitful in the debut album department this August with a number of fearsome first records materialising. Alex the Astronaut blew us away with her stellar debut The Theory of Absolutely...
Alex The Astronaut: An Australian Songwriter Versus the Universe
From the time of our conversation, it is T minus nine days from the launch of Alex the Astronaut’s debut album, The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (released 21 August). The Australian musician (real name, Alex Ly...
The Cribs Announce Details For New Album, Night Network
The Cribs have shared details of their eighth album, Night Network, due to be released on 13 November.
The self-produced 12-track album was recorded at the Foo Fighters Studio 606 in Los Angeles in the sprin...
Tramlines Festival Raises £19,600 for Sheffield Charities and Confirms Dates for 2021
Sheffield's Tramlines Festival has so far raised just shy of £20,000 from its online charity event, 'A Celebration of Tramlines'
The event took place over the weekend of 31 July - 02 August when the festival w...
Album Review: Glass Animals – Dreamland
When Glass Animals swept onto the scene in 2014 with ZABA their leisurely debut album, frontman Dave Bayley’s mind was submerged somewhere deep in the jungle. His nonsensical lyrics, rain forest synths, and 'pe...
SG Lewis Teams Up with Robyn and Channel Tres for Club Track ‘Impact’
The London producer Sam Lewis, better known as SG Lewis, has teamed up with Robyn and Channel Tres for 'Impact'.
The track which was premiered as Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1 tonight is a club-...