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Album Review: Bugeye – Ready Steady Bang

June 28, 2020

Croydon based disco-punks, Bugeye, release their debut album, Ready Steady Bang, on 10 July via independent label Reckless Yes. The Paul Tipler (Idlewild, Elastica, LIINES) produced album has so far been pr...

Listen to The Streets New Track ‘Falling Down’ with Hak Baker

Debbie Cannon

June 26, 2020

The Streets have released ‘Falling Down’ featuring East London’s Hak Baker. It’s the third track to be released from their upcoming mixtape, None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive, set for release 10 Jul...

JPEGMAFIA releases new, anti-Trump single ‘The Bends!’

Dora Gardouni

June 26, 2020

JPEGMAFIA strikes again with new single and video, ‘The Bends!’, following his previous releases ‘Cutie Pie!’, ‘Bodyguard!’, and ‘Bald!’. Each track has been released during the past four months and largely dur...

PJ Harvey to Reissue Rid Of Me on Vinyl on 21 August

Dora Gardouni

June 26, 2020

PJ Harvey’s second album Rid of Me (1993) and the subsequent 4-Track Demos from the same year will be available from 21 August, following the reissuing of her debut album Dry (1992) next month. The release i...

Watch: Joe Talbot’s New Virtual Talk Show – BALLEY TV

Debbie Cannon

June 23, 2020

If you're a fan of IDLES then you will love Joe Talbot's new series BALLEY TV – a virtual talk show hosted the frontman. Filmed in isolation and with conversations ranging from current events to creating music...

Everything Everything Share New Track ‘Planets’

Pierre Flasse

June 20, 2020

It is a decade on since Everything Everything’s debut album, Man Alive. An impressive lifespan from the awash of indie bands that appeared in the late noughties. And they have become so much more, with interest...

Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition Winners Announced

Caris Dollard

June 20, 2020

The end of June means one thing in the UK calendar. Glastonbury. The iconic festival at Worthy Farm was set to be celebrating its 50th year anniversary, but with the coronavirus pandemic this has been postponed...

Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher

Will Fisher

June 19, 2020

Phoebe Bridgers is a self-confessed lover of sad songs, but the Californian musician has opted to (marginally) dial down the despair for her second album Punisher. The album is a masterful documentation of regr...

Little Simz to Host New Radio Show 101 FM

Amelia Whyman

June 18, 2020

Hot off the back of the Drop 6 EP release last month, Little Simz is taking on a new project this summer. The North-London born rapper is soon to be hitting the airwaves with her very own radio show. Riding ...

Album Review: Lamb of God – Lamb of God

Dora Gardouni

June 18, 2020

Lamb of God make a strong comeback with their tenth album that is politically charged and bears the weight of their own name and identity. This weight is indeed heavy for the Virginian metal legend, who have...