Sleaford Mods are pleased to share their self-titled EP Sleaford Mods, out now on 12”, CD & DL. This is the band’s first new music since last year’s album English Tapas. Jason Williamson says, “The lead tracks are mostly full of violent tendencies that only transpire through imagination. People are powerless under the political monster and the intense anger and frustration morphs into illusions of attacking each other through the...
Following the release of their anti-Trump single ‘Stop Him’, Honey Hahs today release ‘River’, the second single from their forthcoming debut album Dear Someone, Happy Something, out Friday 7th September. Watch video below! Robin of Honey Hahs explains the inspiration behind the song: “River is about a sad film we watched that really touched us called ‘Bridge to Terabithia’. Rowan found it hard to accept that the girl character in the film...
Sleaford Mods announce their self-titled new EP Sleaford Mods, which will be released on Friday 14th September. The EP was recorded in Nottingham earlier this year, and features five new tracks including lead track shared today, ‘Stick in A Five and Go’. Watch the lyric video below! Jason Williamson says, “The lead tracks are mostly full of violent tendencies that only transpire through imagination. People are powerless under the political monster...
Honey Hahs are excited to announce their debut album Dear Someone, Happy Something, to be released on Friday 7th September. They have shared the first single ‘Stop Him’, to be lifted from the album, an anti-Donald Trump song along with an accompanying video, watch below! Honey Hahs are three sisters from Honor Oak Park in South London, aged 16, 13 and 11. Rowan plays guitar and piano, Robin plays bass and...
Gruff Rhys releases his fifth album, Babelsberg, it’s his first record for Rough Trade since 2007’s classic Candylion. Babelsberg was initially recorded in early 2016 in a whirlwind three day session that took place before producer Ali Chant’s studio was demolished. The band he gathered for the record were his regular drummer Kliph Scurlock and multi-instrumentalists Stephen Black and Osian Gwynedd. The tracks then hibernated for eighteen months, awaiting orchestral scores by Swansea...
Princess Nokia has released the latest video for her pop punk anthem ‘Look Up Kid’ from her recent mixtape, A Girl Cried Red. Watch the video below! The New York rapper—aka Destiny Frasqueri—co-directed ‘Look Up Kid’ with frequent collaborator Milah Libin. The visual sees Frasqueri embracing her rock roots and performing with a full band. A Girl Cried Red showcases another fully formed side of Destiny that still taps into the uncompromising feminist...
Gruff Rhys shares ‘Limited Edition Heart’, the second song to be released from Babelsberg, the fifth album by Gruff Rhys and his first record for Rough Trade and Remote Control since 2007’s classic Candylion. Gruff said “I wrote Limited Edition Heart whilst walking along a polluted yet beautiful river. It has beautiful orchestral arrangements thanks to Stephen McNeff and the BBC NOW orchestra.” Babelsberg was initially recorded in early 2016 in...
Starcrawler have launched a new video for their song ‘Love’s Gone Again’. The single comes from their debut self-titled album, which was recorded by their #1 fan Ryan Adams. Filmed mainly at two shows in Tokyo during their recent sold-out tour of Japan, the video for ‘Love’s Gone Again’ is a fun view into their stunning and impressive live shows, and the amazing reaction from audiences in Japan. Starcrawler are...
Last week was a whirlwind for Parquet Courts. They flew to Los Angeles for a brief visit to serenade Ellen and her TV studio audience with a jubilant performance of ‘Wide Awake’, the title track off their forthcoming album, out May 18. After that, they headed for a quick jaunt through Texas performing at Levitation Fest in Austin. Now, the band share their new single ‘Mardi Gras Beads’. The song is...
Gruff Rhys announces his fifth album, Babelsberg, set for release on Friday 8 June. It’s his first record for Rough Trade since 2007’s classic Candylion. Gruff also shares the first track from the record ‘Frontier Man’, watch the video below! The album’s ten tracks were initially recorded in early 2016 in a whirlwind three day session that took place before producer Ali Chant’s studio was demolished. The band he gathered...
Goat Girl today release their self-titled debut album. Produced by Dan Carey in his South London studio, it’s a very English album but it’s also full of swampy swaggering guitars and Lottie’s filthy drawl. In the groups words: “Simply put, it’s an album that comes from growing up in London and the first-hand experience of our city’s devolution. We wanted to think of it as this place seen not necessarily...
Goat Girl share their new song ‘Throw Me A Bone’, off their self-titled debut album, out 6th April and produced by Dan Carey in his South London studio. Listen below! Goat Girl’s debut creates a half fantasy world out of a very dirty, ugly city reality. In the groups words: “Simply put, it’s an album that comes from growing up in London and the first-hand experience of our city’s devolution. We wanted...
Parquet Courts share the title track off their forthcoming album, Wide Awake! The accompanying video was directed by Brother Willis and filmed in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, watch below! The video features the band, clad in purple tuxedos, acting, well, wide awake. “I was very intrigued by the band’s idea to spend a few days filming all around New Orleans during Mardi Gras,” says Willis. “Probably should’ve thought twice about it,...
Parquet Courts announce their fifth album, Wide Awake! which will be released on May 18th. ‘Almost Had To Start A Fight / In And Out Of Patience’ is the first taste of what’s to come from the record. Watch the clip below! Wide Awake! is a groundbreaking work, an album about independence and individuality but also about collectivity and communitarianism. Love is at its center. There’s also a freshness here, a breaking of new...
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker shared a new single ‘Bathed In Light’ from their forthcoming album Seedlings All which will be released physically Friday 9 March and digitally Friday 23 March in Australia. Catch the duo perform their debut Australian shows this March at Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival and The Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne. Full tour details below. Josienne explains the background to the song, “As...
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker announce their new album, Seedlings All, released on Friday 23 March and have shared the stunning new track ‘Chicago’ with its accompanying video by award winning filmmaker Bob Gallagher. Watch below! Catch the duo perform their debut Australian shows this March at Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blue Mountains Music Festival and The Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne. Full tour details below. Seedlings All is Josienne Clarke &...
