Skerryvore Unleash Scottish Roots With Tempus
Skerryvore have reinvented and reignited Scottish roots music with a modern alt-pop flavour that has connected with an ever-expanding multicultural global audience. But as the pandemic broke, the octet’s international touring immediately ceased. Yet from challenge...
Hundred Reasons Return With New Glasses
Last month, Hundred Reasons announced that their first album together in 15 years, Glorious Sunset, is due for release on 24th Feb 2023 via SO Recordings alongside sharing the lead single and title track Glorious Sunset. [gallery type='flickr' view='photo'...
Placebo Never Let You Go At Brixton Academy
Placebo really don't want you on your phone — filming or taking photos — during their show. A polite, heartfelt note on their social media platforms explains how a sea of mobiles makes it difficult for them to connect with the audience and disrespects other fans. Plus...
Metallica Annouce Meteoric Return Via Lux Æterna
Bay area-hailing Metal legends Metallica have confirmed the title and release date of their forthcoming 12th studio album:72 Seasons which drops on 14th April2023 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman alongside Metallica frontman James...
Sophie Lloyd Shreds Do Or Die In Flames
British guitar sensation Sophie Lloyd has shared a fuel-filled video to accompany latest track Do Or Die. Shot in Birmingham Film Studios by Matt Daley of Clearway Media, the video sees Sophie team up with Inglorious frontman Nathan James, and boasts a stunning...
Wilko Johnson: Photographs and Memories
I’ve written before in these pages about how it came to be that the iconic Dr Feelgood guitarist, Wilko Johnson sparked a second career for me in music photography. In essence, it was his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis in late 2012 and the (apparent) sure...
Phoenix Are Resplendent At Brixton
It’s been a beat since Phoenix were on British shores – a good couple of years pre-pandemic, joining the likes of Glass Animals and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs supporting LCD Soundsystem’s headline show at London’s Victoria Park as part of the Capital’s All Points East...
Enter Shikari + Cody Frost Go All Bull
St Albans-hailing Enter Shikari are today sharing brand-new single Bull featuring Burnley's Cody Frost, the second stand-alone Enter Shikari single of 2022 following the band’s huge summer return The Void Stares Back featuring Wargasm. Having lit up the main stages at...
James & The Cold Gun Are Chewing Glass
Dubbed "South Wales' loudest group", Cardiff's James and the Cold Gun have returned with a propulsive new track, Chewing Glass, a slice of raw, insistent garage-rock and their first new music since their debut EP, False Start, came out earlier this year. [gallery...
Larkin Poe Announce Blood Harmony Tour
Having just released their critically acclaimed sixth studio album Blood Harmony which is currently competing for a Top 20 UK chart position, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have announced details of a massive UK and European tour which commences in...
modernlove. Unleash Single Until My Heart Stops Beating
Irish rock outfit modernlove. have unleashed new single Until My Heart Stops Beating. It’s a shocking, savage declaration that a relationship is over, but both parties are already sufficiently disinterested to explain why or assign blame. Extending the band’s ability...
The Luka State Are More Than This With Album And Tour News
This year has seen The Luka State power back to attention with their most aggressive, visceral and immediate songs to date, which fearlessly explore the darker shadows of modern working-class life. Now, the Winsford, Cheshire-based four-piece have stepped up their...
Black Honey Provide A Glimpse Of A Fistful Of Peaches With Heavy
Brighton quartet Black Honey have announced their third studio album A Fistful of Peaches which drops on 17th March 2023 via FoxFive Records. This comes alongside the anthemic, grunge-laden new single Heavy, on which they address the idea of grief. Written on the day...
The Pretty Reckless Turn Brixton Up To 11
Rock and Roll is dead, so ‘they’ say. Not so if you happen to be walking around Brixton as fireworks ignite in the sky on bonfire night. Tonight there are crowds dressed in black, red, leather, fishnets and other such clichéd rock attire beelining to one or other of...
Stella Rose Makes Her Debut With Muddled Man
NYC-based singer, poet, and musician Stella Rose is making her official debut with a single entitled Muddled Man, released alongside an accompanying video. Writes Stella Rose of her...
