The Murder Capital Bring Only Good Things
Dublin-based Post-Punk act The Murder Capital have shared their new song Only Good Things this week,, a bright and luminous love song and first taste of the band’s forthcoming new music. The John Congleton-produced single follows the Irish band’s celebrated debut...
2000Trees Festival Ready To Rock!
It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally preparing to rock the Cotswolds at 2000 Trees festival 2022. With tickets flying out the door in the past week it looks like a sell-out is coming. A stacked line-up featuring headline slots from American rockers Jimmy...
First Wave Of Acts Announced For Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show – Updated
The first wave of guests performing as part of The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts are being released today, with the acts for the London Wembley Stadium show taking place on 3rd September coming out this morning. The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts across London and...
Lissie Returns To Carve Canyons
Midwest-based American singer-songwriter Lissie has announced details of her forthcoming country-tinged indie folk fifth album Carving Canyons, which is due out on 16th September 16 via Lionboy Records. Lissie – Elisabeth Corrin Maurus – is a multi-talented tour de...
Lera Lynn Is Your Kamikaze
Enigmatic Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Lera Lynn returns this year with her seventh studio record Something More Than Love, if you discount her five-track contribution to 2015's True Detective TV series soundtrack. Along with the new...
Foals To Take Life Is Yours For An Intimate Tour
Blistering Oxford boys Foals have announced a run of intimate UK shows in January 2023, a good six months after the release of their upcoming seventh album Life Is Yours, which drops next week (17th June). The Yannis Philippakis-led group have recently finished up a...
Nina Nesbitt’s Pressure Makes Diamonds
Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt has announced details of her eagerly anticipated third studio record Älskar, which is released on 2nd September. Nesbitt also dropped latest single Pressure Makes Diamonds today alongside its Wolf James-directed video which...
Phoenix Bring The Madness With Alpha Zulu
French alt-rock darlings Phoenix have released new single Alpha Zulu and an accompanying Pascal Teixeira-directed video, the first taste of new music from the Thomas Mars-fronted outfit since 2017's Ti Amo. The group are in the studio working on album number seven and...
Foo Fighters And The Hawkins Family Announce Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts
Following the devastating and untimely loss of Taylor Hawkins at the age of just 50, Foo Fighters understandably cancelled all upcoming events and took the time to process, reflect and mourn. And while that process will be a lifelong one, celebrating the life of...
Editors Drop Karma Climb And Announce Tour
Birmingham-hailing English rock outfit Editors have announced details of their seventh album EBM, which drops via Play It Again Sam on 23rd September. The Tom Smith-led group has also expanded to six-piece with Blanck Mass (Benjamin John Power) joining as a full time...
Death Cab For Cutie Light Roman Candles
Pacific Northwesterners Death Cab For Cutie have announced their tenth studio record Asphalt Meadows and have released the first taste of new original material since 2018's Thank You For Today by way of new single Roman Candles. The group released The Georgia EP in...
Muse Share Will Of The People + More Intimate Tour Dates
The mighty Muse have released the title track from their forthcoming ninth studio album Will Of The People. And in usual Muse style, expect to be surprised by the divisive tonal shift. Will Of the People marks the third cut from the forthcoming album of the same name...
Maggie Rogers Knows What She Want-Wants
Maryland-hailing, New York-based singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers has just dropped her throbbing new single Want Want from her forthcoming sophomore record Surrender, which drops on 29th July via Capitol, and boy is it a welcome, raw storming summer tune. Says the...
Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio Heads To Camden
Lili Trifilio of Chicago-based outfit Beach Bunny has announced a one-off solo headline show at London's Camden Assembly! Says Trifilio of the show: "I’m super excited to be playing London for the first time ever June 15th at The Camden Assembly! It’s always been a...
James Bay Takes A Leap
Hitchin-hailing, multi-platinum, singer-songwriter and guitarist James Bay has announced his long-awaited third studio album Leap along with latest single One Life and a full UK & European tour in the final months of the year. This follows an 11-date UK tour this...
Paolo Nutini Returns With New Music And Live Shows
Scottish musician Paolo Nutini has announced a UK and European tour to accompany his recently announced fourth studio album Last Night In The Bittersweet, which drops on July 1st, after a massive eight years since UK #1 record Caustic Love. The tour will kick off at...
Sinkhole – The Dynamic Return of Keith M Thomson
Keith M Thomson, frontman and songwriter for the rollickingly enjoyable cult favourites The Penny Black Remedy, is releasing his first new song since his pre-pandemic solo album A Death In Kreuzberg. The foreboding title of Sinkhole nods to its brooding lyrics yet is...
Paolo Nutini Announces Run of Intimate Shows
After a massive seven-year break from touring in England, Scottish pop-rocker Paolo Nutini has announced a run of intimate shows across the border as well in Argyll & Bute. Nutini will kick off the run with a show at Sheffield's ill-fated Leadmill venue on 14th...
Laura Evans Premieres Her Brand-New Video for Her Latest Single Drag Me Back In
Laura Evans, a rising star in the new wave of British country-blues talent and soul music singer-songwriters, is releasing a brand-new video for her latest single Drag Me Back In, the second single to drop from her forthcoming EP Running Back to You, due to be...
Video Premiere Exclusive Goldray Enchant With How Do You Know
We might have mentioned once or twice, about how excited we are to air the video premiere for the new Goldray single, How Do You Know, which is being released tomorrow along with the epic Oz as a double A side. The video, which was made during lockdown is very...
Cara And The Cobras Release Debut Single, Fallen Blackbirds
Cara and The Cobras, led by singer, Cara Jo Ross, are Aberdeen based alt-rockers, have made waves since forming just seven months ago! They have now released their debut single, Fallen Blackbirds. Music runs deep through the family and friends veins. Cara's dad...
Exciting Psychedelic Glam Rock Goldray News
Goldray, who released their critically acclaimed debut album, Rising in 2017, are back with a double a-side single release on 29th May and we are delighted to announce that we will have a video exclusive on the 28th, so keep your eyes pealed. How Do You Know and the...
#saveourvenues Campaign Sees 140 UK Music Venues Removed from ‘Critical’ List ………For Now
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced that the #saveourvenues campaign launched three weeks ago today has now resulted in 140 grassroots music venues being removed from its ‘critical’ list. #saveourvenues, which has so far raised over £1.5m in donations, was...
Liverpool Art Punks, Psycho Comedy, Release I’m Numb
Liverpool creative collective, Psycho Comedy, are back with a visceral new single and video, I’m Numb, which is taken from their acclaimed debut album Performance Space Number One. This latest offering is another gloriously unhinged and unrelenting example of their...
Legendary Art Pop Icons Minty Reissue Open Wide
In 1992, infamous fashion designer, model, performance artist and Taboo club promoter Leigh Bowery formed the band Minty with friend, designer Richard Torry, wife Nicola, and promotor and performer Matthew Glamorre. Bowery was a massively influential pop art icon and...
Video Premiere: Ali In The Jungle Release Drunk Generation
Rockshot are pleased to premiere the video for Ali In The Jungle’s latest release, Drunk Generation. The Milton Keynes based, 4-piece indie/alternative rock band, have been swapping instruments and jumpers in front of live audiences since 2013. People enjoy trying to...
Tom Waits Pays Tribute to Hal Willner, ‘Lover Of The Afflicted And The Blessed’
Tom Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan have paid a poignant tribute to their long term friend and collaborator, Hal Willner, who died the day after his 64th birthday on April 7th, 2020, succumbing to symptoms consistent with Covid-19. Tom Waits first met Hal...
Dave Grohl – 51 And Nowhere Near Done
Rock legend Dave Grohl celebrated his 51st birthday today and to add to the celebrations his band, Foo Fighters, began their 25th year celebrations by releasing a tantalising instrumental short on their social media accounts, along with the following statement, "Holy...
Poly Styrene Film Makers Launch Patreon Campaign To Help Finish Documentary
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché is a forthcoming documentary chronicling the remarkable life of Anglo-Somali artist and punk maverick Poly Styrene, one of the first women of colour to lead a successful rock band, X-Ray Spex. The filmmakers, Paul Sng and Celeste Bell have...
The Mission Bringing Their United European Party To The UK
The Mission are heading back on the road in 2020, crossing the continent on their United European Party tour. Apart from taking in countries from Germany, France, and Belgium to Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary, the band are playing an extensive number of UK dates. "We,...
