Music

TLE have had ears on Rolo Tomassi's upcoming album, the cheerily-titled Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It, and to say we're impressed with what's coming our way is an understatement. For listeners who might have felt a little put off by the band's penchant for bewildering time signatures and throat-shredding vocals, allow latest single 'Aftermath' to entice you back into the fray. The band have just released the video for the track, which is the second single to be...

January is typically a bit of a dead zone for releases - not so in 2018. Who could have seen this lot coming? First off, The Breeders are back and sounding just wonderful with that inimitable Kim Deal drawl. Jay Som, who released probably our favourite album of 2017 in Everybody Works, has been back to the bedroom to work on some new tunes, which we'll be keeping an eagle-eye out for. And Justin Timberlake released an absolute banger -...

There was something about the phrase “thoughtless obsolescence” that had got me thinking ahead of To Kill A King’s final tour date at Islington Assembly Hall. The term was used by the band in our pre-gig chat to describe the “lost and unsatisfied” feelings that seem to have become the catchphrase for our current political and sociological climate. It joins a school of ‘obsoletist’ lines like “If half the world's gone mad the other half just don't care” and, my...

Southbank Centre has announced the first names from the Spring contemporary music season, with an array of shows spanning soul, jazz, electronica, folk, flamenco, folk and indie and featuring performances from the very best emerging artists through to revered veterans. In April 2018, to celebrate the reopening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room after a two year refurbishment, Southbank Centre presents events from the UK’s finest contemporary composers and performers. On 13 and 14 April, the emerging voices...

Mamas Gun have today share the new video for recent single ‘London Girls’ - the video, which features a female parkour artist crossing iconic London spots such as Southbank, The Square Mile and Trafalgar Square, arrives following details of the quintet’s new album, Golden Days, which is set for release via Candelion on May 18, 2018. ‘London Girls’ holds a salient place for frontman and founder of the band, Andy Platts. “I wanted to write a London song” says the singer, “for most of my career, I’ve been making...

Rising Leeds band Fizzy Blood have revealed the new video for their single ADHD. The track is written from the experiences of guitarist Paul Howells, who is diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Created by Richard Biggs and Jolyon White, the team behind Channel 4’s 2016 campaign We’re the Superhumans, the video gives viewers an insight to living with ADHD, visually depicting hyperactivity and inattention. The condition affects up to 5% of children and can often go undiagnosed, even in...

2018 welcomes a brand new festival, POP PUNK PILE UP FESTIVAL that will take place at The Venue in Selby from the 27th - 29th April 2018. The line-up already boasts the likes of The King Blues, Room 94 andThe Bottom Line, plus a secret headliner still to announce. The weekend promises some heavy rock and alternative acts too, as well as some of the best pop punk acts the UK has the offer Having tickets priced at just £25 for a day and £40 for the weekend, they are not...

To kick off 2018, Hookworms, have shared the new video for ‘Static Resistance’ - the latest track from their forthcoming album, Microshift, due for release on February 2nd 2018. On ‘Static Resistance’, the band have said: “Static Resistance is the oldest track on the album, we wrote and recorded the first version of it early 2015, not very long after The Hum had been released. It's one of only two pre-flood songs on the record. It’s a song about the...

There's a new Jeff Rosenstock record. Since when? Since now, that's when! Jeff Rosenstock wrote POST- in a double-wide trailer in the Catskill Mountain town of East Durham, the snow-covered hills surrounding him like a landscape of blank pages. The serene, empty space was a big change of scenery for a guy who bounces around the world like a human comet, playing super-catchy, super-devastating shout-alongs to dedicated fans around the world. "2017 kinda felt like the year when we snuck...