Music

By Daniel Mackenzie (@EkcaLiena) Another year reaches the point where wind is not welcome relief from sun but a frown-inducing reminder of the coming cold, and another brand new festival arrives on the shores of Brighton. 2014 saw the one-day experimental sound and performance art extravaganza that was Fort Process; this year Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival seeks to address the heinous mainstream festival mislabelling that has irked followers of the genre's more faithful shades. BAJF will somewhat prestigiously occupy The Old...

Jemima Surrender's Millie doesn't seem to have much luck on dinner dates. The grunge-pop trio's latest video sees the band's lead playing host to a gallery of unusual guests, most of whom are severely lacking in table manners. Take a look below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfvOP8yq7Xg&feature=youtu.be 'Or Anyone' is the second track to be revealed from their forthcoming debut album, The Uninhabited World, due for release on 19th October. The album launch will take place at the Louisiana on 22nd October, where Jemima Surrender will...

By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) Savageness isn’t a word you’d want affiliated with yourself, but Yannis and co. embrace that very nature on fourth album What Went Down. It isn’t until you hear all ten songs that you understand their desire to be so brutal. As they honed hard-hitting rock on Holy Fire, Foals have never looked back from the wilderness. The title track opener is unforgiving to the eardrums as the battering ram cacophony of Oxford’s finest break down walls...

By Michelle Ryan (@ShellRyan33) Infinity Girl may not be the hottest name on everyone’s lips right now but give it a minute and you’ll be glad you stopped by to check them out. The group emerged in 2012 with their Stop Being On My Side album before releasing an EP later that same year, starting to build buzz around their noise. Their sound became decidedly experimental and deviant. Now, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston band have taken another turn in their musical navigations...

Swedish garage pop project Boys (AKA Nora Karlsson from HOLY) are set to release their first EP. Kind Of Hurt is slated for a 25th September release date through PNKSLM Recordings. Whet your appetite for its lo-fi garage and melodious pop with lead single 'Ever Before' which you can listen to below.

Blacklisters, the Leeds quartet who were once described as 'Mclusky being Pulled Apart By Horses' by NME, are putting the finishing touches to their latest release, Adult.  Before the release (18th September, get it down on a post-in somewhere) the band decided to head up to Greenmount Studio to thrash out a live performance of 'I Knock Myself Out'. Have a watch below. If you like what you hear Adult will be released via Smalltown America (home of Jetplane Landing, USA...

Trolls, whether they claim craggy woodland and moist caves as their home or the dark caverns of the internet, have always been a blight on society, fictional or otherwise. Has a definitive troll-slaying method ever been developed? We're not sure, but Sun Club seem to have the right idea giving them a good smashing in their video for 'Tropicoller Lease'. Sunshine pop meets off-kilter alt as the band's frolicking turns to frenzy, the pink-haired creatures arriving to disrupt an idyllic summer...

Robocop, Leatherface, He-Man and a rather sinister xenomorph all star in the latest apocalyptic video from synthwave crew Gunship. Events unfold in a Claymation wasteland, brought to grisly life by award-winning animator/director Lee Hardcastle (The ABC’s of Death, ). It's a loving homage to iconic 80's do-gooders and big-bads with a razor-sharp cyberpunk soundtrack to score the carnage. Gunship's new album is out now via Horsie in the Hedge available to order here.

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent The BBC Symphony Orchestra is to perform at the Sibelius Festival in Finland to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Unique celebrations will take place over a week from 31st August – 6th September at the 16th Sibelius festival to honour the distinguished composer’s life and work.  Visitors can enjoy six orchestral concerts directed by the renowned conductors Okko Kamu, Osmo Vänskä, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo and Leif Segerstam performed...