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John J. Presley is back, and as expected he's brought the down-tuned, doom-laden electric blues with him. The new EP 'White Ink' is set to drop on 24th July, offering a fuzzy slice of modern blues, no doubt. It's going to be raw, recorded live over an 8-hour session to capture the authentic feel of a John J. Presley show, a mix of delta blues and Mogwai-inspired dissonance. Get a taste of what's to come below with 'Come Calling', the first...

Zoe Lyons is currently touring her critically acclaimed solo show, Mustard Cutter, direct from last year's Edinburgh Fringe. It's packed full of her trademark high energy, brilliantly observed routines and sharply written material. We grabbed five minutes with the award-winning comic to chat about how she got started in London, and how important it is to keep the arts accessible. I attended The Poor School in London. It was the only way I could afford to go on and take a two-year course...

Fan of the Postal Service? Chances are you recognise Laura Burhenn then, who's back with her third album with The Mynabirds. 'Lovers Know' is released on 7th August and is the future-retro  bastard child of Kate Bush and The Jesus Mary Chain. If you want to hear exactly what that sounds like check out new single 'Wildfire' below. The Mynabirds will also be swinging by for a London show at the Islington on 5th August, so get to the capital...

By Declan Roberts (@DeclanMR) When a new London band strikes the scene every journalist around tries to catch a grip on what sort of genre they play into. A band exists to be pigeonholed. For Wolf Alice however, no one can really put a finger on it. The first two EPs featured calm and catchy singalongs. At that point, they were regularly placed under the unimaginative banner of “indie”. But a debut album is an opportune moment to shift perceptions....

Copenhagen’s Baby In Vain are back with their ferocious new track ‘Muscles'. Imagine a plugged in, tweaked out, stoner Girlpool and you're about halfway there. Check it out below. The band are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut album, due for release later this year, and will be heading out on tour this summer. Baby In Vain Tour Dates Friday 10th July Kanonrock Festival, Norway Saturday 11th July Måkeskrik Festival, Norway Friday 17th July Bukta Tromso Open Air,...

Telepathe have revealed a video for 'Night Spell', the new single taken from their second album Destroyer - due for release via the band’s own label BZML on 7th August, 2015. It's a hazy leotard nightmare in an excellent kind of way. Discussing the accompanying video the band say: “Night’s Spell” is a fantasy of being in love for a minute. It’s a really unfortunate problem we have as humans, projecting ideals and desires onto someone, and that someone will never measure...

By Hannah Claire Pinnock, Arts Critic As a big ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fan, it was with great excitement that I recently attended this immersive production of Lewis Carroll’s classic. Reworked by Les Enfants Terribles to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the story, the experience did not disappoint. Entering the production, deep in the vaults under Waterloo station was a surreal experience. The creation began slowly as we cautiously entered unknown rooms with only the group of twenty five audience...

By Will Bateman (@WillBateman6611) Donald Cumming's career began at the peak of the post-Strokes/Libertines/Killers indie-pandemic with New York hipsters The Virgins and their self-titled debut. They subsequently strayed into more 80's-pop territory with their second outing Strike Gently, after unsurprisingly signing to indie king Julian Casablancas' Cult Records and surprisingly splitting soon there-after. Climbing clear of the wreckage two years later Cumming has re-emerged with Out Calls Only. Here, he takes the notably personal subject matter of the ending of his marriage...

Brad Oberhofer is back! The New York based musician will release his new album 'Chronovision' on August 21st through Glassnote Records. - This is the second album for the 24 year old, who released his debut Time Capsules II in 2012. A lot has happened since; he's played Letterman and Lollapalooza, toured with Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian and Matt & Kim, offered daily mediations on his Bandcamp page and created thousands of piano pieces for fans and friends. He's also just announced a couple of London shows for next month,...