New Music

Video Premiere: Practical Lovers – ‘Textbook Romance’

Jack Wiles and Mark Connell, aka Practical Lovers, create synth-filled pop songs that fuse together steady drum-machine beats with emotive melodies and deep, distinctive vocals. Creating sounds a little reminiscent of the likes of The Postal Service or White Lies,…

Discovery of the Week: BÊTE

Innovative and inventive band names are harder and harder to come up with. Using multiple letters or numbers to differentiate yourself is becoming the norm, for example Chvrches or even A$AP Rocky. However, this week’s discovery have gone a step further……

INTERVIEW: Venice Trip

With influences heralding from the likes of Temples, Kurt Vile and Pink Floyd, it’s no surprise that Venice Trip‘s debut EP ‘Look Forward’ generated great commercial and critical success. The band’s progressive stoner sound takes 60’s psychedelia hurtling into the…

New Track: Forever Never – ‘One Life’

Raucous guitar lines complimented by passionate moodiness – Forever Never’s ‘One Life’ is a swirling celebration of excitement. Managing to create a hybrid of menacing, metallic rock, Forever Never, are a five-piece hailing from Essex.  Moulding their uniquely dark sound…

EP: Paul Wilkes – ‘Patterns’

If you’re looking for that rare moment of tranquillity which is becoming increasingly hard to find, Paul Wilkes’ latest EP Patterns might bring you one step closer to it. Following on from his debut release, River Running With Me, Wilkes has…

EP: Charlotte Carpenter ‘The Fault Line’

Rating: If you’re looking for a sound which encompasses self-awareness and resilience, look no further than Charlotte Carpenter. Carpenter is a new, yet experienced, writer of the blues, and has toured alongside Marika Hackman, George Ezra, and Ethan Johns. Her latest…

Tracks Of The Week – 18.11.15

It’s been a while since Fever released their last single, but as their latest track ‘Sucker’ proves, it’s been anything but unproductive. Gritty, raw and driven, ‘Sucker’ is, quite frankly, a bloody good grunge track. It not only carries the…

TRACK: HAWK – ‘Once Told’

Following ‘Glass’ – their previous release which focused on the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland – HAWK are back with ‘Once Told’, yet another track with activism at its core. This time the focus is on Ireland’s abortion laws and wider…