New Music

ALBUM: Chastity Belt ‘Time to Go Home’

After the unexpected success of their debut album No Regerts, Chastity Belt – four friends who met in a tiny college town in Eastern Washington, before reconnecting in Washington – are back with their new album, Time to Go Home….

Ones To Watch: The Sherpas

Sometimes, just sometimes, a band comes along so different to the current soundscape that all you can do is sit up and listen. Exeter band The Sherpas are just that. Combining charming vocals, charming melodies and energetic guitar riffs, they…

Introducing Interview: Beach Slang

Fresh from a US tour with Cursive, and labelled as “best new band of the year” by Noisey, it would seem things are going pretty well for Philadelphia three-piece, Beach Slang. Having just put out their first UK release, and about…

Ones To Watch: The Parrots

Spanish girl group Hinds (formerly Deers) stole the hearts of a million indie kids when they emerged in a haze of scruffy guitar-pop sass, red lippy and reverb-heavy, surf harmonies last year; now their close mates The Parrots have boarded…

NEW TRACK: IDLEWILD – ‘EVERY LITTLE MEANS TRUST’

‘Every Little Means Trust’ is the third single taken from Idlewild‘s eighth album Everything Ever Written, which was released in February via Empty Words. With vocals and guitar flowing in harmony, this love song transports me to a place where…

DC Breaks – Faithless feat. Bianca

Drum’n’bass stalwarts DC Breaks have been on the scene for a few years now, but with the path laid down by big D’n’B hits from DJ Fresh & Sigma, they are primed for some mainstream success. This big new tune…

EP: Girl Friend ‘Arrive Alone, Leave Alone’

Rating: Manchester’s Girl Friend are getting the right attention at the moment, having featured as one of The Guardian’s much coveted ‘New Band Of The Week’ and getting themselves on the XFM playlist. The title of the latest EP takes…