British-born Sam Wills is rapidly becoming one of the most hotly-tipped artists of the UK the neo-soul / r&b movement. His debut album ‘Breathe’ released in summer 2021 has clocked up well over 300 million streams worldwide with the single ’Traingazing’ becoming a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram. In the recent past Sam has… Read more »
The Belair Lip Bombs are Maisie Everett (Guitar & Vox), Mike Bradvica (Guitar), Jimmy Droughton (Bass) and Liam De Bruin (Drums), four close friends from a coastal town in Victoria, Australia called Frankston. The band has really hit their stride recently with the release of their debut album ‘Lush Life’. The record is 10 tracks… Read more »
Butcher Brown is a jazz-funk fusion band that blends jazz, hip-hop, funk, soul, and rock with elements of psychedelia and soul-jazz. The band’s latest album, Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey is a forward-thinking and expansive release on Concorde that deconstructs big band jazz and reshapes it in the band’s eclectic image. Their live show has… Read more »
In 2021, as the world looked like it was burning down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, Seattle-born rockstar Ayron Jones was achieving his dream. That’s when his song “Mercy,” from his debut major label record release, Child of the State, hit the No. 1 spot… Read more »
Sonically daring. Visually adventurous. Hypnotic art-punk with a bizarre post-punk edge. Six-piece ensemble Gut Health has emerged from the Naarm/Melbourne underground as one of Australia’s most compelling new acts. Backed by the leadership of their LGBTI-heavy band and peers, Gut Health harness an uncompromising ethos that both showcases and fosters open liberation and the healing… Read more »
A band born out of small towns and spare time. Scott and Oli have neighbouring studios at their building in East London and first began making music for the project together out of the desire to make something positive and unpolished in a scene where most music felt quite mellow and intimate. Throughout 2023, they… Read more »
Tiberius b’s sophomore EP DIN opens with the death of a friend. On “Delicate People,” thoughts race over silvery acoustic guitar riffs, articulating the many contradictions in loss—tears pour or vanish out of the blue, and existence is met with gratitude and disdain. Born in London but raised in rural Canada, these songs are an… Read more »
Ride return with the news of their seventh studio album, Interplay, out 29th March via Wichita Recordings / PIAS. The new record is the Oxford four piece’s third since reforming in 2014, having now been together longer in their current second phase than their original iteration as 90’s shoegaze pioneers. Co-produced by Ride and Claudius… Read more »
Loverman is the solo project of Anglo-Belgian artist James de Graef. On his debut record – simply titled “Lovesongs” – the deep-voiced songwriter reveals himself in a minimalist formula, where the guitar accompanies his twilight poetry. Following in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, Loverman evolves in a world of chiaroscuro, and delivers… Read more »
Good Morning are a band from Melbourne, Australia. Formed as a recording project in 2014 by Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, the band’s presence in their lives has expanded slowly but surely over the better part of a decade. Due in part to a few strokes of luck, and a mysteriously unflinching desire to write… Read more »