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Wakefield indie-rock trio The Cribs have confirmed details of their first new album since 2017. Out on 13 November, it’s titled Night Network and is preceded by lead single Running Into You, which is available now and is accompanied by a video co-directed by Andy Knowles and Nick Scott.
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In his thirty-nine short years on this Earth, Jason Molina was unbelievably prolific. Between his output as Songs: Ohia and the transition into Magnolia Electric Co., as well as his solo work, Molina released sixteen albums, eight EPs, and a large volume of singles.
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It’s been a busy few months for American indie-folk ensemble Bon Iver. After dropping their single PDLIF (Please Don’t Live In Fear) in April, with all proceeds from the track going to Direct Relief, a company that is providing resources during the Coronavirus pandemic, they popped up again in July on exile, the second single from Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore, scoring their biggest hit in the USA to date as the song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Dublin indie-rock outfit Somebody’s Child have been attracting followers with their steady slew of single releases over the last few months, songs taken, for the most part, from 20-Something, this debut EP release which landed in early August.
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If you’ve not heard of singer-songwriter-producer-actor-global superstar Finneas, I can guarantee you will at least of heard of his sibling: Bille Eilish.
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Aussie pop-punk party starters Stand Atlantic are back with their second album, Pink Elephant, the sequel to 2018’s immensely enjoyable Skinny Dipping.
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Pop and RnB mainstay Brandy has dropped her first studio album in eight years, and it is her most personal and reflective offering to date. Her seventh release, the aptly titled “B7,” tackles some very real and deep issues. The singer has spoken of the album being cathartic, and almost a form of therapy for her own mental health challenges.
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You’ve probably heard about Catrin Vincent’s voice by now, even if you haven’t actually heard it. Since her band Another Sky emerged onto the scene, critics and music fans have been falling over themselves in amazement at the frightening, devastating, all-consuming highs and lows she reaches. The Guardian music critic Caroline Sullivan described it as “the strangest, most haunting voice I’ve heard in ages.” It is as otherworldly as you can imagine a human voice can be.
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Sam Smith’s latest single ‘My Oasis’ featuring Nigerian artist Burna Boy stands by its title; it is the perfect representation of the emotional ‘oasis’ that is found in the wake of love. Sam Smith’s voice is one of the most impassioned in the industry — moody, light, yet aching with emotion.
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Irish indie outfit The Coronas don’t have the most marketable of names given the current global situation – something they addressed in their recent interview with us – but that hasn’t stopped them from releasing their sixth studio album True Love Waits this week.Whether that’s a PR disaster or an ingenious bit of brand strategising, only time will tell.
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Everywhere you go, Billie Eilish’s name seems to be projected on every street corner, and talked about by just about everybody.
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Jon Anderson remains one of the most iconic voices and songwriters in prog rock. His more than forty-year history with Yes yielded some of the genre’s defining tracks, and saw the band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. Yet throughout his career, Anderson has constantly sought out other creative channels for his music, from working with the likes of King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, and Vangelis, to his own prolific solo career.
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Loveable West Coast punk troubadours NOFX and English folk-punk poet Frank Turner aren’t the most unlikely of bedfellows, but even so, a Frank Turner / NOFX split covers record must have turned some heads when it was announced.
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Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro have further whet their fans’ appetites for the upcoming release of their new album A Celebration Of Endings – due out on August 14th – by dropping a new single from the record, titled Weird Leisure. It’s a typical Biffy track, with rapid tempo changes, and a dizzying array of guitars and drums tunnelled out by frontman Simon Neil’s trademark voice.
