Hookworms

Hookworms announce split following abuse allegations against frontman Matthew Johnson

The singer, known as MJ, has released a statement denying the allegations made against him.

1st November 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms announce ‘Microshift Remixes EP’ and new UK/EU shows

Listen to a Luke Abbott remix of 'Ullswater'.

10th October 2018, 12:00am

Positive space: Hookworms

Despite being dealt their fair share of bad luck in the last two years, turns out a little distance was just what Hookworms needed. “It’s important to remember the positives," they tell Joe Goggins.

2nd August 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms whip the Brudenell into a frenzy at Leeds headline gig

They're a band not concerned with hiding anymore.

3rd June 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms announce four UK shows

Ought, Factory Floor and Blanck Mass will play with the band across the short run.

4th April 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms - Microshift

4 Stars

It bristles with life and never sits still.

2nd February 2018, 7:57am

Hookworms share new track ‘Each Time We Pass’, featuring Virginia Wing’s Alice Merida Richards

Cathartic, abstract and certainly treading off the beaten path.

31st January 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms share ‘Static Resistance’

It's the second track taken from 'Microshift', out next month.

10th January 2018, 12:00am

Hookworms - Negative Space

The band return with a track you can’t help but dive head first into.

2nd November 2017, 12:00am

Hookworms announce new album ‘Microshift’

The record, out on 2nd February, is being previewed by new single 'Negative Space'.

1st November 2017, 12:00am

Hookworms’ MJ shares new song as Family Scraps

It joins 'It Follows' for a Too Pure Singles Club release.

24th November 2016, 12:00am

Los Campesinos! announce Hookworms, Trust Fund and Slow Club for their Us vs. Them Leeds bonanza

The band are 'curating' a festival at the Brudenell Social Club next month.

1st November 2016, 12:00am

Feature

There’s no place like Suburban Home: producer MJ shows us around his rebuilt studio

After the Christmas floods destroyed MJ's riverside studio, he rebuilt the entire thing from scratch. Half a year on, he gives us a guided tour.

9th August 2016, 12:00am

WALL, Hookworms and Local Natives among first acts for Beacons Metro

The series of gigs take place across October and November in Leeds.

10th June 2016, 12:00am

MJ Hookworms shares new Family Scraps song ‘Ourselves’

It’s the third song MJ has put out under the new solo moniker.

8th March 2016, 12:00am

Hookworms release ‘Live Vol. III’ album

Digital release was recorded at Salford’s Islington Mill.

29th October 2015, 12:00am

Factory Floor, Hookworms and East India Youth among Beacons Metro additions

Seven new dates at Headrow House, Leeds, have been announced, with Son Lux, Lonelady and Traams also set to appear.

3rd July 2015, 12:00am

Hookworms & Factory Floor added to Liverpool Psych Fest

The Heads, Jacco Gardner and Jane Weaver have all been added to the line-up.

24th April 2015, 12:00am

Field Day 2015 promises to be the most hyped, surprise-filled year in the fest’s history

From outlandish collaborations to the DIY stage, here’s why we’re already counting down to June’s first weekend.

22nd April 2015, 12:00am

Savages, Shura, Hookworms & more to play DIY Shacklewell Arms Stage at Field Day 2015

Victoria Park, London fest runs across the 6th-7th June weekend.

21st April 2015, 12:00am

Hookworms mesmerise at London headline gig

It’s on stage that Hookworms’ craftsmanship takes on a whole new life.

28th March 2015, 12:00am

Hookworms to release ‘Retreat’ as a single

‘The Hum’ favourite is coming out this May.

17th March 2015, 12:00am

Hear a Hookworms remix of Ghostpoet’s ‘Off Peak Dreams’

The original features on his new album, out this week.

6th March 2015, 12:00am

Eagulls, Hookworms, Swim Deep, Tobias Jesso Jr. to play Live at Leeds 2015

May fest also host Gaz Coombes, Slaves and The Thurston Moore Band.

2nd February 2015, 12:00am