Phoenix: Night At The Museum
For their seventh album, Phoenix decided to put the art into art-pop, decamping to the Louvre to create a record steeped in experimentation and forward-motion.
November 23, 2022 5:00pm
Interviews
Deadletter: “I don’t like the idea of painting a fairytale landscape. The reality is that shit is hard sometimes”
Injecting a healthy dose of danceability to their gritty post-punk grooves, DEADLETTER are already branching out into unexpected realms.
November 21, 2022 3:00pm
Cleaning Up: Dry Cleaning
Since their acclaimed debut album, Dry Cleaning have been on a giddy upwards trajectory. While the world around the London quartet has changed, ‘Stumpwork’ is as singularly idiosyncratic as ever.
November 18, 2022 12:00pm
Kynsy: “I have a feeling the next bunch of songs are going to be really weird”
From indie beginnings, the Dublin musician is branching out into ever-more-experimental new territory.
November 16, 2022 11:37am
Heaven Sent: Gabriels
Bringing together three unlikely musical bedfellows, the rise and rise of Gabriels is proof that - as frontman Jacob Lusk tells us - “there are more things that make us alike than make us different”.
November 16, 2022 11:25am
In The Studio… Shame
For the band’s upcoming third album, Shame have prioritised collaboration and made an interconnected ode to friendship.
November 15, 2022 5:00pm
Where The Heart Is: Big Joanie
Exploring ideas of connection and roots via their most sonically progressive work yet, Big Joanie are twisting punk to their own mould.
November 11, 2022 1:00pm
Black Honey talk new album ‘A Fistful Of Peaches’: “I just want to make the music I needed to hear as a kid”
Around the announce of the Brighton quartet’s third album, we caught up with the band’s Izzy Phillips.
November 9, 2022 11:27am
Modern Fairytales: Connie Constance
Mixing mystical musings with real life concerns, Connie Constance is embodying the spirit of ‘Miss Power’ in all its myriad ways.
November 9, 2022 10:00am
Heavy Is The Heart: Young Fathers
Young Fathers stand as one of the most creative, boundaryless bands of their generation. Now, with fourth LP ‘Heavy Heavy’, they’re channelling it into a record that puts human connection at the fore.
November 7, 2022 5:00pm
Tropical Gothclub: “I never intended to make a record”
With a CV that boasts some of the 21st Century’s most illustrious rock titans, Dean Fertita spills on what drove him to pursue new ‘solo’ outlet Tropical Gothclub.
November 4, 2022 2:15pm
Dead Pony: “We want to make music that’s powerful and angry”
Going back to their alternative roots, Glasgow quartet Dead Pony are making primal rock designed to stir up the party.
November 2, 2022 3:00pm
Humour: “Our songs had to become a more stressful, unpleasant thing before we made something interesting”
Carving out a neurotic niche of unhinged indie, you’d be wise to get a sense of Humour sooner rather than later.
November 1, 2022 11:08am
Special Interest: “We’re just original rockers”
Having set the underground alight for some years with their incendiary dance-punk, the New Orleans group are dreaming big with ‘Endure’.
October 24, 2022 4:00pm
Lowertown: “It’s nice to hear people who embrace a manic way of living”
In five short years, Atlanta’s Lowertown have graduated from high school classrooms to the Dirty Hit roster. On their debut album ‘I Love To Lie’, the duo are expanding their horizons even further.
October 21, 2022 2:00pm
Architects: Fighting With Shadows
Over the last sixteen years, Architects have faced more than their fair share of hardship; on their tenth album, they’re diving headfirst into the darkness and pushing to evolve even further.
October 20, 2022 5:00pm
Fazerdaze: “Writing and recording this EP felt like letting go”
Amelia Murray talks imposter syndrome, new project ‘Break!’ and what comes next.
October 19, 2022 3:00pm
Big Big Love: The Big Moon
Taking third album ‘Here Is Everything’ out on the road, we join The Big Moon for a rollercoaster of new motherhood, missing gear and much more besides.
October 19, 2022 2:41pm
Independent Woman: Tove Lo
Tove Lo fills us in on everything ‘Dirt Femme’ and beyond.
October 18, 2022 4:00pm
Crack Cloud: The Bright Side of Life
Having explored the depths of darkness on debut album ‘Pain Olympics’, the Vancouver collective tell us about looking at things from a sunnier angle on its fantastic follow-up, ‘Tough Baby’.
October 17, 2022 3:00pm
Home & Away: Alvvays
After five years away, Alvvays’ third album ‘Blue Rev’ speaks to the past, present and future of a band making their most ambitious music yet.
October 17, 2022 2:07pm
Blaze Of Glory: Mykki Blanco
Mykki Blanco has spent a career creating their own path and leading by innovative example. On indie-leaning new LP ‘Stay Close to Music’, they’re offering up yet more surprises.
October 14, 2022 4:00pm
The Circle of Life: Sorry
Staring down the big questions and tackling existentialism in their own idiosyncratic way, ‘Anywhere But Here’ is showing the world a new, evolved Sorry.
October 14, 2022 2:00pm
Normal People: Gilla Band
Dublin’s Gilla Band (fka Girl Band) have never been ones to pander. On ‘Most Normal’, they’re embracing that ethos fully with an art-for-art’s-sake record that stretches from the silly to the sublime.
October 12, 2022 3:16pm
Stay Positive: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Returning with their first album in nearly a decade, ‘Cool It Down’ is here to remind the world that no one does it quite like Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
October 10, 2022 5:00pm