Sep 13

Review: Emita Ox, second album by Hello Mary

The New York City-based, all-female indie trio Hel­lo Mary came togeth­er in 2019 – they’ve been build­ing a name for them­selves the US and are cur­rent­ly dip­ping their toe in the UK live cir­cuit. Hele­na Straight (guitar/vocals), Stel­la Wave (drums/vocals), and Mikaela Oppen­heimer (bass) are amass­ing plen­ty of inter­est with their fuzzed-out tracks that incorporate,…

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Sep 12

Thoughts on summer festivals 2024

It’s Sep­tem­ber and sum­mer is retreat­ing fast. This is what End of the Road fes­ti­val in Dorset is all about – offer­ing one final chance to prance about in a field, choose food from a won­der­ful array of ven­dors, chat to just about any­one, and queue up for the toi­let with a cup of sawdust.…

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Sep 5

Hello Mary to release second album Emita Ox 13th September

Ahead of the release of their sec­ond album Emi­ta Ox on Sep­tem­ber 13th via Frenchkiss Records, the young New York-based trio Hel­lo Mary have start­ed a run of shows in the UK. Their first was at End of the Road where they absolute­ly nailed it on stage and the crowd’s reac­tion and ensu­ing merch queue hinted…

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Sep 4

More names for Favourite Days festival – The Howlers, Arxx, Balancing Act and more

Favourite Days, the brand new Liv­er­pool fes­ti­val, adds new names to its ros­ter.  On 7 Novem­ber, The Howlers will head­line the Kaz Stock­room. The Lon­don desert-rock­­ers have carved out a fierce rep­u­ta­tion as one of the UK’s most thrilling live acts. The fol­low­ing night, Arxx bring their unpre­dictable and enthralling prowess to town. Bag a tick­et for Jacaran­da Baltic…

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Aug 27

All Points East 2024 photo gallery – Sunday

The clos­ing Sun­day at All Points East, on 25th August, was main­ly ded­i­cat­ed to retro indie bands for a wan­der down nos­tal­gia lane. Teenage Fan Club, The Lemon Twigs, Sleater-Kin­ney, The Postal Service/Death Cab for Cutie all played the East and West stages. The small­er stages at the cen­tre of the park most­ly fea­tured rising…

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Aug 24

All Points East: photo gallery Sofia Kourtesis, Newdad, Pixies, Jockstrap

It was a beau­ti­ful­ly sun­ny All Points East fes­ti­val at Vic­to­ria Park for the final Fri­day – with Sofia Kor­te­sis, Pix­ies, Joe God­dard, New­dad, Jock­strap, Nation of Lan­guage, Float­ing Points, Monobloc, Dove Ellis, Astral Bak­ers, Vagabon, The Kills and more. LCD Soundsys­tem head­lined with a per­for­mance that com­bined pow­er and emo­tion. All Points East festival,…

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Aug 22

Joe Goddard releases Harmonics Remixed album plus announces tour

Joe God­dard just released his new album Har­mon­ics Remixed on 22nd August. It fea­tures new track Weave plus remix­es from the likes of Black Sci­ence Orches­tra, Cos­mod­el­i­ca, East Coast Love Affair and Hilit Kolet. The twelve-inch release is set for Octo­ber 25th Apart from an upcom­ing UK tour, he is also play­ing London’s All Points East…

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Aug 6

The Go! Team remixes for 20th anniv album Thunder, Lightning, Strike

To cel­e­brate 20 years since The Go! Team’s clas­sic album Thun­der, Light­ning, Strike, the band have asked a range of artists they love and admire to remix, rework and refash­ion tracks from the album, with a new one being released month­ly. Fol­low­ing on from the likes of Cor­ner­shop, Louie Zong, lilien rosar­i­an and CV Vision, next up is  Los Bitchos, who provide…

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Jul 27

Photo gallery: Love Motion at South Facing Festival

The sun bathed the open­ing con­cert of the South Fac­ing fes­ti­val series in a gold­en glow. The crowd stepped up to the occa­sion bedecked in their fin­ery, ready to par­ty in the park to a run of DJs, with Grace Jones clos­ing the evening with her visu­al­ly and aural­ly stun­ning show. Much missed was Roisin…

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Jul 25

Indie folk singer Hazlett unveils new single Shiver

Indie-folk musi­cian Hazlett has just released his lat­est sin­gle called Shiv­er, tak­en from his upcom­ing EP, out 4th Octo­ber. This com­pletes his Good­bye to the Val­ley Low project. Shiv­er imme­di­ate­ly puts you into a con­tem­pla­tive and rest­ful head­space. Hazlet­t’s vocal style is wist­ful and steady, at times almost whis­pery, but there’s a strong emo­tive pull. The…

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