First single ‘Porcupine’ is released today on Transgressive and Four-track EP MADDER! will be eleased October 3, 2025. ‘Porcupine’ is a song of a guy’s fascination with a woman who possesses, shall we say, a prickly personality, all to a verse with a highly infectious organ riff that yields to heavy guitars in the choruses.…
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Animal Collective are having a busier year than usual – as well as single releases Love on the Big Screen and Buddies on the Blackboard, they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark sixth studio album Feels with two new limited-edition formats via Domino: Feels 20th Anniversary is a reissue of the original album with a bonus disc…
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Hot Chip share two new remixes of Ready For The Floor – their highest charting single yet – by UK producer Mella Dee. On the Mella Dee Dub version, Mella Dee teases out the track to seven minutes focusing and slowing down Alexis Taylor’s singular vocals: “Do It Do It Do It Now.” whilst the Spanglecore Dub…
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Releasing his first new music in three years, UK musician Joe Hicks channels grief and confusion into the dramatic single Time is a Thief out 29th August. Having built his profile in the years leading up to his 2022 debut album The Best I Could Do at the Time, Joe Hicks has been praised for his solid songwriting…
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Celebrating 10 years as a recording project, Hello Cosmos return with a flurry of activity. They are back with a refreshed lineup and a lead track called Grind into the Shrine. There’s a second studio album on the way for release sometime in autumn. Check out their live shows too. Grind into the Shrine is the…
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We gathered once again at Glanusk Park in the beautiful mountains of the Brecon Beacons for Green Man – one of our favourite festivals of the year. Here’s a little roundup of our highlights. Thursday opened with a mini lineup that included W H Lung, making their second appearance at Green Man. It was a…
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It’s welcome news to hear of a brand new record label and the prospect of more emerging artists finding a foothold in the music industry. The label in question is Belfast-based label Confused Panda Records and they’ve announced their first signing, a young alt‑pop artist from Belfast called Wild Valentine. Rather than marketing himself via social…
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The sun blazed down on Kaleidoscope festival 2025 at Alexandra Palace, on one of the hottest days of the year. Annual one-day event Kaleidoscope has been designed to offer something for everyone – and as a family-friendly festival, you could say it delivers. For those visiting north London’s “Ally Pally” for the first time, the…
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Woof Woof! Pray to That is yet another great full-on track by Fat Dog. Energy levels at full pulse – the track is propelled at breakneck speed by an urgent four-to-the-floor beat. And there’s a suitably unhinged video to go with it. Front man Joe Love remains as cool on the video as he does when…
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Synthpop band Magnetic Skies launched their dramatic single Back To Life on 25th July. Their spring release ‘A Place on Earth’ was the first new track from the band since their debut album Empire Falling. Now Magnetic Skies unveil Back To Life – a powerful number that blends their signature synths, darkwave textures and euphoric beats. Sublimely anthemic, with…
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