Apr 20

Other Side Psych Weekender

Annu­al psych week­ender by Oth­er Side Pro­mo­tions takes place at The Stron­groom Bar, Shored­itch, on 19th and 20th Sep­tem­ber with Kun­gens Man, The Jan­i­tors and Ver­stark­er on Fri­day. On Sat­ur­day it’s Fire­friend, Dead Sea Apes, Kom­by­nat Robot­ron, Bike, Parasta­t­ic, Amon Acid and Auto­haus. Live visu­als by Dwave­hed. Tyne­side band Parasta­t­ic played in Feb­ru­ary, show­cas­ing their…

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Apr 15

Love to be… festival, Harrogate

Leg­endary house music brand, Love to be… is back for an all-day cel­e­bra­tion of house music in the lush green set­ting of The Stray in Har­ro­gate on Sat­ur­day, 6th Sep­tem­ber. Build­ing on the suc­cess of last year’s sell­out debut, this edi­tion turns the dial up with a bold line-up, spec­tac­u­lar pro­duc­tion and 11 hours of non-stop music across two stages and a VIP area from leg­ends and pioneers…

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Apr 8

Lael Neale dreamy new single Down on the Freeway

Indie singer-song­writer Lael Neale’s lat­est offer­ing Down on the Free­way from her upcom­ing album is a cap­ti­vat­ing and per­son­al explo­ration of Los Ange­les, accom­pa­nied by a self-direc­t­ed video that’s just as entranc­ing. Down on the Free­way cap­tures the pulse of con­tem­po­rary LA, the city Lael returned to after spend­ing three years back in rur­al Virginia…

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Apr 5

Ireland’s Side 4 Collective fresh new single “Me and Vincent”

Fresh, vibrant and with a youth­ful ener­gy, ‘Me & Vin­cent’ via AMS Records bursts onto the aur­al land­scape com­mand­ing to be heard. With a play­ful pos­i­tiv­i­ty, this new release is a ‘love let­ter to the urban and sub­ur­ban com­mu­ni­ties of Dublin’.  Side 4 col­lec­tive is spear­head­ed by Irish drum­mer Dave Hinger­ty who has record­ed with renowned artists…

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Apr 4

Magnetic Skies unveil new single and shows

Syn­th­pop, dark­wave band Mag­net­ic Skies have been work­ing on a new sin­gle for spring. A Place on Earth is released on Fri­day 4th April and there are two upcom­ing shows. The sin­gle fea­tures Mag­net­ic Skies’ sig­na­ture vin­tage synth sound over­laid with vocal­ist Simon Ken­t’s dra­mat­ic and doomy vocals. There’s also a strik­ing mono­chro­mat­ic video – below.…

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Mar 28

Review: Seattle band Great Grandpa new album Patience, Moonbeam

Five-piece Seat­tle band Great Grand­pa may not be a house­hold name in the UK but hope­ful­ly their next album out 28th March called Patience, Moon­beam, on Run For Cov­er records, will help rem­e­dy that. Great Grand­pa are a reward­ing band to lis­ten to. That’s part­ly down to Alex Men­ne’s warm, coun­try-lean­ing vocals that ani­mate the…

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Mar 25

Ultimate summer festival guide 2025

It’s our favourite time of year… we’re dream­ing of fresh green fields, flags wav­ing in the gen­tle breeze, bands start­ing up on stage and a cosy tent to snug­gle into at night. Here’s our UK fes­ti­vals cal­en­dar with an empha­sis on inde­pen­dents – and many of them come with per­son­al rec­om­men­da­tions. On a sad note,…

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Mar 23

Terry Bickers and The Inner Spiral gigs and new music

Ter­ry Bick­ers, leg­endary founder mem­ber and gui­tarist of House of Love fame has announced three inti­mate shows and there’s new music – under wraps for now – to come too. The orig­i­nal band’s phe­nom­e­nal first album House of Love in 1990 still sounds as fresh now as it did on its release – tracks like Shine…

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Mar 21

Mogwai and Lankum for South Facing Festival

Two phe­nom­i­nal acts are con­firmed for a South Fac­ing Fes­ti­val dou­ble bill at Crys­tal Palace Park – Mog­wai and Lankum. The two acts will com­ple­ment each oth­er per­fect­ly and this is one sum­mer evening not to miss. This exclu­sive event marks Mogwai’s only UK sum­mer appear­ance and Lankum’s only Lon­don show of 2025. With eleven acclaimed…

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Mar 20

Mien (Black Angels and Elephant Stone) tour UK

Psych Krautrock band Mien – mem­bers include Black Angels Alex Maas and Rishi Dhir of Ele­phant Stone – is return­ing to tour the UK in May, and we could­n’t be more excit­ed. Mien mem­ber Rishi Dhir is lead vocal­ist plus gui­tar and sitar play­er with his oth­er band Ele­phant Stone who have toured the UK…

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