Alababster de plume
Nov 10

Alabaster dePlume and music to heal the soul

Alabaster dePlume new release To Cy & Lee: Instru­men­tals Vol 1 on Lost Map Records in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Chi­ca­­go-based avant-jazz label Inter­na­tion­al Anthem and the Total Refresh­ment Cen­tre in Lon­don. I had to check if this was the same Alabaster dePlume who sang a cou­ple of humor­ous songs at a Union Chapel day­time ses­sion I attend­ed. Although there could­n’t


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Nov 3

The Kids Are United – anti-bullying week video

The offi­cial video for Anti-Bul­­ly­ing Week 2020 is record­ed by CBee­bies pre­sen­ter Andy Day and his band Andy and the Odd Socks, the cov­er of Sham 69’s ‘The Kids Are Unit­ed’ fea­tures Princess K (who shared the stage with Stor­mzy at Glas­ton­bury 2019) and the Lib­era Choir with all pro­ceeds going to the Anti-Bul­­ly­ing Alliance. Stars of CBBC’s ‘Andy and


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As We Leave band
Nov 3

As We Leave release new single from upcoming EP

Psych-pop Isle of Wight band As We Leave have just released a new sin­gle from their upcom­ing debut EP, Every­thing to a Point, which will be released on 13 Novem­ber 2020. The new track is called Hope That Kills, a melan­choly and thought­ful num­ber with a floaty, wist­ful feel. It cer­tain­ly dis­plays the matu­ri­ty of


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singer Hjalte_Ross
Nov 2

Hjalte Ross shares latest track Thinking About You

If you haven’t heard Dan­ish singer song­writer Hjalte Ross before, Think­ing About You, his lat­est track, is a good place to start. Open­ing with an upbeat blast of brass that gives way to Ross’s sur­pris­ing­ly deep and soul­ful vocals, the path leads you fur­ther on into a gor­geous­ly expan­sive piano sec­tion. Think­ing About You takes


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Ed Cosens
Oct 26

Video just released for Ed Cosens new song ‘If’

Ed Cosens of Rev­erend & the Mak­ers released a sin­gle last week called If – it’s the first num­ber from his up-and-com­ing debut solo album, For­tunes Favour, out on 29th Jan­u­ary 2021.  And now there’s a video to accom­pa­ny the song
 it is Part 1 of 4 of , a short film, to be released in


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Besnard lakes live
Oct 24

The Besnard Lakes announce a new album and share glorious track, Raindrops

It has been a thrill in these dark times to hear the announce­ment of new music from The Besnard Lakes. The Mon­tre­al band’s impend­ing album, to be unveiled 29 Jan­u­ary 2021, is titled – in their typ­i­cal prog-influ­enced style – The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thun­der­storm Warn­ings. I’ve been obsessed with


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Oct 19

Ed Cosens releases single ‘If’ ahead of solo album

Ed Cosens is step­ping out of the shad­ows to take cen­tre stage. If, his debut sin­gle, marks the start of an over­due solo career for the long­time lynch­pin of the Sheffield music scene. Best known as the guitarist/bassist and co-song­writer in Rev­erend & The Mak­ers, Ed has toured the world. With If, the first song writ­ten for


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Singer Luca Wilding
Oct 15

New Luca Wilding single: Ruby, Don’t Cry

The eager­ly await­ed new sin­gle by Luca Wild­ing called Ruby, Don’t Cry is released on Octo­ber 16th.  This lat­est track fea­tures the artists’ trade­mark emo­tive, falset­to vocals and poet­ic lyrics – the arrange­ment is beau­ti­ful in its sim­plic­i­ty, pulling the lis­ten­er into its dream­like qual­i­ty as the tale unfolds. The song will fea­ture on Luca’s first


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Firestations-band
Oct 9

Firestations release Small Island ahead of EP Automatic Tendencies

There’s a new sin­gle just out by alt-pop band Firesta­tions, called Small Island. The track is tak­en from their upcom­ing EP, due to be released on Novem­ber 6th on the Lost Map label. Small Island is the first instal­ment of a new mul­ti-EP project titled Auto­mat­ic Ten­den­cies â€“ the first of three EPs set to be released digitally


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Dark Tropics band
Sep 25

Moroccan Sun: new release from Dark Tropics

The Belfast duo Dark Trop­ics describe their sound as pop noir. And if you check out their brand new sin­gle Moroc­can Sun and its accom­pa­ny­ing sum­mer-vibe filled video, you’ll get the mes­sage. There’s a sun­ny but very sul­try thing going on. Sum­mer mem­o­ries linger on
 with touch­es of regret and sad­ness in the mix. Isn’t


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