Panda Bear new track release Virginia Tech

Some­thing that press­es all our but­tons is Pan­da Bear’s new track Vir­ginia Tech, pre­vi­ous­ly only released on the B‑side of the 7‑inch of Sin­is­ter Grift’s lead sin­gle Defense. It’s a rich slab of psy­che­del­ic throw­back gor­geouse­ness fea­tur­ing Pan­da Bear’s dis­tinct­ly lay­ered vocals, a mes­meris­ing drum line and even a euphor­ic sitar-like wig-out at the end. It’s…

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Lael Neale reveals new album Altogether Stranger plus film and tour

Lael Neale uproot­ed her­self from her idyl­lic rur­al life in Vir­ginia and relo­cat­ed to Los Ange­les – and it’s a move she has made more than once, due to lock­down. Such an extreme shift has pro­voked feel­ings of alien­ation and dis­con­nec­tion. Lael’s new album Alto­geth­er Stranger, her third with Sub Pop, delves into and tries…

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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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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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Pale Blue Eyes: new album, ‘New Place’ out 7th March

We’re excit­ed to dis­cov­er Pale Blue Eyes are to release their third stu­dio album on 7th March. Titled New Place, to be released on the band’s Broad­cast Record­ings label, the work reflects a sub­stan­tial shift in the band’s lives, both geo­graph­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly. The lat­est album includes two guest musi­cians who have fea­tured in the…

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Sparks release single, reveal album and tour

Sparks fans have plen­ty to be hap­py about in 2025. The broth­ers Ron and Rus­sell Mael have a new sin­gle out and there’s news about a tour and album to come. Tick­ets go on gen­er­al sale on Fri­day 7th Feb­ru­ary. Pre­sales start Wednes­day 5th Feb­ru­ary. Sparks new sin­gle is called Do Things My Own Way – by way of…

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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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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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The Chameleons winter tour now includes Membranes for two shows

Mem­branes added to Chameleons tour. Look­ing way ahead, if you can bear to think of it, there’s the per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to leave pre-Xmas mania aside and dip into the warm cocoon of a local venue to see The Chameleons plus – for Lon­don and Man­ches­ter only – Mem­branes. Pio­neer­ing post/punk band – CHAMELEONS – will…

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The Wedding Present celebrate Bizarro

The Wed­ding Present cel­e­brate the 35th anniver­sary of their sem­i­nal album Bizarro, and will be per­form­ing it live and in full at shows this autumn. They will also play hits from their back cat­a­logue. The shows will see the David Gedge-led indie leg­ends per­form­ing a 90-minute set that will include the 1989 album, togeth­er with…

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