There’s a certain kind of song that feels like it slipped through a crack in time; too polished to be underground, yet too emotionally complex to be pure nostalgia. ‘Our Penance’, the latest offering from Still Ruins, sits squarely in that gorgeous in-between, glowing like a rediscovered artefact from another era yetContinue Reading
Some bands chase scale with volume. Intercontinen7al chase it with vision, and that’s why ‘Love Is Everywhere’ hits like sunlight breaking through cloud cover. The globe-spanning collective are nearing the final chapter of their extraordinary experiment, yet instead of looking inward, their new single stretches its arms wider than ever. ‘Love IsContinue Reading
Jane Honor has always written with an old soul’s clarity, but ‘Bloodhungry’ feels like the moment she stops circling the wound and finally puts her finger on it. It’s a song that dares to say the quiet part out loud: that envy can devour you from the inside, and the only wayContinue Reading
Ottawa duo Wotts close out the year with one of their most intoxicating releases yet: ‘he spoke with conviction’, a shimmering mirage of a song that blurs the line between comfort and delusion. It’s psychedelic pop in soft focus; all warm and woozy on the surface, but carrying a quiet acheContinue Reading
Mercy Kelly aren’t simply easing back in, they’re kicking the doors clean off the hinges. ‘Out in the Night’ bursts out of Greater Manchester like a flare in the dark, the kind of triumphant, chest-thumping indie anthem that reminds you why guitars, sweat, and melody still matter. This is a band returningContinue Reading
Tiny Cities have always had a talent for bottling small truths, but ‘Body Cast’ is the moment they hold one up and let us see every fracture line. As the lead single from their upcoming EP ‘Beginning of the End’, the song is an indie-folk slow-burn that feels like examining a bruise youContinue Reading
There are Christmas songs that coat everything in sugar, and then there’s this; the brilliantly off-kilter winter woozy from Lee Feather and The Night Movers that swaps sleigh bells for sly grins, late-night wanderings, and a distinctly British brand of yuletide chaos. ‘Drugs for Christmas’ might arrive wrapped in mischief, butContinue Reading
There’s something indescribably moving about musicians reuniting after decades apart, especially when the reunion isn’t driven by industry pressure or nostalgia tours, but by the desire to make music together again. With ‘Christmastime’, the Nourallah Brothers step back into the room as if no time has passed at all, and yet theContinue Reading
If you’ve been waiting for a rock band to kick down the doors and roar about the modern world’s unravelling, CIRCUS have arrived with a blowtorch in hand. Their new single ‘Dog Hour Decline’ is a neon-lit middle finger to a culture spiralling into distraction and disconnection. From the moment the track starts, it crackles.Continue Reading
There’s something irresistible about a debut that already feels lived-in, a first chapter that arrives with a kind of trembling honesty. Elke Louie’s ‘Killing Time’ is exactly that: a soft, striking introduction from a Queensland songwriter whose voice carries the weight of reflection and the tenderness of someone learning toContinue Reading