by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #560 Fictonian – Full Circle Influence
Fictonian is a new project put together by researchers at the University of Phoenix in a bid to devise the perfect song. Locked in laboratories day and night with a handful of Fleetwood Mac albums they’ve been trying to determine…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #557 Flowers – Joanna
‘Lovely’. It’s one of those words, only one step removed from ‘nice’ that can seem underwhelming as a term of praise. But some things are just absolutely lovely in the best possible way, and on that list should be Flowers’…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #555 Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather
Steve Gunn, formerly of Kurt Vile’s Violators and more recently known for his album with Mike Cooper, returns with his latest solo effort Way Out Weather next month, and from what we’ve heard it should be the one that stops…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #549 Ellen & The Escapades – The One And Only
Maybe you hate the song, maybe you secretly love it, but everyone has an opinion on the definitive one-hit wonder from Chesney Hawkes. Now Ellen and the Escapades are here to change everything you thought you knew about ‘The One…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Exclusive Stream | Neil Holyoak – Rags Across The Sun
Canadian-American musician Neil Holyoak is primed to release his fifth LP, Rags Across The Sun, and we’re delighted to be able to bring you an exclusive stream of the record before it’s out next week. The Los Angeles native, who…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #543 Premiere | The Dunwells – Show Me Emotion
Leeds four-piece the Dunwells return early next month with their new EP Show Me Emotion and we’re dead chuffed to be able to let you have a first gander at the new video for the title track. In a bid…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Stream Eli August & The Abandoned Buildings’ A Heartache Suite EP
Chances are that if you came across Monday’s Song of the Day from Eli August & The Abandoned Buildings, you went away wanting to hear more. Well, you’re in luck, because now we can bring you an exclusive first listen…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
There’s something genuinely exciting about Benjamin Booker. An attitude, an edge, maybe a vulnerability too – a sense that it’s only just all holding together. You’re not going to relax much listening to his self-titled debut, worried that this incendiary…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #540 Eli August & The Abandoned Buildings – Although You’re Gone
We appreciate a band who lay their cards on the table, and Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings certainly do as much with the title of their upcoming EP. You’re not going to expect party numbers, uplifting anthems or merry…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #537 Passport To Stockholm – Imperfections
Having announced themselves with the Chemistry EP late last year, Passport To Stockholm are to return with what counts as their debut single. ‘Imperfections’ will get an official launch with a gig at the Barfly on September 16, but you…