Album Review: The Blood Arm ‘Bomb Romantics (2026 Remaster)’
Some records arrive polished and fully formed. Others sound like they were held together by cheap beer, nervous energy and the sheer conviction that starting a band might be preferable….
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Album Review: Sailing Stones ‘Slow Magic’
A woozy, richly textured meditation on the strange elasticity of becoming someone new… Time moves strangely on Slow Magic. It stretches, folds in on itself and occasionally seems to disappear….
fistpump! release explosive debut single ‘Toyota Hellfire’!
Birmingham-based quartet fistpump! burst onto the scene with the release of their explosive debut single Toyota Hellfire out now. Combining midwest emo with post-hardcore soundscapes, Toyota Hellfire is oozing with grit, energy and nostalgia throughout. Already a….
Single Review: ‘I AM PROUD – in tribute to Sojourner Truth’ by The I AM PROUD Collective
Released in alignment with International Women’s Day, ‘I AM PROUD – in tribute to Sojourner Truth‘ is both a song and a statement. Led by Bristol-based songwriter Lizi Morse, the….
Jarmila Xymena Gorna releases bilingual art-rock single Escape – Dihangfa
Enchanting singer songwriter and composer Jarmila Xymena Gorna has unveiled her bilingual art-rock number, Escape – Dihangfa. Produced by Gorna, dressed acoustically by Grammy award winners George Murphy and Stuart….
The Blood Arm reunite to digitally release their 2004 debut album ‘Bomb Romantics’ on 17th July 2026!
Formidable quartet The Blood Arm have reunited to digitally release their 2004 debut album BombRomantics, available again for the first time in over twenty years on 17th July 2026. The first single to be….
RITUAL UNION 2026 ANNOUNCE FINAL WAVE OF ARTISTS!
The final wave is an eclectic mix of cutting-edge talent, including: BEAKS · DEAD DADS CLUB · DISGUSTING SISTERS · DOGSBODY · GIA FORD ·GIRL IN THE YEAR ABOVE · LAVENDER….
Single Review: Rosina Buck ‘Telescope Love’
Rosina Buck has always written like someone peering through fogged glass; close enough to feel the warmth, distant enough to keep the mystery intact. On new single Telescope Love, she….
Single Review: TEll A ViSiON ‘IDLU’
With IDLU, Berlin-based genre-bender TEll A ViSiON enters a new and uncompromising phase of her artistic evolution. Built on dub-inflected bass, fuzz-heavy guitars and piercing, confrontational vocals, the track delivers….
EP Review: PELOWSKA – ‘END / START’
Edinburgh’s emerging trip-hop duo PELOWSKA don’t ease the listener in gently on their debut EP ‘END / START‘ — they plunge them straight into the deep water. Drawing on the….