“Afrobeats tug at an ostinato bass line and Ms Doolittle's bright vocals bounce along syncopated rhythms, boldly reminding you why they can't be ignored" – THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“If you can watch this video without looking away, flinching, or gasping you're made of tougher stuff than us" – NOISEY

We met up with the guys in their hometown and decided it would be rather rock n' roll if we hired a rowing boat and conducted the interview on the river by the Royal Shakespeare Company building (as you do). We waved to a few fans and chatted about singing dogs, Chris De Burgh and quad bike related accidents, here's how we got on....

My mid August new music podcast is now available to check out on mix cloud.com, see below for the playlist....

Cascadian third-wave indie progressive chamber folk-roots

New Single – ‘Cocoon’ - September 15

Debut Album- The Balcony – September 15

London Koko – November 7 – SOLD OUT

The Damned and The BossHoss have been confirmed as the special guests for Mortörhead’s UK shows in November.

“powerful and confident” – The Line Of Best Fit

“strident electro-pop with a twist” – Pitchfork

“if tunes as epic as this keep coming things could quickly become very serious indeed” – Pop Justice

“simple, stark and stunning” – V Magazine

Though somewhat atypical for a group rooted in country to find success in the UK, it is par for the course when it comes to the unlikely group Jess and the Bandits. The Bandits met BBC Radio 2 favourite Jessica Clemmons, the opening act, during a 2012 tour while playing with The Overtones and instantly bonded over their mutual love of Country Music.

Forthcoming Release: Hope For The Hopeless
Released: 25th August 2014 (Digital) Vinyl to follow.
Label: In At The Deep End Records

On September 15th Tribazik release the brilliant single ‘Tools Of Mass Creation’, from their dynamic, Data Warfare album.

“He makes great music” – Netsky

“His singing is lovely” – Harry Styles

“Required listening” – Don’t Need No Melody Blog

Plus self-produced, self-titled new album out on September 8th.

Andy O'Neill is a guitar playing singing person who resides in London, we caught up with him and chatted about David Cameron's iPod, playing gigs in paddy fields in China and Christmas songs, here's how we got on....

Debut Album Clouded Out Now on Epitaph Records
Buy: http://uk.kingsroadmerch.com/this-wild-life/

After a highly successful debut headline tour earlier this month which saw ROAM play to 1300 people across 10 shows, on top of opening Enter Shikari's sold out hometown show in June, the Eastbourne pop punk outfit are showing no signs of slowing down as they join Me Vs Hero as main support on their tour across the UK in September.

Zola Jesus has revealed more details, including cover art and tracklisting for her forthcoming album,Taiga, out 6 October 2014 on Mute.

THE VIOLET FLAME - OUT 22 SEPT

WORLDWIDE TOUR DETAILS

“When the Pop Group close with the tremendous ‘We Are Time’, it's with the sense of a band that could and still ought to light a fire under guitar music's conservatives.”

5* Guardian – Celtic Connections – January 2014