Teenage Fanclub have announced news of their tenth studio album, Endless Arcade, released 5th March via their own label PeMa in the UK/Europe and Merge in the US. To mark the occasion the band have shared a video for “Home”, the album’s 7-minute opening track. Shot by Donald Milne in Edinburgh’s Leith Theatre, the video can be viewed below.

Upon the first listen, I am transported back to indie club nights in the mid-noughties, where DJ sets struck the delicate balance between just enough guitar to be cool and just enough tempo to fill a dance floor. Cooler Returns toes the well trodden path somewhere between The Ramones and The Strokes, drawing on early punk sounds and pop sensibilities but swapping ire for dry wit. Kiwi Jr distinguish themselves by their obscure name, droll commentary and occasional harmonicas.

††† (Crosses) recently dropped a surprise release, a cover of 90's electro-pop band Cause & Effect’s “The Beginning Of The End”.

If you’re missing some festive feels in your life right now, THE LITTLE UNSAID can put a stop to that right now as they have just released a video of them performing Jona Lewie’s classic festive foot-tapper ‘Stop the Cavalry’.

Latest single ‘Little Friend’ encourages us to take stock of what we have in the here and now, and to drop the ceaseless quest to live another person’s life. The track lives somewhere between a lullaby and a ballad.

The time has come where we take a look back over 2020 and tell you about some of our highlights (and lowlights) from the music industry. Rather than a top 10 bestest albums in the world ever list (they’re so 2019) we decided to mix it up a bit and add some different categories this year including Best Live Stream, Most Atrocious Festive Song, Boxset of the Year & Best Record Store Day Release. Read on to see if you agree or disagree with our selections.

"Scrunchy melodic rock n roll... right up my street!" - Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music.

"Top find of Camden Rocks (2019) so far... great set!" - Frank Turner.

"Indie Shikari!" - Face Down‘

PET NEEDS - WATCH VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE: ‘PAVLOVIAN’ HERE

‘FRACTURED PARTY MUSIC’ - OUT 12 MARCH 2020

PRE-ORDER HERE

The latest single from The Ghost of Helags strips their trademark synth/pop to its most ethereal, whilst pushing it into adventurous new soundscapes with subtle yet propulsive, techno-fied beats.

Featuring Limited Edition Numbered Coloured Gatefold Vinyl, a special 2 CD set alongside a 180g Heavyweight triple vinyl and a selection of new merchandise, the album will be released on the 18th December 2020.

We’re excited, you’re excited, everyone’s excited, our fave boy band from Bristol are heading to Cornwall to play a headline set at EDEN SESSIONS on July 11th 2021 supported by two incredible acts.

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“an exuberant selection of stompers…Luna Park!, just like its predecessors, exhilarates, emanating bouncy musicality, matched by a raucous sense of drama.”
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TOURISTS hail from Torquay, where the english-riviera juxtaposes against the melancholy of suburban decline. Perhaps a product of its environment, “Another State” pairs driving post-punk rhythms with ghostly reverb-laden vocals, accented by layers of circling synths…..

THE LICKERISH QUARTET

‘THREESOME VOL.2’

FORMAT: 12” vinyl EP, CD EP & digital

FOLLOW UP TO “MASTERPIECE” DEBUT EP WITH ‘THREESOME VOL.2’, SET FOR RELEASE 8th JANUARY 2021 ON LOJINX

FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEO “SNOLLYGOSTER GOON” - OUT 4th DEC

With his new album ‘Where’s The Revolution’ now out in the world, JACK HENDERSON, follows the release with one of its brightest highlights: “Stars”.

NOTHING BUT THIEVES SHARE ‘PHOBIA’ (WUH OH REMIX)

THIRD ALBUM ‘MORAL PANIC’ OUT NOW

AUTUMN 2021 UK, IRELAND AND EUROPEAN TOUR ON SALE NOW

NASHVILLE STAR BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN BRINGS ‘ALL AROUND THE WORLD TOUR’ TO THE UK IN 2021

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

“Charming pop treat” Billboard

“Andersen is ready to take the listener deep down into a dark recess of her own life where external elements can't trouble her” EARMILK

“Andersen’s music mixes a soundtrack of technicolour pop with lyrics that are intimate and candid.” The Line of Best Fit

“Piercing alt-pop with no small degree of lyrical bite” Clash Music

Written earlier in 2020 and recorded remotely between Karima’s base in London and producer Tim Carr’s studio in LA, “Carelessness Causes Fire” was released digitally everywhere on 24 November.

Yazzy - All I Can Do is Cry

Dead Rituals - Broken Memories

Crazy Arm - Brave Starts Here

Maddox Jones - The World's Gone Mad

LÉON - Liar

James Smith - Call Me When It's Over

SAM SMITH - Lay Me Down

Brinsley Schwarz - Storm in the Hills

Daisy Clark - Hope it Hurts You

Jessica Wilde - Play God

BEACH BUNNY ANNOUNCE NEW EP BLAME GAME OUT 15TH JANUARY 2021 ON MOM+POP

EMPOWERING NEW SINGLE “GOOD GIRLS (DON’T GET USED)” BITES BACK

PRE-ORDER THE EP HERE

BLAME GAME FOLLOWS BREAKOUT DEBUT LP HONEYMOON

Praise for Honeymoon:

The Observer - “Beach Bunny’s debut full-length effort doesn’t disappoint”

The Sunday Times - “energetic, whip-smart pop-rock — and (Honeymoon) reveals frontperson Lili Trifilio as a songwriter to take notice of”

Evening Standard - “a fantastic debut album… packed with smart, energetic indie rock”

Rocksound - “melodic, bittersweet brilliance”

DIY - “sporadic laid-back moments gelled with raucous vitality”

Dork - “Beach Bunny feel like a band about to mean a lot to many, many people”