BBC Radio championed Jack Francis plays The Slaughtered Lamb, 34-35 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DX to celebrate his much-anticipated album launch with his full band on Thursday February 3rd.

Tickets £11 @ eventim.co.uk

Preceding their first album for over six years, GILMORE TRAIL today return with the graceful “Nocturne”; the final single to be cut from the upcoming ‘Impermanence’ LP (out 21 January, via Chasmata Records).

PALACE RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND LIVE VIDEO "SHAME ON YOU"
NEW ALBUM 'SHOALS' OUT 21st JANUARY
2022 UK, EUROPEAN AND US TOURS

‘The Line Is A Curve’
New Album - 08.04.22
‘More Pressure’ featuring Kevin Abstract
Out Today Listen here

Plus UK & Ireland Tour This Spring

With Christmas and New Year a distant memory, I wanted to introduce you to another 9 bands and artists who have recently released some amazing music.

I have lovingly prepared a Spotify playlist for your listening pleasure, please take 30 mins to have a listen and if you enjoy any of the songs, go and find out a bit more about the band or artist.

TOMORROW’S GHOSTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE SATURDAY NIGHT HEADLINER: THE LOVELESS A.K.A. MARC ALMOND ++ NEAL X ++ MAT HECTOR ++ BEN ELLIS ++ JAMES BEAUMONT

JOIN 2022 LINE-UP - ALSO FEATURING: FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

Very Special Guests GHOST DANCE + INTO A CIRCLE + BALAAM AND THE ANGEL + EVIL BLIZZARD PRESENT ‘BLIZZOWEEN’ + BOOTBLACKS + ALL MY THORNS WITH MORE TBA

@ Whitby Pavilion, Whitby

Friday 28th October - Sunday 30th October 2022

I don’t know about you but I’m sat here, in my office, wondering what day it is….there are still more chocolates in the cupboard and the thought of a turkey sandwich doesn’t appeal to me anymore in the slightest! Yes folks, it’s the week between Christmas and New Years and to be honest, I am really enjoying it. It’s allowed me a few days to sit back, rest up and get ready for the onslaught that is Tuesday 4th January!

In the meantime, I thought that I’d have a poke about n the interweb thingy and see which bands and artists have recently released new music, there were many, so many in fact that I created a shortlist of 25 and had to eliminate 15 to get to the top 10, talk about a tough task!

What you see below are 10 tracks from bands and artists from all over the world who I feel that YOU should be aware of. I don’t expect you to drop everything to go and learn everything about the artists or band, just spare 30 minutes of your time and even if you decide to explore 1 of the 10 acts, that means that someone out there is spending some time, learning about a band or an artist that they had never heard of before!

As I sit here on Christmas Eve waiting for the big day to come, I thought I’d put myself to good use rather than watching ‘The Good Life Christmas Special’ from 1978 by creating yet another ‘on the radar’ playlist.

I was inundated with some quality tracks and as usual, I have dug deep and managed to curate a collection from around the world, hope you enjoy them!

As I sit at my desk waiting for the festivities to begin (it’s 22nd December), I thought I’d curate another 10 track playlist for our ‘On The Radar’ series for you to enjoy!

As usual, I listen to tracks from all over the world before agreeing on who has made the cut, yohristmas songs in here at all….

After attending a few shows over the weeks leading up t this show, I was waiting to hear the dreaded news that all live music was cancelled and shows would have to be postponed until after the new year, we crossed everything and JUST about managed to get away with it as the tour was put on ice a couple of days after this show.

Tonight’s entertainment would take place at The Great Hall, part of the Exeter University complex, I swear that I saw The Charlatans here back in the 90’s, maybe it was The Lemon Grove down the road but either way, it didn’t feel like nearly 30 years had passed!

Welcome to the second instalment of the musomusofm on the radar new music playlist.

It’s not been long since the first playlist was published but as the new music has been coming in thick and fast, I wanted to share another 10 bands or artists that I have heard that I feel need to be heard by a wider audience.

In a small pub in the Cotswolds, the arrival of Beans of Toast into Stroud, and most importantly the lovely gem that is the Prince Albert, was a welcome highlight in a world where we continue to walk the tightrope between lockdown, no gigs, and a Christmas with nothing more than me and the cats, the dog and my apple trees!

LIFTED FROM NEW ALBUM ‘STILL LIFE’ SET FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 4TH 2022.

EP out now on Ltd Edition 12” Vinyl Here // Stream Here

Including the singles ‘Tenement Time’ and ‘Sensory Street’

New Double Album ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1-4’

Due February 25th via BMG // Pre-order HERE

CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘LOSS’ WITH A PERFORMANCE OF THE ALBUM IN FULL AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS ON JANUARY 22ND AT SAINT LUKE’S, GLASGOW, 7:30PM

TICKETS HERE

“Euphoric, chiming songs of wide-eyed wonder. A major new songwriting talent.’ – The Scotsman
“A beacon of originality in a tiresome sea of dross.” – Time Out

Islands is his brand new track that is due to be released on 14 January 2022 and is the first that he has recorded with his new band member Lee Croad. He admits that they started working on the track in November 2020 and took a whole year of writing, re-writing and adding new song structures, “It was a nightmare. I just wanted the lyrics to be perfect and I can't begin to describe how many times I had writers block trying to do this song” said Ollie of the track.

FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM: ‘NOTHING’S ON BUT EVERYONE’S WATCHING’ OUT 25 FEBRUARY 2022, VIA ALLOTMENT - PRE-SAVE HERE

NEW ALBUM 'NORMAL FEARS' OUT 25 FEB 2022, VIA EASY LIFE RECORDS
+ UK DATES THIS MARCH

I live in the South Hams and have heard wonderful things about a local band called Abrasive Trees, many people told me to get along to one of their shows but they always seemed to clash with other events that I had on the calendar. I finally got a tip off that they were playing in Dartington and after checking the calendar, I was free!

After seeing the show, I was mesmerised, I wanted to find out more about the band and after a conversation with the singer/guitarist, Matthew Rochford, he agreed to take part in a Q&A session. Read on to learn more about how the band formed, its members, musical influences, the local music scene and details of forthcoming live shows.

I’d heard the name SAFF JUNO mentioned a few times around the South Hams a few weeks ago, she performed at the New Lion Brewery and also at the Open Mic evening hosted by The Blackbird Collective at The Barrel House in Totnes. Sadly, I was tied up on both of the nights where she was performing so wasn’t able to see her, to make up for this, I thought it would be a good idea to do a Q&A feature with her, I approached her, she agreed, I sent some questions across and off we went.

Read on to find out about the early days of her songwriting career, her musical upbringing by her psych rock parents, songs that she covered in the early days, home producing, gigs, nerves, videos, editing and even what’s on her Christmas list this year….