The music charts are increasingly dominated by streaming and rock, indie and alternative acts are still finding it difficult to break through on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. Instead, they rely heavily on physical sales, record shop signings and touring. These things have, of course, been made much more difficult by the ongoing […]
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Mike Skinner recently resurrected The Streets for a very decent new ‘mixtape’. ‘None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive‘ went to Number 2 in the UK albums chart last month and features an array of exciting collaborators including Tame Impala, Ms Banks, Greentea Peng and Eliza (formerly Doolittle). The title track features […]
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Born in Germany and based in London, Ivorian Doll is generating quite the buzz. The self-proclaimed ‘queen of drill’ has been collecting social media followers and an increasing number of spins on 1 Xtra this year. It’s surely just a matter of time before a crossover track pushes her into the mainstream. She’s just dropped […]
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We love Black Honey. Their self-titled 2018 album was full of classic indie rock hooks and we’ve been anticipating the follow up ever since. They have just released a brand new single, ‘Beaches‘, and you can watch the video for it below. Like most new videos at the moment, it’s made in quarantine and the […]
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Last year, indie pop duo Tegan and Sara released a pretty interesting record, ‘Hey I’m Just Like You‘, which went under the radar particularly in the UK. Coupled with their excellent autobiography, ‘High School‘, it saw them revisiting songs they’d written as teenagers. The latest single from that album is ‘I Know I’m Not the […]
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Southampton goth punks, Creeper, released their 2nd album ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’ this week. It takes everything you loved about the first album and turns it up. Today, they release the video for the latest single ‘Poisoned Heart’ and you can watch it below. The band will also be hitting the road for […]
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Billy Nomates drops their self-titled debut LP this Friday (August 7) and we are very keen to hear it. There are a trio of great tracks available to download or stream now if you fancy a taster ahead of the weekend. Tor Maries has recorded the album with Portishead and BEAK‘s Geoff Barrow. What we’ve […]
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We came across this beautiful EP at the weekend and have to share it with you. Signed to Secretly Canadian, Le Ren is singer-songwriter, Lauren Spear, from Montreal. ‘Morning & Melancholia‘ is a beautiful folk and bluegrass-tinged collection of songs. Emotional and heart rending, the vocals and lyrics draw you in instantly. You can watch […]
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The Coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on a lot of events in the music industry this year but the annual Mercury Music Prize is going ahead as normal. The nominations are expected to be announced tomorrow (23rd July 2020) and there’s no shortage of contenders for the important award this year. We take a […]
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It has been 5 years since soulful singer/songwriter, Lianne La Havas, was engaged in a close race for the Number 1 album with indie heroes The Maccabees. Her 2nd LP, ‘Blood’, was pipped to the post and ended up at #2. It’s been a while but she’s finally back with her 3rd album. This self-titled […]
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