Following on from last months return with their single Remoter Heaven, Welsh outfit Slate have today shared their latest cut, Shade In Me, taken from the band's forthcoming new EP entitled Deathless, out May 17th on Brace Yourself Records. Inspired by a speech from Chung Mong-hong’s film A Sun (2019), the track's soft opening soon dissipates in to a soaring crescendo of crashing guitars, towering vocals and a catharsis of explosive percussion. Vocalist Jack Shephard explains the track's ideas in more detail, "When someone needs refuge, you can offer them your shade. The song itself, ended up gentler in sound compared what we have been used to writing. Sentimental songs like this one can make you feel vulnerable. But perhaps that is appropriate for a song about opening up yourself for someone." Take a listen for yourselves below.
Tour dates: May 9th-11th | Wrexham, UK - Focus Wales May 16th-18th | Brighton, UK - The Great Escape May 18th | Sheffield, UK - Get Together May 31st | Cardiff, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach June 5th - London, UK - The Windmill Aug 15-18th | Brecon, UK - Green Man Festival
Returning with the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming album, Forgiveness Is Yours, out this Friday, 26th of April on Domino, Fat White Family have shared the glorious Work. Accompanied by a video directed by CC Wade the video/track tells a tale of "obsession and a man’s relentless desire for greatness to the detriment of his life, his body and his sanity". Talking about the track and video Lias said: "This tune and lyric was written by Nathan Saoudi, with a little help from the indomitable Jess Winter. It became a bit of nightmare in production, like, serious graft. Anyway, it’s one of @braindestiny’s best. The idea for the video came from watching Rocky IV on the telly at our family xmas. Nothing brings people together quite like Rock IV. The way Stallone single handedly brings down the Soviet Union. We can all learn something form that. I enjoyed it so much I started binging on Rocky films in January. Most of the other ones are shit, but there’s a scene in the third one - Rock III - where Rock has to accept he’s lost it, grown decadent, delusional, flaccid...Apollo Creed (RIP) has to drag his arse to LA to train him back up the old way, the hard way, the way it USED to be…Between both of these lessons one might learn everything needs to about life, about ambition, about success being nothing more than failure in drag...C C Wade were the obvious choice to direct this homage. They are truth. They are two people that allow whatever their working on to absorb them entirely. There is no limit at Haus C C Wade. No ceiling. No basement. No ledge. All in." Take a watch for yourselves below.
Live Dates Thursday 25th April – Rough Trade East, London (instore) – SOLD OUT Friday 26th April – Resident Music, Brighton (instore) Sunday 28th April – Rough Trade, Nottingham (instore) – SOLD OUT Tuesday 30th April – Bear Tree Records, Sheffield (instore) – SOLD OUT Wednesday 1st May – Vinyl Tap, Huddersfield (instore) Thursday 2nd May – Assai Records, Edinburgh (instore) – SOLD OUT Saturday 4th May – Balades Sonores, Paris (instore) Saturday 25th May – Levitation Festival, Angers, France Monday 27th May – La Cigale, Paris, France Tuesday 28th May – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wednesday 29th May – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands Friday 31st May – Lido, Berlin, Germany Saturday 1st June – Trix, Antwerp, Belgium Saturday 8th June – SWX, Bristol, UK Sunday 9th June – Engine Rooms, Southampton, UK Monday 10th June – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK Wednesday 12th June – Hangar 34, Liverpool, UK Thursday 13th June – New Century, Manchester, UK Saturday 15th June – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK Sunday 16th June – Garage, Glasgow, UK Tuesday 18th June – Project House, Leeds, UK Wednesday 19th June – Troxy, London, UK June 27 – 30 June – Glastonbury Festival, UK Wednesday 3rd July – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France Thursday 4th July – Transbo Open-Air (Summer Sessions), Lyon, France Friday 5th July – La Coopérative de Mai, Clermont-Ferrand, France Saturday 6th July – Festival Beauregard, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
Returning with the final taster of their upcoming debut album 'Call A Doctor', which is due out May 25th on Sub Pop and Virgin Australia (in Australia), Girl and Girlhave shared their scintillating latest effort, Oh Boy!. Sharing more detail abour the track, Girl and Girl frontperson Kai James says: “I’d had Oh Boy! half written for a few years before we got round to recording it. I really loved the first half and had kind of psyched myself out of finishing it. When it was finally demoed early last year, this big sort of chaotic, sprawling word vomit poured out of me that seemed to tie the whole thing up nicely, it’s brimming with joy and misery and sarcasm, all things girl and girl.” Take a listen to Oh Boy! for yourselves below with the Tayla Lauren clip below.
Tour dates: Apr 23rd | St. Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar & Hall * Apr 24th | Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * Apr 26th | Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall * Apr 27th | Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar * Apr 28th | Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop * Apr 30th | New York, NY - Racket * May 1st | New York, NY - Racket * May 2nd | Philadelphia, PA - Theater for the Living Arts * May 3rd | Washington, DC - The Howard * May 4th | Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle * May 8th | Austin, TX - The Parish * May 9th | Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves * May 11th | Denver, CO - The Perplexiplex at Meow Wolf * May 15th | Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge * May 16th | Hollywood, CA - The Fonda Theater * May 17th | Santa Barbara, CA - Soho Restaurant & Music Club * May 18th | San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop * May 20th | Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater * May 21st | Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret * May 22nd | Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater * Jul 5th | Cravanche, FR - Les Eurokennees Aug 29th - Sep 1st | Dorset, UK -End Of The Road
Anyone lucky enough to have caught a Fat Dog live show will
already know all too well the pure chaos that ensues. Big cowboy hats. Charged up guitars and percussion. Mosh pits that
singer Joe will readily join in on. And a self sacrificing ritual of sorts for
good measure. If you're yet
to to, well, the good news is you'll have your chance as the London
based outfit look set to take the world by storm with a mammoth announcement of tour dates. Coinciding with the news the band have unveiled their latest single Running. A track that sees their impulsive energy take over through charging vocals and intense pulsating synths. The new track is taken from the band's forthcoming newly announced album WOOF, out on Domino Records September 6th 2024. “Music is so vanilla,” says Love. “I don’t like sanitised music. Even this album is sanitised compared to what’s in my head. I thought it would sound more fucked up.” Take a listen to the new track for yourselves below.
Upcoming live dates Friday 26th April – Le Printemps de Bourges, Bourges Saturday 4th May – Stag and Dagger, Edinburgh Sunday 5th May – Stag and Dagger, Glasgow Monday 6th May – The Fulford Arms, York Tuesday 7th May – Trades Club, Hebden Bridge Wednesday 8th May – The Polar Bear, Hull Thursday 9th May – Focus Wales, Wrexham Friday 10th May – Arts Centre, Norwich Saturday 11th May – Are You Listening?, Reading Tuesday 14th May – Cavern, Exeter Wednesday 15th May – Bullingdon, Oxford Thursday 16th May – Esquires, Bedford Friday 17th May – Foul Weather Festival, Le Havre, Normandy Saturday 18th May – Art Rock, Saint-Brieuc, Brittany Thursday 23rd May – Where Else?, Margate Sunday 26th May – Celebrate this Place, Cardiff 27th May – 2nd June - Primavera A La Ciutat, Barcelona 31st May – 2nd June – Maifeld Derby, Mannheim
26th-30th June - Glastonbury, Somerset Saturday 6th July – Eurockeenes, Belfort 10th-13th July – Trӕnafestivalen, Norway 11th–13th July - Pete The Monkey, Normandy 25th-28th July - Latitude Festival, Suffolk 26th-28th July – Truck Festival, Oxfordshire 26th-29th July – Deer Shed, North Yorkshire 8th-11th August - Ypsigrock Festival, Sicily Friday 16th August - La Route Du Rock, Brittany 17th-18th August – Lowlands Festival, Netherlands 17th-18th August - Pukklepop Festival, Belgium Saturday 31st August – Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester 12th -15th September - Poplar Festival, Italy Saturday 28th September - Float Along Festival, Sheffield Thursday 3rd October - Le 106, Rouen Friday 4th October - L'Antipode, Rennes Saturday 5th October – Petit Bain, Paris Sunday 6th October – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing Tuesday 8th October – Doornroosje, Nijmegen Wednesday 9th October – Vera, Groningen Thursday 10th October – Botanique, Brussels Friday 11th October – Skatecafe, Amsterdam Saturday 12th October - Here's The Thing Festival, Tilburg Monday 14th October - Bumann & Sohn, Cologne Tuesday 15th October – Molotow, Hamburg Wednesday 16th October - Urban Spree, Berlin Saturday 19th October – The Baby G, Toronto Monday 21st October – Songbyrd, Washington Tuesday 22nd October – TV Eye, Brooklyn Thursday 24th October – The Empty Bootle, Chicago Saturday 26th October – Black Lodge, Seattle Sunday 27th October – Polaris Hall, Portland Tuesday 29th October – Popscene @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco Wednesday 30th October – Zebulon, LA Thursday 7th November - The Grand Social, Dublin Friday 8th November - Empire Music Hall, Belfast Saturday 9th November – Stereo, Glasgow Sunday 10th November - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Tuesday 12th November - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham Wednesday 13th November - Band On The Wall, Manchester Thursday 14th November - Crookes Social Club, Sheffield Friday 15th November – Thekla, Bristol Saturday 16th November - Mama Roux's, Birmingham Sunday 17th November - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Thursday 21st November – Papillon, Southampton Friday 22nd November – Patterns, Brighton Saturday 23rd November - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Tickets for November dates on pre-sale from Thursday 25th 10am local, general sale Friday 26th 10am local. Pre-ordering the album gives pre-sale access.
Amidst a buzz of anticipation, rolling in to Cardiff to kick-start their 2024 UK tour, Taunton's October Drift played to a packed out Clwb Ifor Bach with an explosive energy. Anyone not accustomed to their sound would quickly learn they've developed an innate ability in crafting soft palpable nuances with gritty guitars, all neatly wrapped up in a post-punk vigour, but live is a totally different beast.
With an aura of raw authenticity, they launched into their set with an electrifying fervour that intensely captured the audience as they wasted no time rattling through their catalogue of hits, unleashed with an onslaught of power.
It's not until 3 songs in frontman Kiran Roy finally addressed the crowd with his gratitude and appreciation. This a band that have long been acquainted with their fans. And it's no surprise to see him leave his post multiple times to get amongst the action as he walked through the crowd with his guitar held high, much to the room's delight.
As the night progressed and fans began to loosen up, matching the head thrashing energy on stage, Kiran asked if anyone wanted to hear a new one. Of course, met with a rowdy cheer. Showing real promise for what lays ahead as they continue to tease new music, the band show no signs of slowing their output. Evident on their recent single Blame The Young, a track written about standing up to denial, which sent shock waves through the room as its crashing percussion and aspirant lyrics cascaded throughout the tightly packed venue. It seemed fans had done their homework too as they sang back the words despite it only being released a few days prior.
Accompanied by the dynamic interplay of guitarists Alex Bispham and
Dan Young, the band unleashed a torrent of sound as their melodies soared and dipped, weaving
intricate patterns that stirred the emotions and set hearts ablaze in their cathartic release. A special moment being the charging single Oh The Silence that was delivered with pin point accuracy.
Sadly, all good things must end. But with no encore the band weren't about to leave fans empty handed as they departed with a moving finale. Arriving at the centre of the room to perform their customary closure, with a stripped back duet from Kiran and drummer Chris Holmes, armed with a tambourine and amped by the crowds slowly rising crescendo, the night bowed out on a memorable high.
As the final chords faded, October Drift certainly left a sense of awe and reverence in their wake. And for those
fortunate enough to be in attendance, it
was an experience that would remain etched into
the very fabric of their being.
Taken from his forthcoming third album Harmonics, set for release on July 12th through Domino Records, Joe Goddard has returned with the brilliant new effort, Moments Die. Featuring vocals by Barrie, the track's emotive drive comes inspired by John Berger’s book ‘And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos’. Speaking about the single he goes on to say: “My new single ‘Moments Die’ features a beautiful vocal contribution from my friend Barrie which for me is a highlight of my forthcoming album. My words were inspired by John Berger’s book ‘And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos’.” Check out the track below with the official video directed by Nathan Castiel and shot in New York and Hastings.
Upcoming Joe Goddard dates 20th April - Headrow House, Leeds (DJ) 26th April - Marina Fountain, Hastings (DJ) 11th May – Pérola Negra, Porto (DJ) 24th-25th May – Tomavistas Festival, Madrid 26th July - Low Festival, Benidorm (DJ) 17th August – Stowaway Festival, Buckingham 20th Sept - This is Tmrw @ Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (DJ) 21st Sept - Dreamland, Margate (DJ)
With the announcement of her second album, ‘Come As You Are’, due for release 31st May 2024 via Faction Records, and last months brilliant new cut, Belly, Ireland's critically acclaimed artist Niamh Regan has returned with Nice. The third single to be lifted from the forthcoming record, the new track sees her make exceptional use of its space as atmospheric soundscapes form around her impeccable vocals, careering through its darkened pop aesthetic. Speaking about the track in more detail she goes on to share, “Nice is song inspired by the idea the only person getting in your way is yourself (most of the time anyway). I really enjoyed how this song came to life in the studio with Tommy McLaughlin in Attica Studios. The bass line gave it so much life and it’s now one of my favourite songs to perform live now.” Take a listen for yourselves below. Coinciding with the new single, Niamh launches a range of limited edition “I’m Too Nice” merchandise, available to purchase online now: https://irishmusicmarket.com/collections/niamh-regan
Australian trio Telenova have returned ready to kickstart the weekend early with their latest disco-tinged single “Power.” Backed with an official video directed by frontwoman Angeline Armstong the kaleidoscopic visuals add a further boost to the track's buoyant energy as the track's funky melodies and smooth sophistication take over. Speaking about the song’s creation Angeline explains “The song is a fable-like story of a flower in love with the sun, but the sun is setting. And the flower is afraid of being left alone in the darkness without the very thing that gives it power and strength. Of course, the flower unaware that the sun inevitably always rises again. The more we kept building out the lyrics the more Josh and I realized its a fairly multi-layered metaphor for love. Inevitably (and beautifully) people will hear different things in the meaning of ‘Power’, it resonates on a romantic-love kind of micro level, but can really extend out to a divine kind of love and existential longing - whatever your idea of ‘God’ or the universe or something ‘bigger’ it’s the cry of a human being out to whatever is out there, to like, not be abandoned basically, not be left to our own devices all on our own. And then we shroud that all in a big fun dancey disco tune - because why not.” Take a listen for yourselves below.
Europe / UK June 15th @ Release Athens, Athens GRE Sep 18th @ Blå, Oslo NOR Sep 19th @ Bar Brooklyn, Stockholm SWE Sep 21st @ Merjeriet, Lund SWE Sep 22nd @ RUST, Copenhagen DK Sep 24th @ Katine Am Berghain, Berlin GER Sep 25th @ Nochtwache, Hamburg GER Sep 26th @ Jaki, Cologne GER Sep 27th @ AB Club, Brussels BEL Sep 28th @ POPUP!, Paris FRA Sep 29th @ Paradiso, Amsterdam NL Oct 1st @ Lower Third, London UK Oct 2nd @ YES Basement, Manchester UK
Liverpool duo King Hannah (Hannah Merrick and Craig Whittle) have today returned with their excellent new single Davey Says, taken from their forthcoming new record Big Swimmer, due for release on 31st May via City Slang. The new single comes accompanied by a video directed by the band’s own Craig Whittle which sees them play homage to the 90s garage rock music videos the band love so much as they make use of an old camcorder to truly indulge in the nostalgia. Hannah Merrick explains in further detail, “’Davey Says’ is our ode to 90s, American indie garage rock. We wanted this to be a raucous, fuzzy, light-hearted moment in the album, but to still have that feeling of ‘youcandoanything-ness’. The opening line ‘Meet me before the party, I don’t want to walk in alone’ is our attempt at that classic American 90’s imagery, of coming-of-age nostalgia and romance, of late warm summer nights when the future is draped in front of you.” Take a listen for yourselves below.
King Hannah - Big Swimmer Tour (2024) May 17 + 18 - The Great Escape: Brighton (UK) June 29 - Empty Bottle: Chicago July 1 - Johnny Brenda's: Philadelphia, PA July 2 - Elsewhere Zone 1: Brooklyn July 4 - Festival D'été de Québec: Quebec City (QC) July 5 - La Noce Festival: Chicoutimi (QC) July 17 - Botanique: Bologna (IT) July 18 - Piazza delle Feste/Mojotic: Genova (IT) July 20 - TVSpenta dal vivo: Rapolano Terme (Siena) (IT) July 21 - Triennale Milano: Milano (IT) August 29 - Strange Brew: Bristol (UK) August 30 - End of the Road: Dorset (UK) September 5 - Lido: Berlin (DE) September 6 - Vega (Ideal Bar): Copenhagen (DK) September 8 - Paard: Den Haag (NL) September 9 - Paradiso: Amsterdam (NL) September 11 - Effenaar: Eindhoven (NL) September 12 - La Maroquinerie: Paris (FR) September 13 - AB Club: Brussels (BE) September 14 - Reflektor: Liège (BE) September 15 - Leffinge Leuren: Leffinge (BE) September 17 - AFF@Bootstraat: Hasselt (BE) September 18 - Vera: Groningen (NL) September 19 - Café Glocksee: Hannover (DE) September 25 - Rich Mix: London (UK)
Following on from February's return with news of their forthcoming album, titled X's, which coincided with the announcement of a huge world tour and new single Tejano Blue, Cigarettes After Sex have unveiled the splintering new effort Dark Vacay. “This song is about a romance I had a few years ago. We went on tour together & were lucky enough to go to all these wonderful places, mostly having fun at first. As the tour continued though, everything started falling apart & we ended up breaking up by the end of it. I was left wishing that we were somehow able to see all of the beauty around us before it was too late..." Take a listen for yourselves below. X’s will be released on 12th July 2024 via Partisan Records.
North American Dates: 15th June 2024 - Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 31st August – Bell Centre, Montreal, QC 1st September - Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON 3rd September - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 4th September - TD Garden, Boston, MA 6th September - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 10th September - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 11th September - PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC 13th September - Kia Center, Orlando, FL 14th September - State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA 17th September - Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX 18th September - Toyota Center, Houston, TX 20th September - Moody Center, Austin, TX 21st September - Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX 23rd September - United Center, Chicago, IL 24th September - XCel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN 27th September - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC 28th September - Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA 30th September - Moda Center, Portland, OR 2nd October - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO 3rd October - Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT 5th October - Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA 7th October - Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA 8th October - Desert Diamond Arena, Phoenix, AZ 11th October - KIA Forum, Los Angeles, CA 15th October – Sports Palace, Mexico City, MX
EU/UK Dates: 25th October - OAKA Indoor Arena, Athens 28th October - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam 29th October - Forest National, Brussels 1st November - Forum, Milan 3rd November - Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 5th November - COR Torwar, Warsaw 7th November - Uber Arena, Berlin 9th November - St Jakobshalle, Basel 10th November - Lanxess Arena, Cologne 12th November - The O2 Arena, London 16th November - Accor Hotel Arena, Paris 17th November - Tony Garnier Hall, Lyon 20th November - WiZink Arena, Madrid 21st November - Altice Arena, Lisbon
Asia Dates: 9th January 2025 - Asia World-Expo, Hall 5, Hong Kong 11th January 2025 - Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur 14th January 2025 - MOA Arena, Manila 17th January 2025 - Beach City International, Jakarta 21st January 2025 - Impact Exhibition Hall 5, Bangkok
South Africa Dates: 5th March 2025 - Grand Arena, Cape Town 7th March 2025 - Pretoria / Sunbet Arena, Pretoria
AU/NZ Dates: 12th March 2025 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 14th March 2025 - Aware Super Theatre, Sydney 17th March 2025 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 19th March 2025 - Spark Arena, Auckland
