Returning with news of their long awaited debut album, Panic shack have today shared their brilliant single Girl Band Starter Pack. Taken from the forthcoming self-titled LP, ahead of a July 18th release on Brace Yourself Records, the track sees them at their most confident yet with high energy melodies and catchy vocals infused with their signature punk aesthetic. "'Girl Band Starter Pack' was the title of our inspiration playlist on Spotify when we first started the band," say Panic Shack. "It's had many deaths and rebirths but has been with us since the start, so it’s quite special to us. Not only because we’ve watched it morph into a certified banger (it was once named 'Banger Potential') but because it personifies our friendship and the electricity we feel when we’re together, whether that’s creating, playing or simply just grabbing a coffee … which as the song foretells, usually leads to a voddy." Its accompanying video, meanwhile, sees the band enlist trouble-starting drag queens Jolene Dover, Lasagne Sheets, CiCi and Bopa Rhys to portray the band for a night on the Cardiff tiles. "We wanted a music video that really heightened the vibe of the song, and thought who else could play us better than a bunch of sassy, sexy, stunnin Welsh drag queens?!," the band explain. "All hail, Jolene Dover, Bopa Rhys, CiCi and Lasagne Sheets. They played us better than we play ourselves and have inspired us to dial our energy up to 11. We let the Queens loose on the streets of Cardiff, went to all of our usual haunts around the city and laughed until our stomachs hurt all day." Take a watch/listen for yourselves below. Pre-order the album here: https://lnk.to/PanicShack-LP.
1. Girl Band Starter Pack
2. Gok Wan
3. Lazy
4. Tit School
5. We Need To Talk About Dennis
6. Do Something
7. Personal Best
8. Pockets
9. Unhinged
10. SMELLARAT
11. Thelma & Louise
Tour dates: May 1st | Nottingham, UK - Bodega [sold out] May 2nd | Cambridge, UK - MASH May 3rd | Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre [sold out] May 6th | Brighton, UK - Patterns [sold out] May 8th | Birmingham, UK - The Castle & Falcon May 9th | Wrexham, UK - FOCUS Wales May 10th | Leeds, UK - The Wardrobe May 11th | Newcastle, UK - Cluny May 13th | Glasgow, UK - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut [sold out] May 14th | Sheffield, UK - Yellow Arch Studios [sold out] May 15th | Liverpool, UK - Arts Club May 16th | Manchester, UK - Band on the Wall May 18th | Oxford, UK - The Bullingdon May 19th | Southampton, UK - Papillon May 20th | Milton Keynes, UK - Craufurd Arms May 22nd | Bristol, UK - Thekla [sold out] May 23rd | Port Talbot, UK - In It Together Festival May 25th | Newport, UK - Corn Exchange May 28th | London, UK - The Garage July 10th | Cheltenham, UK - Upcote Farm July 18th | Portishead, UK - Homestead Festival
Making their surprise return, Welsh favourites The Family Battenberg have unveiled their brilliant new single Anteater. Released independently as a stand-alone track, written in just a day, it was recorded at Tom Rees’ (Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard) studio while he was on holiday, and encapsulates everything we've come to love form the band - towering guitar riffs, fuzz-drenched vocals, and their signature tongue-in-cheek lyricism, all delivered with unstoppable energy. “It’s self-humiliation in the pursuit of a potential suitor’s attention,” as frontman Eliot puts it. A staple in their live sets, fans can now wrap their ears around it in convenient form. Streaming below.
Live Dates May 10th: FOCUS Wales, Wrexham May 16th: The Great Escape, Brighton May 17th: Get Together Festival, Sheffield July 17th: Zwarte Cross Festival, July 26th: Le Pub, Newport July 27th: LOW Festival, Benidorm August 1st: Bootleg Social, Blackpool Nov 7th: The Washington, Sheffield Nov 8th: The Rat and Pigeon, Manchester
Returning with news of their upcoming fourth studio album album 'I Quit' which was announced last week and due out June 20th, HAIM have today shared details of a UK wide tour. Fans who pre-ordered the album HERE by Tuesday 29th April at 12PM BST will get access to an exclusive pre-sale at 10am local time on Wednesday 30th April. Tickets for the tour go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday May 2 HERE. The news coincides with the band unveiling their latest single “Down to be wrong” which follows on from previously released album tracks “Relationships” and “Everybody’s trying to figure me out” and is accompanied by a video directed by Bradley and Pablo (Harry Styles, Charli XCX, Rosalia ) and featuring heartthrob Logan Lerman. Take a watch for yourselves below along with the full list of UK arena dates.
I quit UK tour dates are: June 27 - Margate - Dreamland Summer Series Oct 24 - Nottingham - Motorpoint Arena Oct 25 – Cardiff - Utilita Arena Oct 26 – Brighton - Brighton Centre Oct 28 – London - The O2 Oct 30 – Manchester - Co-Op Live Oct 31 – Glasgow - OVO Hydro
Loyle Carner has today announced details of his brand new album hopefully !, which is set for release on Island EMI on June 20th. The news follows his recent new singles, ‘all i need / in my mind’ which sees him embark on an exciting new chapter in his illustrious career. In a series of firsts - singing, producing, accidentally forming the band of his dreams - Loyle Carner cultivates healthier boundaries, whilst also allowing his audience in (the album’s moving artwork features his muse of a son, who can also be heard throughout the record). Coinciding with the news is plans for a worldwide tour which you can find a list of full dates below. You can pre-order the album here: http://loylecarner.lnk.to/hopefully.
HEADLINE TOUR
07.10.25 Stockholm Annexet 08.10.25 Oslo Sentrum Scene 11.10.25 Amsterdam AFAS Live 13.10.25 Copenhagen KB Hallen 15.10.25 Berlin UFO im Velrodrom 16.10.25 Hamburg Sporthalle 18.10.25 Munich Zenith 19.10.25 Zurich Halle 622 21.10.25 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle 22.10.25 Cologne Palladium 24.10.25 Paris Zenith 25.10.25 Brussels Forest National 02.11.25 London O2 Academy Brixton 03.11.25 London O2 Academy Brixton 04.11.25 London O2 Academy Brixton 05.11.25 London O2 Academy Brixton 07.11.25 Cardiff Utilita Arena 09.11.25 Dublin 3Arena 12.11.25 Glasgow O2 Academy 13.11.25 Glasgow O2 Academy 14.11.25 Glasgow O2 Academy 18.11.25 Newcastle O2 City Hall 19.11.25 Newcastle O2 City Hall 20.11.25 Birmingham O2 Academy 21.11.25 Birmingham O2 Academy 23.11.25 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse 24.11.25 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse 25.11.25 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse 02.12.25 Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall 04.12.25 Sydney Opera House Forecourt 06.12.25 Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl 09.12.25 Perth Metro City 19.02.26 Chicago Thalia Hall 21.02.26 Toronto History 22.02.26 Montreal Beanfield Theatre 24.02.26 Boston Royale 26.02.26 Washington DC The Fillmore 27.02.26 Brooklyn Paramount 03.03.26 San Francisco The Regency Ballroom 03.05.26 Los Angeles The Novo
Making their excited return this week, Picture Parlour return to the airwaves with their swaggering new single Who’s There To Love Without You?. Filled with infectious guitar riffs and empowering vocals the track opens up an exhilarating new chapter for the band. Speaking on the story behind the new single, the band share: “Who’s There To Love Without You?" is our first single of the year — and we didn’t fancy a subtle reintroduction. At its core, the song is a bombastic tongue-in-cheek declaration that is wrapped in big riffs, and that’s our mood for 2025. The chorus lyric belts and repeats the song’s title, as though we are refusing to be ignored. This song begs for, if not demands attention because, in the end, What’s the point of anything if the person or thing you want most can’t see you?”. Take a listen for yourselves below.
Upcoming live dates April 30th - BBC Introducing - Cavern Club in Liverpool May 3rd - Wanderlust (headline) May 9th - Road to The Great Escape – King Tuts, Glasgow May 15th - Headliners - The Beach Stage - The Great Escape May 24th - Neighbourhood Weekender June 7th - Ceremony festival July 31st - Kendall Calling
Today sees Wrexham-based outfit The Royston Club return with their exhilarating new single Shivers. For their first venture in to 2025, the band unveil a new found confidence as swaggering basslines meet intoxicating guitar riffs and commandeering vocals, all neatly packed together with an undying energy. Guitarist and main songwriter Ben Matthias says, “‘Shivers’ is a love song. I wrote it in the seaside village of Beaumaris, where the majority of this album was written. My girlfriend had made the trip to North Wales to spend a night with me there in the middle of a week writing, the next day she left again and I wrote this song.I wanted to portray how quickly and almost morbidly time can ‘slip away’ when you’re spending time with the one you love. Days can feel like hours when you’re with the right person and memories become intrinsically entwined to the point where time spent without them feels wasted.It’s the first song I’ve written in a minor key which I can only attribute to all The Cure I was listening to at the time and it was arranged in a much more patient way than anything else we’d worked on up to this point.” With a big summer run of festivals and live dates, it's an exciting introduction to the Wrexham band's latest chapter. Take a listen for yourselves below along with a full run of upcoming tour dates.
APRIL 24th - London, Omeara (SOLD OUT)
MAY 3rd - Liverpool, Sound City (HEADLINERS) 24th - Neighbourhood Weekender 25th - Tunes in the Castle Festival 31st - Vestrock Festival
JUNE 20th - Utrecht, Ekko 21st - PinkPop Festival
JULY 5th - Musiques En Stock Festival 10th - Manchester, Castlefield Bowl (with Bloc Party) 11th - TRNSMT Festival 12th - Leeds, Millennium Square (with The Lathums) 19th - Llandudno, Venue Cymru Arena (with Travis) 24th-27th - Latitude Festival 27th - Tramlines
AUGUST 2nd - Kendal Calling 15th - Hardwick Calling 22nd - Reading Festival 23rd - Leeds Festival
Australian-based singer-songwriter and all-round wunderkind Gordi has today shared her latest single Cutting Room Floor. Taken from the forthcoming third studio album Like Plasticine, due out 8th August, the track offers up another brilliant taster of what's to come as infectious choruses and swirling vocal layers lift its already towering pop sensibilities to dizzying heights. “‘Cutting Room Floor’ is a song about growing pains, about the slow splintering that happens between people. I took the song to Durham in North Carolina to work on with my friend, Brad Cook. Matt McCaughan came over and played drums, and Brad and I filled in the rest. It was one of those songs that seemed to expand to fit any idea, and it was a real joy to work on. Jared Frieder and I shot the video in a carpark in Dallas as the sun was setting in the middle of a sweltering heatwave. I ate a whole pack of Twizzlers when we finished in an effort to abate my delirium.” Take a listen for yourselves below.
GORDI – TOUR DATES
UK/ EUROPE Tuesday 13 May – The Lower Third, London UK Wednesday 14 May – The Cellars, Bristol UK Thursday 15 May – The Great Escape Festival, Brighton UK Friday 16 May – The Great Escape Festival, Brighton UK Saturday 17 May – The Great Escape Festival, Brighton UK Tuesday 20 May – Supersonic Records, Paris FR
US (WITH ANAIS MITCHELL) Monday 9 June – Racket, NYC US
AUSTRALIA (WITH DAVID GRAY) Tuesday 4 November – Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA Wednesday 5 November – Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth WA Friday 7 November – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA Sunday 9 November – Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC SOLD OUT Monday 10 November – Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC Wednesday 12 November – State Theatre, Sydney NSW SOLD OUT Thursday 13 November – State Theatre, Sydney NSW SOLD OUT Sunday 15 November – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT Sunday 16 November (Matinee) - QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT Sunday 16 November (Evening) - QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane QLD SOLD OUT
Following on from last month's new singleChrome Dipped, Australia's CIVIC have returned with their latest effort The Hogg. Taken from the band's forthcoming third album, due out May 30th, the track's charged up energy and convulsing basslines blow away the cobwebs as they give a further taster of what's to come with a hint at their bold and amplified new sound. The band notes, “‘The Hogg’ is about finding peace and gratitude in being out of your depth in a foreign place or world.” Take a listen for yourselves below.
Tour Dates: May 24th -25th | Las Vegas, US - Punk Rock Bowling May 28th | Reno, US - Holland Project May 30th | Seattle, US - The Vera Project May 31st | Portland, US - Polaris Hall June 3rd | San Francisco, US - Bottom Of The Hill June 6th | Los Angeles, US - The Echoplex June 7th | San Diego, US - Soda Bar June 11th | Washington, US - Pearl Street June 12th | Philadelphia, US - Foto Club June 13th | New York, US - TV Eye June 14th | Boston, MA - Middle East Upstairs June 16th | Toronto, CA - The Baby G June 17th | Hamtramck (Detroit), US - The Sanctuary June 18th | Chicago, US - Schubas June 19th | Minneapolis, US - 7th Street Entry June 24th | San Sebastian, ES - Dabadaba June 25th | Madrid, ES - El Sol June 26th | Valencia, ES - Loco Club June 27th | Barcelona, ES - Upload June 28th | Vitoria, ES - Helldorado June 30th | Bologna, IT - Freakout Club July 1st | Milan, IT - Punkadeka Preview @ Magnolia July 3rd | Belfast, UK - Voodoo July 4th | Dublin, IE - Workmans Cellar July 5th | Waterford, IE - Luca Records & Skate Shop July 6th | Limerick, IE - Kasbah July 8th | Manchester, UK - Gullivers July 9th | London, UK - Moth Club July 10th | Cheltenham, UK - 2000 Trees Festival July 12th | Belgium, BE - Sjock Festival July 13th | Dusseldorf, DE - Ratinger Hof July 14th | Berlin, DE - Privatclub July 15th | Hamburg, DE - Goldener Salon @ Hafenklang July 18th | Kristiansand, NO - Ravnedalen Live July 19th | Tromso, NO - Bukta Festival (with DJ set that night) July 24th | Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso July 25th | Paris, FR - Supersonic July 26th and 27th | Binic, FR - Binic Folk Blues Festival
San Diego indie-pop trio almost monday have recently shared news of further UK and worldwide tour dates. Following the sold-out success of their debut headline tour across the U.S. and Europe the band are back and kick off their UK leg in Cardiff at the Globe on June 23rd. Fueled by their US chart-topping hit “can’t slow down”, the band is captivating audiences with their signature blend of sun-soaked melodies, danceable rhythms, and infectious indie-pop energy. Their music is equal parts festival-ready and late-night playlist gold; perfect for fans of COIN, Foster the People, and Dayglow. General tickets are available now.
UK – THE DIVE TOUR PART 2 June 23 – Cardiff, UK – Globe June 24 – Nottingham, UK – The Bodega June 25 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club June 26 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
Following on from last month's single Gravestone, The K's return with their brilliant new effort Helen, Oh, I, taken from their forthcoming second album, Pretty On The Internet, set for release on the 27th June 2025. A heartfelt ballad, the track showcases the band's emotive side as a rousing string section builds from its empowering vocals. “Helen, Oh, I is a song I wrote reflecting a particularly chaotic and turbulent period in my life. During this time, I found myself struggling to balance the demands of a newfound life on the road while desperately trying to maintain the stability of my life at home.” Jamie continues, “It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a tendency to lean into self-destructive behaviours or seek out cheap distractions, even if they come at the cost of significant damage instead of confronting the deeper issues at hand. I would often opt for temporary escapes, letting everything around me unravel as a result and Helen, Oh, I is written about my realisation of this when looking back on things I’ve done or the way I’ve behaved in certain situations and realising the damage is done and it’s too late to change it”. Take a listen for yourselves below.
‘Pretty On The Internet’ Tour 18th April - Great Hall, Cardiff University Students’ Union, Cardiff, UK 25th April - Octagon Centre, Sheffield, UK 26th April - Asylum, Hull University Union, Hull, UK 8th May - Rock City, Nottingham, UK 9th May - O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK 10th May - O2 Academy, Leeds, UK 13th May - Roundhouse, London, UK 17th May - O2 Academy, Bristol, UK 22nd May - O2 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
