Doll Skin took their last album Manic Pixie Dream Girl, an album about girl power and love, kicked it into the dirt and spat on it. It is almost like Love Is Dead And We Killed Her is the band scoldin…
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20 years since releasing The Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips have unveiled their 15th long-player. King's Mouth is a technicolour dreamscape, peppered with buoyant electronica and gliding guitars. To …
Hoity-Toity’s previous EP was okay. It was music that I have listened to and enjoyed, but I wasn’t running around raving for any other reason than that Hoity-Toity are talented up-and-coming musicians…
Albums by The National tend to be instantly recognisable because the vast majority of their work has tended to occupy such an idiosyncratic space in history’s musical landscape. Whether it’s frontman …
Since releasing their rather dark offering, Abysmal Thoughts, in 2017, a lot has happened in the world of The Drums. Line-up changes, break-ups, and personal growth have birthed their latest creation,…
“I said I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting”, Yannis Philippakis laments in the chorus of Exits - the lead single from the new album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1. The apology is not u…
The 1975 are a modern musical enigma; they sound like pop stars and sell tickets by the thousands to a pop star's demographic, whilst simultaneously averting just about every characteristic that pop s…
They might be riding the Dirty Hit hype, but King Nun are far from your conventional indie act. With their ferociously sharp melodies and lyrical savviness, the quartet is not one to be pigeonholed. …
"We sat on the corner kissing each other // Felt like I could finally see in colour" - the poignant lyrics of 'Eighteen', the opening track of four-piece indie band Pale Waves' debut album, encapsulat…
Although their ever-youthful sound may lead you to believe otherwise, the spellchecker-defying electronic trio have reached the end of a long journey in terms of creative output on their third album; …
