Release the rats! Today the Brooklyn, noise-rock quartet Model/Actriz announce their return with new single, ‘Cinderella‘, and album to follow, Pirouette, out 2nd May via True Panther/Dirty Hit. Available to pre-order now. It feels like only yesterday we were conversing with frontman Cole Hayden, as he extolled the virtues of the legend Liza Minelli and […]

The British-born, Berlin-based Anika has just announced the release date of her fourth album, entitled Abyss, out 4th April via Sacred Bones Records. For a taste of what is to come, Anika has released the first single, ‘Hearsay‘ which sounds like something Jefferson Airplane would be cooking up in 2025 after immersing themselves in 90s […]

Finally our favourite faux-Italianos, Desire, are preparing to release thier third album, Games People Play through the legendary label, Italians Do It Better. Featuring the smash, ‘Dark Side‘ and our favourite, ‘Dangerous Drug‘, the album is now set for release on 21st March. To celebrate the release Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel have just released […]

She blessed us with one of the best albums of 2024 and now Allie X is headed our way to give us the live experience of Girl With No Face. Starting the tour with an appearance at London’s The Mighty Hoopla on 31st May, she will then bring the chaos to Barcelona’s Primavera Sound A […]

Primavera Sound‘s Á La Ciutat shows are always a highlight of every edition. Exclusive shows for ticket holders that take place across Barcelona in the days leading up to the main weekend, they could, whisper it, even be our favourite part of the festival. In 2025 the addition gets even bigger, with shows from 2nd-8th June, […]

Now we confess we don’t know about Lust For Youth or Croatian Amor but apparently one was started by an ex-member of the other and now they are collaborating again which is a beautiful thing and something a lot of people are happy about. This is all understandable when it births something as beautiful as […]

A new one to watch for 2025 is Campbell King who just dropped their debut proper, with their tale of betrayal, ‘Fade Away‘ via Needwant. A singer, songwriter and poet from Corby, King has twice supported Mercury Prize-nominated Self Esteem on tour and can be seen next supporting RØRY at O2 Forum Kentish Town on 6th […]

‘I don’t wannna die. I just wanna sleep awhile, maybe forever.’ Here comes Emma-Jean Thackray with a January anthem if ever there was one, with her new single, ‘Wanna Die.’ The producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist shares with us the first track from her upcoming album, Weirdo, out 25th April. Released via Gilles Peterson’s celebrated Brownswood […]

Today the Baltimore-born, Hamburg-based multi-instrumentalist Sophia Kennedy returns with ‘Rodeo‘ the first single from her upcoming third album, Squeeze Me. The psychedelic-pop queen keeps things ecelectic, pulling us in with that hypnotic, Detroit Techno-style piano as she uses her lower range to pose the question, ‘Where are you taking me, oh Rodeo? Hooves of steel […]