As Valentine’s Day approaches, Blue Valentine, the latest music video from George Alley, offers a moody reflection on love’s contradictions. The single, from Alley’s self-titled debut album—available on streaming and a 12” transparent root-beer vinyl—features vignettes inspired by Andy Warhol’s screen tests, with Alley calling various “Valentines” on the phone. Director Aly Spengler, fresh from their […]

Now give us a minute because we are late discovering the fierce new one from Chicago no-wave group KAPUT. We are all kinds of obsessed with their new single, ‘Sucker‘ – the first to be taken from upcoming self-titled album.  The track is a high energy anthem about the pressures of everybody else’s expectations and […]

Today Brighton punkx DITZ drop their sophomore album, the tense, angry and always loud Never Exhale before preparing to bring the live experience to Spain this February. A year after playing here, supporting IDLES, they are back, bringing with them a barrage of boisterous post-punk rock. With songs of division and unnecessary hatred, it’s a […]

Seoul-based collective, Balming Tiger are back with ‘Spirit Chaebol‘ the next single to be taken from their recent Greatest Hits EP. Think Super Mario World meets Missy Elliott, with a dash of Muppets-style mayhem and you’re halfway there. Catchy, creative, and full of energy, nobody is doing it like Balming Tiger right now. Balming Tiger says of the […]

Today British singer-songwriter Shura announces her return with her first new material in over five years. The single ‘Recognise‘ is available to stream now and is so gorgeously ethereal, it’s giving us some much-needed serenity in this ultra-chaotic time. ‘Recognise’ opens with the purity of Shura’s stripped-back voice with only the most minimal of synths, […]

With her next album just three weeks away, Australia’s Mallrat now releases the era’s next single and announces new tour dates for UK/EU. ‘Pavement‘ is the fourth track taken from Light Hit My Face Like A Straight Right, the singer/songwriter’s sophomore album and an early contender for her favourite track from the project. On first […]

Next month our beloved Skunk Anansie take to the road and begin their upcoming UK & EU tour. Kicking off in Porto, Portugal on 28th February, Skin and the guys will be playing the hits and more on through March and April. To celebrate, the band have been back in in the studio and now […]

Hold onto your hats, y’all! Scissorhandz: The Musical, the campy, queer reimagining of Tim Burton’s cult classic, is slicing its way into the Southwark Playhouse Elephant, and Loverboy had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with the dazzling cast and creatives behind this electrifying production at iconic LGBTQ venue, The RVT, ahead of its London […]

Last night Loverboy’s Hannah Ford hit Bristol’s Hippodrome for the opening performance of the new UK & Ireland tour of the West End smash – & Juliet… Jam-packed with some of the biggest songs from arguably pop’s greatest producer, Max Martin, the show imagines an alternative universe where Shakespeare’s Juliet never took that fateful poison. […]