Mercedes Brown strikes the match on ‘Playing with Fire’
Some songs grab you from the very first chord. Playing with Fire is one of them. With this single, Mercedes…
Two Tonne Machete cut deeper on ‘Lead With My Bad Side’
If you haven't heard of Two Tonne Machete, get on it now. Hailing from North Wales, this band has spent…
Whoop come into their own on ‘Time to Talk’
On Time to Talk, Whoop’s third album, the North Carolina band seem to have found a clearer direction without losing…
MONT LOSER keep the channel on with their new video and single ‘CIA’
Loser TV broadcasts 24/7. Its schedule features fake premium SMS adverts, impossible phone-in quizzes, late-night pornography and gambling, all linked…
Oedipus & The Mama’s Boys turn grief into a celebration on ‘A Daisy for You, John’
Talking about grief is never easy. But some songs manage to do exactly that, turning loss into something tangible that…
Shooting Daggers keep it real on ‘The Real Life Thing’
Two years after Love & Rage, Shooting Daggers return with The Real Life Thing, a seven-track mini-album that proves in…
Where We Sleep learn to walk through the flames on ‘The Arsonist’
Some albums are born from a desire to tell a story. Others from a need to confront it. The Arsonist…
Single of the week: Downtown Boys find new ways to speak through memory on ‘Sirena’
There is something unusual about Sirena. While it retains the collective energy that has defined Downtown Boys for over a…
BE N!CE make rental hell sound this good on ‘OOPSIE’
BE N!CE are back with 'OOPSIE', a new track taken from their upcoming EP that transforms the all-too-familiar nightmare of…
Hollow Minds take a promising first step with ‘Kiss Me Goodnight’
San Francisco-based band Hollow Minds have released a debut EP that they recorded and mixed themselves in a basement. And…