Die Anstalt won’t let you stand still on ‘Isolation’
The moment you hit play on Isolation by Die Anstalt, there’s no way out. The Berlin trio have re-recorded it…
Hayley and the Crushers take ‘Crash’ for a wild ride
Some songs just seem destined to cross paths with a particular band. Crash, the classic by The Primitives, is one…
Lelia makes big hair a feminist manifesto on ‘Hair’
Lelia turns big hair, dark disco and feminist defiance into a brilliantly camp new single on ‘Hair’.
marcy refuses the neat happy ending on ‘Pink Moon Tokyo’
marcy turns anxiety, pressure and one rare moment of freedom into ‘Pink Moon Tokyo’.
ĠENN get existential with Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat on ‘Jaguar Sun’
Old LOUD WOMEN favourites ĠENN go beautifully existential with Aidan Moffat on the sprawling, hypnotic ‘Jaguar Sun’.
Valeria Litvakov and Deer park make envy shimmer on ‘Better Than Mine’
Valeria Litvakov and Deer park turn envy, chance meetings and two beautifully instinctive collaborations into something very cool indeed.
Mad Kitten find the sweet spot between noise and nerve on ‘Going Nowhere’
Mad Kitten’s ‘Going Nowhere’ is scratchy, noisy and cool as fuck while everything around it threatens to fall apart.
Feldspar put some hardcore elbows into power-pop on ‘Family Man’
Rome’s Feldspar give power-pop a hardcore shove on ‘Family Man’, with huge hooks, clashing voices and absolutely no interest in…
SLOT get weird, horny and political on Dry Swallow
Baltimore duo SLOT bring sex, self-possession and a very loud drum machine to the dancefloor on second album Dry Swallow.
The Meffs mean Business on furious second album
The Meffs have made a second album for anyone who’s ever been told to be authentic, but not like that.