King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (KGLW)’s single ‘Ice V’ was released on the 7th September 2022 ahead of their album Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava – since then they have released three albums, providing their fans more than two hours worth of new content to feast on over the short span of twenty-one days. […]
Olivia Dean’s latest single ‘Danger’ is a beautifully crafted homage to the simultaneous risk and liberation of falling in love with someone who might be just right for you. Her smooth, clean vocals possess a timeless quality which undoubtedly confirm her as one of the UK’s most thrilling voices. The 23-year-old hailing from East London […]
‘Everything Eventually Ends’ is French disco-pop band L’Impératrice’s latest single featuring Irish rapper and songrwriter Rejjie Snow. It is a pleasing return after the success of 2021’s groovy Tako Tsubo. Their fusion of disco-pop with elements of psychedelia creates a distinctly catchy sound which serves as a perfect musical tonic for the morning commute or […]
After nearly a year without the new music, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier has finally delivered the long-awaited first single to his upcoming album Unreal Unearth entitled ‘Swan Upon Leda’. The title refers to the mythological story of Leda and the Swan, also the subject of a W.B. Yeats poem. Yeats, a known influence on Hozier, likens […]
Punk rock trio Palaye Royale is a band dripping with nostalgia. Soundwise, they host the sort of heart-bleeding, shout-your-lungs-out-and-burst-the-eardrums style that many would attribute to the early 2000s emo scene. Aesthetically they exist somewhere closer to 80s glam rock. They are nicknamed “the vampire, the pirate, and the gentlemen”, on account of the individual styles […]
Indie boy band Wallows return with their new single, ‘I Don’t Want to Talk.’ With its fast-paced beat, punctuated by playful harmonica, the track is reminiscent of the perfect road trip, but also takes pains to appeal to the indie teen demographic. Their last EP had a more electronic sound than usual, but ‘I Don’t […]
(by Cordelia Leigh) One of the most productive artists throughout lockdown, Lana Del Rey is set to release Blue Bannisters on 22 October, her second album of 2021. She’s already teased us with four singles, the most recent being ‘Arcadia’. The piano chords that accompany the listener into the song blend beautifully with her whispery […]
★★★★ Her first solo release since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mabel’s latest single sees her taking a break from her R&B roots for a taste of house-lite; all with the same energy that sold her earlier work. Over a sample of RuPaul’s “Supermodel”, Mabel opens with what can only be described as a […]