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Blog Sound of 2016

The Blog Sound of 2016 is a poll of UK based bloggers to determine the most popular and favourite emerging acts among those polled.

Field Music add US tour dates, announce Commontime preorder

Having recently shared The Noisy Days Are Over, the first track from their forthcoming fifth album together, Field Music's Brewis brothers have now made the album available for pre-order and added US tour dates to...

Everything you need to know about that new Adele single

Happy Global Adele Release Day everyone! ICYMI (somehow), here's what I learned about Hello from Twitter over the course of an hour or two this morning.

Tindersticks announce new album, The Waiting Room

22 years on from their self-titled debut, Tindersticks have announced the release of their 10th studio album, The Waiting Room, featuring a guest appearance by Jehnny Beth of Savages and a short film to accompany...

The Duke Spirit return with new album and London show

The Duke Spirit have announced that they are back with a new album and live date, leading with a brand new track from forthcoming album KIN (due out early in 2016). You can listen to...

The Broken Heed, in support of CALM

The Broken Heed is an album comprising 10 original songs written about and through depression. The project aims to raise funds for male mental health charity CALM. CALM is a relatively young charity, but does...

Colder announces Many Colours, first new album in nearly ten years

After a nine year gap, unhurried darkwave artist Colder (Marc Nygen Tan) has announced the release of his third album. Due out on November 6th on Bataille Records, Many Colours is only the third full...

Gengahr announce UK tour support, release tour video

Gengahr have announced the supports for their upcoming UK and European headline tour. The band will be joined by their friends Oscar, Cash+David and Puma Rosa for their Autumn dates. The band have also shared...

Listen to Beast - the new and final Pearl and the Beard album

Beast, the final album from New York's Pearl and the Beard, is out today. You can listen to its splendour and gorgeousness right here. Pearl and the Beard's farewell show will take place on November...

Pearl and the Beard announce break-up, final album

After nearly eight years together, Pearl and the Beard have announced that Beast, due for release on July 21st, will be their final album. In a statement, the band also announced a farewell show at...

Empathy Test and Vivien Glass Jura Demons tour

'Long-time RRP favourites Empathy Test have joined forces with Vivien Glass for the Jura Demons tour. With a couple of dates already under their belts, June and July will see the two bands criss-crossing the...

Manett releases new EP - Stigma-style

Stigma-Style is the new EP from Guam-born, now Brooklyn resident Rosa Bordallo, who records under the name Manett. It consists of three tracks that sound a world away from the brusque, hectic environment they were...

Nils Frahm announces 'Piano Day', shares new track

Pianist, composer, chill-maker Nils Frahm has announced March 29th as 'Piano Day', a celebration of all things piano-related.

Henry Demos & Lewtrakimou split album on Fox Food Records

Fox Food Records has announced the release of a split album by Henry Demos & Lewtrakimou. The album, entitled I Was Trying To Get There But It Was Hard To See From The Balloon is...

Zero 7 return with EP3, stream new track 400 Blows

Zero 7 have announced a new EP, EP3, their first release since last year's Simple Science EP. Rather underplaying their hand, they've described it as a couple of stray songs that hadn't find a home...

Tape Waves re-release Let You Go with new single Hanging On

If you're fan of summer-soaked dream-pop, you'll definitely be interested in the news that Tape Waves have announced a re-release of their super-chilled, super-sunny 2014 album Let You Go on 180g vinyl, available in three...

IFPI Announces Global Release Day from summer 2015

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the non-profit organisation that represents the global recording industry, announced today that the mooted global release day is to go ahead, starting in Summer 2015.

Soko Announces 2015 North American Tour Dates

French multi-instrumentalist Soko has announced North American tour dates, starting March 28 with Burger Records' Burgerama at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA directly following her European tour.

Andrew Montgomery announces new single and tour

Following the release of Ruled by Dreams last year, former Geneva lead singer Andrew Montgomery has announced details of a new single and UK tour.

Unifier Sign with Spartan, want to give you free music

Unifier's 2011 EP, "Oh, Great City", has been re-released by their new label Spartan Records as a free download.