'Today was A-level results day across England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. Here are some words of advice (good and bad), ruminations, and consolations to distract you from wondering why only girls seem to have received...

The Indie Vigil is a segment on a brand new show on Radio Scarborough. AKA 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Just For You', it features three indie songs submitted by a listener to host...

The third solo album from the lead singer of The Bluetones and the tidiest man in rock (allegedly) is a collection of more than just your average, straight down the line covers of songs, full...

'If Kermode and Mayo can have a clergy corner, then so can Record Rewind Play. '

There are certain albums that cannot be revisited or reviewed due to their status in the music world. Certain albums which have been defined as a classic and will be forever noted in history as...

Room8, the LA-based two-man troupe made up of producers Ezra Reich and Nic Johns, have followed the release of the title track from their forthcoming No Hard Feelings EP with a second track, the dancefloor-demanding,...

If you haven't been to Budapest, I highly recommend it. I'll even let you know of a few cool hipster places off the beaten track if you ask nicely. While you're there, walk around and...

Zola Blood have announced Play Out, the follow-up to their debut EP, Meridian. The Hackney four-piece recorded Play Out between London and Leeds; working with producer Richard Formby (Wild Beasts, Ghostpoet, Darkstar) they have created...

Fresh off a two-week tour tour of Western Canada, psych/shoegaze band Surprise Party have released a new video for their track If You Fall, from their recent Circle of Death EP.

I was quite surprised when a friend of mine asked me to write a piece on a band that he likes. Actually, I was a bit chuffed to be honest, but then I had to...

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...

Having already forced the musical universe asunder with the title track from their forthcoming fourth album, Foals have released Mountain At My Gates as a second taster of one of this year's mostly hotly tipped...

As you probably know from previous articles I've written, The Bluetones are celebrating their 20 year anniversary this year by touring the UK in September.  As a small tribute to one of my all-time favourite...

1995 saw the release of Twisted, the fourth studio album by Scottish rockers Del Amitri. Prior to this album the band had enjoyed some success with singles such as Kiss This Thing Goodbye and Always The...

Mercury is the title track from the debut EP by dark electropop trio Scam Avenue. It has vocal echoes of Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne), and a quietly developing menace that flourishes briefly before a final...

On We Are Fools For Singing This Song, Ekelund's sweet vocals and the soft cries, together with the softly undulating synths and rhythmic bass, provide such warm comfort that you could be forgiven for missing...

Some bands start off so strong that their early B-sides are later treated with reverence among fans. Perhaps with one eye on this, with U R Beach Baby have taken it one step further with...

Another track taken from Kins' debut EP, Cyclical, Little Dancer is an eight and a half-minute epic. Part menacing rumble, part falsetto, it builds and drops before building again to a savage conclusion of swirls...

All aboard for jangly, echoey guitar work and innately melancholy vocals! If you like Real Estate and The Go-Betweens (and a hearty congratulations if you do) then you should find much to love in The...

My Special One is the new single from Iceland's Bang Gang, the recording project of composer Bardi Johannsson. Directed by photographer and film-maker Taki Bibelas, the song's video soaks My Special One's lush sound in...