‘Death Hilarious’ is a battle-ready hammer throw of a fifth album from Pigs x7. Lifting off with G-force rocket speed, opener ‘Blockade’ is a searing tornado of sludgy space rock, Matthew Baty’s Lemmy ...

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With a live reputation that precedes them and fingers in just about every slice of pie that the various music scenes in Leeds are cooking up, with ‘Zero Guilt’, Fuzz Lightyear look well poised to ...

Kings of Leon’s fifth record was always going to be the one that defined them. No-one was going to write them off after they changed their sound for ‘Only By The Night’, moving towards slick, polished ...

‘Like A Ribbon’ is an astonishingly confident debut from John Glacier, the Londoner’s sound showing itself as all-encompassing. The record feels otherworldly at times, the rotating arcade synths of ...

Charli xcx has returned with ‘House’, a spectacular sonic left-turn from her ‘BRAT’ era that sees her join forces with none other than John Cale of The Velvet Underground for a dissonant, strings-led ...

After releasing debut single ‘Norwegian Wood’ in 2023, Picture Parlour were met with an immediate cascade of praise - one which even included an endorsement from Courtney Love. Two years later, their ...

Where The Murder Capital’s debut, ‘When I Have Fears’ (2019), delivered poetic post-punk melancholy, the follow-up, ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ (2023), showcased atmospheric introspection. ‘Blindness’ marks a ...

Donington Park’s premier metal fest Download Festival have announced details of their headliners for next summer, along with 90 other artists who’ll feature across the bill.

After spending over a year off the road, Arlo Parks has announced plans for three very special live shows later this month, billed under the title of “Sonic Exploration”. The singer, who released her ...

Animation’s finest musical troupe Gorillaz are back with another new offering, this time in collaboration with IDLES. Seemingly tapping straight into society’s current consciousness, ‘The God of Lying ...