Netherlands Another Sky release sweeping new single ‘Capable of Love’gigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow This track comes ahead of their biggest gig to date at Village Underground After Another Sky’s debut release just over a year ago, the electro-pop …
Bands FME in northern Québec is smashing the door down for new artists in stylegigwise.com - Cai Trefor Cai Trefor reports from the remote industrial city of Rouyn-Noranda on some tantalising new discoveries. And one of the all-time greats cement their …
The Lumineers Album Review: The Lumineers - IIIgigwise.com - Matty Pywell A collection of character-driven narratives that are complex and thought-provoking Welcome to the dysfunctional Sparks family. The centrepiece of The …
Albums Exclusive candid photographs of Pixies In The Studiogigwise.com - GIGWISE See into the Dreamland Recording Studios & the making of Beneath The Eyrie Beneath The Eyrie is the seventh studio album from the inimitable Pixies, …
Poetry We spoke to Arlo Parks, the Gen Z Poet Laureate making irresistible lo-fi alt-popgigwise.com - Jessie Atkinson “I played The Great Escape a week before my first exam.” True genius emanates, and a besuited Arlo Parks is radiating it. Meeting before dinner is …
The Roves interviewedgigwise.com - Alex Rigotti Tom and James Wing settle into the room. They’re 27 and 29 respectively, two brothers who have bounced around from band to band before settling on …
The Who The Who detail first album in 13 years, announce UK arena tour datesgigwise.com - Cai Trefor The 11-track album to follow Endless Wire (2006) is titled WHO and due for release on 22 November via Polydor records. The album was co-produced by …
Leeds The Magic Gang will host three all-day parties this autumngigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow They’ll be serving up a platter of their favourite new artists in London, Birmingham and Leeds At the end of November, The Magic Gang will take a …
Charli XCX Album Review: Charli XCX - Charligigwise.com - Alex Rigotti Ever since her boundary-breaking 2016 EP, Vroom Vroom, Charli XCX has been a songwriter to watch. She’s been on a crusade to redefine pop with the …
Festivals End Of The Road 2019: reviewedgigwise.com - Adrian Cross The last of the season, but auguring a new era Attending End of the Road is like being in a three day tracking shot, a panoply of uninterrupted sights …
Albums White Lies will release vinyl edition of To Lose My Lifegigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow The debut LP that touched a generation was released ten years ago To celebrate a decade of the success of their debut album, White Lies will release …
Bands Sports Team amp it up with their biggest UK tour, and drop a brilliant singlegigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow There’s no stopping Sports Team. This summer alone, they’ve taken a bus load of bands and fans to the seaside, released a breakneck live favourite …
Daniel Johnston The music world reacts to the passing of genius Daniel Johnstongigwise.com - Cai Trefor Johnston has died aged 58 leaving behind art powerfully inspiring to countless fans, artists and songwriters The music world has come out in droves to …
Bands FEET share swaggering single ‘Petty Thieving’ + videogigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow They’ve reworked their fan favourite track, and paired it with eccentric visuals FEET caught our attention from the get-go - maybe it was the …
Belfast The Big Moon release blissfully wholesome track ‘Your Light’gigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow This single comes alongside news of their second album Walking Like We Do After the tantalising release of the cinematic, ethereal ‘It’s Easy Then’, …
Bands Watch: Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage share video for new track 'In Certain Orders'gigwise.com - Cai Trefor Ahead of their upcoming album Bad Wiring and a UK tour the band share this brilliant new single Underground indie rock sensations Jeffrey Lewis & The …
Colin Benders on modular synths, his new A/V show + The Kyteman Orchestra's legacygigwise.com - Cai Trefor An exclusive interview with the Utrecht-based artist backstage at Lowlands festival One of the most difficult shows to get anywhere close to the stage …
Session: False Heads tear through The Distillery with ‘Slease’gigwise.com - Shannon COTTON For our second to last specially-curated session for Distiller TV, False Heads joined us in Bath to perform a rendition of ‘Slease’ which shook the …
Ipswich Sound City Ipswich 2019: Full line-up unveiledgigwise.com - Cai Trefor This is the first ever showcase festival and industry conference to be held in the East Anglia town. The likes of Snapped Ankles and The Murder …
Live Review: The S.L.P. at EartH, London, 09/09/2019gigwise.com - Shannon COTTON Sergio Lorenzo Pizzorno. The S.L.P. Serge from Kasabian. The guy who scored that almighty opening goal during Soccer Aid 2012. However you choose to …
Play buttonLeeds Pip Blom share brilliantly raw track ‘Freckles’ - listengigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow This release heralds the arrival of their deluxe version of Boat, due in early October If the release of the intoxicating Boat back in May didn’t curb …
Play buttonSynthesizers Album Review: Metronomy - Metronomy Forevergigwise.com - Melissa Darragh Metronomy’s latest offering Metronomy Forever is a stereo soundscape that shifts genre and mood in a thoughtful showcase of all that has made them …
Track By Track: Walk through DSND’s expansive debut EP Eremocenegigwise.com - GIGWISE We meet the duo on a mission to create forward-facing pop music DSND’s expansive electro-pop sensibilities have a carefully considered air to them, …
Play button Foals unleash vein-bulging track ‘The Runner’ - listengigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow For those with a penchant for Foals’ heavier material, you’re in for a treat. A mammoth, gravelly bassline immediately primes the tastebuds for the …
Concerts BBC Music Introducing Live announces headline gigs and special guestsgigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow The celebration of music discovery and inspiration takes place 31 October - 2 November Spanning three jam-packed days, BBC Music Introducing Live, …
Play buttonIndie Pop Counterfeit. release new single ‘It Gets Better’ and announce tourgigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow It’s a protest track that aims to unify the masses Currently, there’s a palpable sense that everyone is unified in the undying hope that things will …
Play buttonJanet Jackson Gia Ford drops slick new track ‘God, Cameras, Everyone’gigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow The idea for the alt-pop bop came from an episode of Dr Phil After signing on the dotted line with tastemaker label Dirty Hit, latest signee Gia Ford …
Indie Pop Sad Boys Club drop angsty single ‘Dead Fridays’ - listengigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow You may have guessed from their name choice, but London quintet Sad Boys Club consider themselves outsiders. This latest single is testament to this …
Play buttonAlbums Album Review: Pixies – Beneath The Eyriegigwise.com - Tyler Damara Kelly ‘Pixies feel once more like a band who know exactly what they’re doing’ Pixies are a band that have a great deal of history behind them – from their …
Play buttonIce Cream Inhaler release new single ‘Ice Cream Sundae’ - listengigwise.com - Elli Chappelhow It’s a sweet treat from the Dublin quartet who’ve just nabbed a major label deal Today, Inhaler release their third offering, in the form of ‘Ice …
