Buzzcocks Drop New Single/Video "Manchester Rain"

British punk rock pioneers Buzzcocks have dropped the video for their new single "Manchester Rain". 

The song is taken from their upcoming new album 'Sonics In The Soul', set to be released on September 23 via Cherry Red Records. Pre-order it here.

The legendary Manchester punk band need little introduction. Back in 1977, they gave birth to a generation of independent labels with their debut EP ‘Spiral Scratch’. Thereafter, their melodic punk-pop proved irresistible, leading to hit singles and three landmark albums. They broke up in 1981 but reunited in 1989 and have been going steady ever since. Sadly, singer Pete Shelley passed away in 2018 but founder member and the band’s other singer/songwriter Steve Diggle has kept the flag flying. During the COVID pandemic, Steve and co. (Chris Remington on bass, Danny Farrant on drums) busied themselves with recording ‘Sonics In The Soul’. Recorded at Studio 7in London, the album was co- produced by Steve himself with Laurence Loveless.

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Floral Image Unleash New Single "El Topo"

Norwich, UK psych-indie-electronica-rock five-piece Floral Image have unleashed their new single "El Topo".

The song b/w  "Subpoena", is out now through Catch 21 Records. With their 3rd single, Floral Image have revealed their most explorative recording yet. El Topo, named after Alejandro Jodorowsky’s cult cinema classic, aims to place you on an epic audial journey through an imagined technicolour landscape that Jodorowsky himself would be proud of producing. Ever mutating, El Topo takes you higher with its pounding Psych-Rock whilst also bringing you back down to earth with passages of awe inspiring ambient soundscapes. 

 

A thumping crowd favourite at their already raucous live shows, El Topo stretches across your ears like a meandering psychedelic river. The single is accompanied by a live session video where you see the band demonstrating their tasteful knack of incorporating both the heavy and the intriguingly mysterious for their Jodorowsky inspired stomper. 

Stream it below.

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The Cult Reveal New Single "A Cut Inside"

English rock band The Cult have revealed their new single "A Cut Inside".

The song is taken from their upcoming11th studio album 'Under the Midnight Sun', which will be out on October 7 via Black Hill. Pre-order your copy here.

Stream it below.

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GIFT Unveil New Single/Video "Feather"

New York City neo-psychedelia five-piece GIFT have premiered their new single "Feather" alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from their much-anticipated debut album 'Momentary Presence', set to arrive on entirety on October 14th through Dedstrange. Pre-order your copy here.

On the slow burning psychedelic ballad, Bandleader TJ Freda sings of “psychic destabilization and the quest for balance” from a patchwork nest of warm lo-fi electronica held together with hallucinatory bedroom production work plus a ton of love.   

“I wrote ‘Feather’ after waking up from a lucid dream,” says Freda. “It’s about trying to help someone who can’t be helped, but in the end, you want to accept them for who they are and love them no matter what. It’s one of the most personal songs on the record.”

In the video, director Dylan Brannigan does his own dance of reality, performing magic acts of audiovisual alchemy to transform GIFT’s metaphysical disturbances into a series of surreal vignettes; each rendered in hazy, saturated hues like a contraband bootleg VHS of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain. 

""Feather is Inspired by Jung’s theories of collective unconscious and its archetypes - A man, representing The Nine of Swords tarot card enters the astral plane where he undergoes a transformative experience.  Incorporating themes of botanical consciousness, individuation, and harmony, Feather is a portal into the mind of a character on the edge of a new frontier. "

On the astral plane, our story follows the figure of the Nine of Swords Tarot Card as he undergoes a process of individuation.

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Simple Minds Release New Single/Video "First You Jump"

Scottish new wave/rock legends Simple Minds have released their new single "First You Jump", and its accompanying music video. 

The song is taken from their forthcoming eighteenth studio album 'Direction of the Heart', which will be out on 21st October.Pre-order the album here.

First You Jump’ is a Kerr-Burchill co-write with Simple Minds’ long-time bassist Ged Grimes, and is a  about the anxiety of the times and how we will rise above them.

The video was filmed in July during the soundcheck for Simple Minds concert in the Ancient Theatre Taormina, Sicily. 

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Floral Image Unveil Live Video For New Single "El Topo"

Norwich, UK psych-indie-electronica-rock five-piece Floral Image have unveiled a live video for their new single "El Topo".

The recorded version will be out on 9th September through Catch 21 Records. With their 3rd single, Floral Image have revealed their most explorative recording yet. El Topo, named after Alejandro Jodorowsky’s cult cinema classic, aims to place you on an epic audial journey through an imagined technicolour landscape that Jodorowsky himself would be proud of producing. Ever mutating, El Topo takes you higher with its pounding Psych-Rock whilst also bringing you back down to earth with passages of awe inspiring ambient soundscapes. 

 

A thumping crowd favourite at their already raucous live shows, El Topo stretches across your ears like a meandering psychedelic river. The single is accompanied by a live session video where you see the band demonstrating their tasteful knack of incorporating both the heavy and the intriguingly mysterious for their Jodorowsky inspired stomper. The Norwich 4 piece have many tricks up their sleeve…Who wants more?

The video was recorded at the St. Martin-at-Oak Church, Norwich, Norfolk in 2022. Watch below.

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Manic Street Preachers Unveil Previously Unheard Song 'Studies In Paralysis'

Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers have unveiled a previously unreleased track called "Studies In Paralysis". 

The song is taken from the reimagined version of their 6th album ‘Know Your Enemy’, which will be released on September 9 via Columbia/Sony. Grab your copy here.

'Studies in Paralysis' was recorded at Miloco Studios in London but left off the original 2001 release. It has remained unearthed until now and is available on the entirely remixed and reconstructed

The song, which Nicky Wire incorrectly remembered as being released as a b-side to one of the album's four singles, is a red raw rock'n'roll song with a none-more-classic Manics title celebrating the blankness and inertia that comes with the loss of belief. 

The video for 'Studies In Paralysis' was directed by Kieran Evans, he explains how it came about:

 

"It started with an email from Wire (it always does!).  Would I be up for working on visualising two unheard tracks from the 'Know Your Enemy' sessions that were to feature in the beautifully expanded and reworked re-issue of the album?  Of course I would!  Both 'Rosebud' and 'Studies In Paralysis' landed an hour later and were stunning and took my breath away. Fuck me...They left these off the original album...what were they thinking???!!!

 

An hour later, another email landed from him - "I'll send some DV footage of the Miloco sessions up to you". But this footage was very different from previous recording sessions he'd filmed. There was a seriousness to everyone's behaviour and recording performances. There was no frivolity or funny off camera 'moments'. The atmosphere felt intense, you could feel the pressure they were under.

 

Cutting this footage to 'Studies in Paralysis' was a task. I went through many iterations and edits to get the right "feel" to reflect what is a truly glorious song... Thankfully...I think we definitely got there in the end".

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Los Colognes Unleash Live Video For "Lonesome Tide"

Nashville indie rock/pop Los Colognes have unleashed a live video for "Lonesome Tide".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their excellent new album 'The New World', which came out in May. Get your copy here.

Watch the video video below, live from The Bobcat Lounge.

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Advertisement Air New Single "Material Man"

Los Angeles/Seattle-based rock six-piece Advertisement have aired their new single "Material Man".

The song is out today via Hardly Art Records. Get it here.

Employing a cheeky, not-quite-cerebral blend of krautrock rhythms, pop experimentalism, and evil dandy attitude, Advertisement presents an unusual take on rock music, as notable for its sideways sense of humor as it is for its straight-to-the-point songwriting.

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GIFT Premiere New Single/Video "Gumball Garden"

New York City neo-psychedelia five-piece GIFT have premiered their new single "Gumball Garden" alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from their upcoming debut full length album 'Momentary Presence', set to arrive on entirety on October 14th through Dedstrange. Pre-order your copy here.

UPDATE 08/08/2022: "Gumball Garden" is our new Single of the Week!

With "Gumball Garden", the band open the gates to a technicolor shoegazing fantasy island.  They splice together dank strains of psych, krautrock and dream pop to grow their own hybrid. 

Dipped in syrupy synths and topped with powdered fuzz riffs, “Gumball Garden” is a delectable confection of heavy neo-psychedelic euphoria.  

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Manic Street Preachers Unveil Unreleased Track "Rosebud"

Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers have unveiled a previously unreleased track called "Rosebud". 

The song is taken from the reimagined version of their 6th album ‘Know Your Enemy’, which will be released on September 9 via Columbia/Sony. Grab your copy here.

The new version of the album has been entirely remixed and reconstructed to form two separate albums as originally planned. ‘Know Your Enemy’ will be available digitally and as a 3 CD bookset, double CD and double album.

This deluxe release includes two previously unheard ‘forgotten’ tracks: ‘Studies in Paralysis’ and ‘Rosebud’, which is available online today. Beginning all wiry and cracked, ‘Rosebud’ soon opens out into a stuttering Hammond organ riff, a pensive rhythm track and a lyric that regrets “most things I never finished”.

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The Petal Falls Air New Single/Video "Everything About You"

UK rock/pop band The Petal Falls have aired the video for their new single "Everything About You". 

The song serves as the title track of their forthcoming new album 'Everything About You', set to be released in September.

Another irresistible blend of hard rock and pop with the same mixture of fantastically catchy chorus's, clever lyrics and astonishing production, that are the signature of The Petal Falls music. 

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Floral Image Reveal New Single/Video "Magic Train"

Norwich, UK psych-indie-electronica-rock five-piece Floral Image have revealed their new single "Magic Train" and its accompanying music video.

The song, produced and engineered by Gavin Bowers (Never Never Man // Climbing Boys), is out today through Catch 21 Records. 

The band have given you a cosmic ticket with Magic Train; a hypnotic commute to an ambient destination that’s sure to leave you in a glad faced trance.

The Norwich based psych-pop newcomers unveil their moody 2nd single this year to accompany a run of impressive shows across the UK and Europe. Catch them this summer as they tour London, Paris, Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham, Colchester, Norwich and a number of major festivals including Wide Skies & Butterflies.

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The Cult Announce New LP 'Under the Midnight Sun', Stream "Give Me Mercy"

English rock band The Cult have announced the release of their 11th studio album 'Under the Midnight Sun'. 

The follow-up to 2016's Hidden City, was produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Ghost, Royal Blood) which will be out on October 7 via Black Hill. Pre-order your copy here.

As the world shut down and everyone was forced to reprioritize the way they approached life and work. "When the world stopped, I had this moment to write in real time, to calculate," says Astbury. When lockdown lifted and the group could meet to record, they teamed up with Dalgety. "I was compelled by this vision, this anomaly, this memory, of being under the midnight sun. Tom helped us bring a new musical shape and frequency to our process."

Lyrically, Under the Midnight Sun bolsters that new musical dexterity by building out from the idyllic and surreal vision at its title. Throughout, Astbury pulls in influences from Brian Jones, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Buddhism, the Beats, and the Age of Aquarius, all shaded with the lingering threat of the present and the timeless Cult color palette.

The band have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Give Me Mercy, ” speaking about it, band member Ian Astbury says: “I was absolutely enamored with this piece of music Billy [Duffy] had written, and it perfectly fit these thoughts I’d been having about our culture’s need to move past assumptions of duality. We need new language because words can’t express where we’re going. ‘Give Me Mercy’ has all the hallmarks of the new classic Cult to my ears…fresh yet familiar.”

Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for “Give Me Mercy, ” below.

Under The Midnight Sun tracklisting:
01. Mirror
02. A Cut Inside
03. Vendetta X
04. Give Me Mercy
05. Outer Heaven
06. Knife Through Butterfly Heart
07. Impermanence
08. Under The Midnight Sun

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Manic Street Preachers Share 'Sleep Next To Plastic' A Career Spanning Playlist

Welsh rock trio Manic Street Preachers have shared 'Sleep Next To Plastic', a career spanning Playlist featuring new & lost recordings

This is the second in a series of career spanning Spotify playlists specially curated by the band. Sleep Next To Plastic focuses on the cover versions Manic Street Preachers have performed over the years. It includes new/lost recordings, B-sides and album tracks. Fifteen of the covers have previously been unavailable officially through streaming services; the version of Madonna’s Borderline was recorded in the band’s Door To The River especially for this playlist. 

 

Covers have away been central to Manic Street Preachers ethos, whether playing raw versions of Happy Mondays or Clash songs at early gigs or adding inspirational classics written by Guns N’Roses or Echo and the Bunnymen to recent live shows. 

Simple Minds Announce New LP 'Direction of the Heart', Stream "Vision Thing"

Scottish new wave/rock legends Simple Minds have announced the release of their new their eighteenth studio album 'Direction of the Heart'.

The follow-up to 2018's Walk Between Worlds will be released on 21st October.Pre-order the album here.

Most of Direction Of The Heart’s tracks were written, created and demoed in Sicily, where both Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill live. Unable to come to the UK because of quarantine rules, the album was recorded at Hamburg’s Chameleon Studios. Here they produced the album, later enlisting Andy Wright (Massive Attack, Echo & The Bunnymen) and Gavin Goldberg (Simply Red, KT Tunstall) for additional production.

Band members, bassist Ged Grimes (who co-wrote two of the new songs, ‘First You Jump’ and ‘Solstice Kiss’), drummer Cherisse Osei and vocalist Sarah Brown joined them on some of the tracks, recording their parts separately in London.

Throughout its nine tracks, Direction of the Heart finds the band at their most confident, anthemic best on an inspired celebration of life, and which manages to perfectly encapsulate the essence of past and present Simple Minds, a band whose reascent over the past 10 years has seen them, once again, capture the magic and critical praise of their early days.

Confident and anthemic, the album is an inspired celebration of life, most evident on lead single ‘Vision Thing’. Guests include Sparks frontman Russel Mael and Ged Grimes collaborator Gary Clark.

Check out the album's tracklist and take a listen to "Vision Thing" below.

Direction of the Heart Tracklist:

1. Vision Thing

2. First You Jump

3. Human Traffic

4. Who Killed Truth?

5. Solstice Kiss

6. Act of Love

7. Natural

8. Planet Zero

9. The Walls Came Down

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Watch: Young Guv Reveals New Single/Video "Nervous Around U"

Canadian pop/rock artist Ben Cook aka Young Guv has revealed his new single "Nervous Around U", alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from his forthcoming second full-length album 'GUV IV', out on June 24th via Run For Cover Records and via Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada). Pre-order your copy here.

Written entirely in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range of New Mexico following a cancelled tour in the spring of 2020, the songs on GUV IV range in the way that only a Young Guv record can - from Laurel Canyon jangle to British Invasion blues-pop to AM-radio Americana to the mildly sleazy electro pop on a song-by-song basis. But at its core, GUV IV is a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love.

Watch/listen below.

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Watch: Los Colognes Air Live Video For "Battle Royale"

Nashville indie rock/pop Los Colognes have aired a live video for "Battle Royale".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their excellent new album 'The New World', which came out last month (May 3). Get your copy here.

Watch the video video below, live from The Bobcat Lounge.

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New Entry: Hundredth Release New Single "Fantasize"

Myrtle Beach, SC rock/melodic hardcore band Hundredth have released their new single "Fantasize".

The song is out today (May 19). Get it here and stream it below.

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Watch: Young Guv Releases New Single/Video "Nowhere At All"

Canadian pop/rock artist Ben Cook aka Young Guv has released his new single "Nowhere At All", alongside an accompanying music video.

The song is taken from his forthcoming second full-length album 'GUV IV', out on June 24th via Run For Cover Records and via Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada). Pre-order your copy here.

Written entirely in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range of New Mexico following a cancelled tour in the spring of 2020, the songs on GUV IV range in the way that only a Young Guv record can - from Laurel Canyon jangle to British Invasion blues-pop to AM-radio Americana to the mildly sleazy electro pop on a song-by-song basis. But at its core, GUV IV is a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love. 

Watch/listen below.

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