Music

By Kane Power (@ElHeavio) So often, trendy bands are overrated. Playing a style just far enough from mainstream to be considered cool or edgy provides an easy leap for a large amount of people to make, and so often, what could have been a good band if left to play shitty basement venues for another year becomes something utterly boring; tailor made for Buzzfeed ‘best-of’ playlists. How often do we hear the ‘next big thing’ release an album of over-produced...

NYC-natives The Jaguar Club will be stopping off for a quick UK tour next week before heading out on a US tour with Idlewild. If you're in the neighbourhood of Manchester/London/Bognor Regis you can pick up a ticket for the tour from the band's  Facebook page. The Jaguar Club UK Tour Dates 8th October - Manchester - Castle Hotel 9th October - London - The Hope and Anchor 10th October - London - New Cross Inn 11th October - Bognor Regis - Rockaway Beach Festival

The video for 'Mother Nature' has left an aftermath, and their names are Mingey and Party Boy. The two snails, stars of CuckooLander's latest video, have since been adopted by the singer and are living the life in a snail-ised castle estate. Watch Mingey and Party Boy in action below, not entirely out-shining CuckooLander's dangerously catchy pop jams. “With the video we wanted to bring back elements of educational videos you would watch at school mixed with retro TV shows like...

By Julia Prigmore (@JuliaPrigmore) The Gates, the latest release from Toronto trio Young Empires, is an evolutionary step ahead of their previous output.  Previous EP Wake All My Youth is overwhelmed here with defiant, heavy electro beats and catchy melodic chants, standing tall in the alternative dance and indie pop scene. The sonic fluidity of the album is a reflection of its recording process. Vlahovich has stated that the trio nurtured an experimental, unrestricted atmosphere in the studio, playing each...

By Richard Broome (@richbroome_tog) I am sat in a rather intimate, underground screening room at the British Film Institution. Drinks are flowing, the atmosphere is positive. The head of Spinefarm records stands up and makes a short introductory speech to get the eager audience whipped up for what is sure to be a special screening. This is Rammstein, after all. Expect the unexpected (and singed eyebrows). He sits down, the lights dim and the screen turns black. A single red...

More summer vibes now from Baltimore's Sun Club with their new track 'Summer Feet'. The song sets the stage ahead of the release of their Debut LP The Dongo Durango on 30th October. If Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys got in a time machine to present day and formed a supergroup with FIDLAR (on an upper day) it would probably sound something like this. Sun Club are are also streaming a live session of previously heard track 'Tropicoller Lease' which looks like an...

Their monstrous moniker may have been removed but the monster within remains, if Heck's nuts new track 'Breakers' is anything to go by. Have a listen below. According to the band, the song covers some pretty emotionally-turbulent subject matter. “Some things are better left at peace,” explains singer/guitarist Matt Reynolds. “When posed with a second chance we are teased by the inherent futility of it all. The underlying trust issues never leave and the all-consuming paranoia perpetually pulls each part...

Willie J Healey has announced the forthcoming release of his second EP Saturday Night Feeling  on November 6th. Check out lead single 'Dude Like Him' below for some summer vibes in the vein of Maccabees and Hooton Tennis Club. ‘Dude Like Him’, demonstrates a more direct and punchy side to Willie’s typically hazy and meandering surf-rock persona. He is, in his own words ‘a lover of all things simple, cult films, surf tones and the girl next door’. Willie deals in...

By Kane Power (@ElHeavio) I saw Svalbard live a few months ago doing an admirable job opening for Holy Roar label mates Rolo Tomassi. They are back on my radar with a new release One Day All This Will End, out this week on the 25th of September. I initially thought of Svalbard as a post-hardcore/post-rock crossover band, and I’m not entirely wrong, but with the clarity of recording, their music displays a much more melodic basis. Chord changes and...