JOHN GRANT UNVEILS VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE ‘DOWN HERE’

with his new album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure riding high in the end of year lists, John Grant has today unveiled an irresistible video for new single ‘Down Here‘. Directed by the very talented Lisa Gunning (Seven Psychopaths, Nowhere Boy) and set in London suburbia, the video features a teenager who dreams of becoming a synchronised swimmer. But will […]
EXMAGICIAN is the collaboration between longtime friends Danny Todd and James Smith. The Belfast duo, who released their debut EP Kiss That Wealth Goodbye on Friday 20th November via Bella Union, have now released a live performance video of one of the EP’s many highlights ‘Place Your Bets’, a track which has been gaining lots of support […]

EXMAGICIAN UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘PLACE YOUR BETS’

Album Review: Lanterns on the Lake – Beings

The first time I picked up Lanterns on the Lake’s début full-lengther Gracious Tide, Take Me Home it was for embarrassingly superficial reasons – the band’s unusual, starry-eyed name, a cover designed like a battered old book – it all seemed to give off an independent, DIY impression I hoped would reflect in their sound. Thankfully […]
The new single is taken from their upcoming 2nd album Suicide Songs which is to be released 29th January 2016 via Bella Union.    Jamie Lee commented on the album: “It seemed to make sense for the period, since I was dabbling with an unworldly attitude toward life, though that’s changed now,” he vouches. “But […]

MONEY SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘I’LL BE THE NIGHT’

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PINS ANNOUNCE TOUR AND ‘GOT IT BAD’ VIDEO

PINS have announced a fresh run of UK and EU dates for the New Year. The announcement of their February 2016 tour comes in the wake of the Manchester five-piece’s recent shows with Best Coast, Gang Of Four and Stealing Sheep. To celebrate, they’ve shared the video for new single ‘Got It Bad’ It was […]
Following the release of his LP Perpetual Motion People on Bella Union, Ezra Furman has shared the playful video for ‘Body Was Made’ on Noisey. The video sees an all-star cast featuring members of Bella Union label-mates Landshapes as well as members of Peggy Sue performing in a sort of bizarro-reality musical contest that’s brimming […]
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EZRA FURMAN SHARES VIDEO FOR ‘BODY WAS MADE’

MONEY ANNOUNCE SECOND ALBUM ‘SUICIDE SONGS’

MONEY have announced the release of their much-anticipated second album Suicide Songs, which will be released 29th January via Bella Union and is available to pre-order from iTunes. The band has unveiled a first taste of the album with ‘You Look Like A Sad Painting On Both Sides Of The Sky’ which is streaming below. The band has also […]
If you were to judge the new album from John Grant on the title alone, you may surmise that this was going to be heavy going. Especially when you find out that Grey Tickles… is the literal Icelandic translation for mid-life crisis, and that Black Pressure… is from the Turkish word for nightmare. Having listened to this […]

Album Review: John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

Album Review: Mercury Rev – The Light In You

Pressing play on a Mercury Rev album is like the aural equivalent of opening a volume of fairy tales. You know you’ll be in for an intense and evolving series of narratives infused with melancholy and introspection best enjoyed in its entirety as an immersive experience. For a band with a track record of creating […]
Hot on the heels of their wildly successful second LP Wild Nights, PINS have shared their video for ‘Dazed By You’. “We made this video when we were on tour in America, driving across strange landscapes and visiting unusual places,” the band explains. “The filming was done when we drove 2,500miles, from Seattle to Michigan […]

PINS SHARE ‘DAZED BY YOU’ VIDEO