Getting To Know… Dirty Blonde

Dirty Blonde release their new EP, Looking For Trouble, today. Manchester’s Dirty Blonde are a blonde-bombshell alt-rock duo, fronted by the powerhouse pairing of Ailis Mackay (vocals, guitar, drums) and Hayley Tait (guitar, backing vocals). Since forming in January 2023, they've shared the stage with acts such as Frank Carter and the…

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Getting To Know… Joni

American-born, London-based songwriter Joni has released her debut album, Things I Left Behind via her twin homes of Hand In Hive (Divorce, TV Priest, Wyldest), and Keeled Scales in North America. When Joni says that “pain is the price you pay for loving someone” it’s coming from a place of deep experience.…

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Getting To Know… TWAT UNION

Emerging from the vibrant milieu of a shared living space in London in 2023, feral feminist theatre-punks TWAT UNION were born from a blend of camaraderie and playful irreverence. “A lot of us lived together, and we had a long-standing joke that we’d form a band called ‘Twat Union,’” they recall with…

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Getting To Know: SIIGHTS

SIIGHTS have dropped new EP Through Thick And Thin, which is available now on Insanity Records. Having toured with the likes of Lana Del Rey, Dylan and Griff, SIIGHTS are also fresh from their first ever headline tour, including a sold-out London show at The Grace and dual sold-out homecoming dates in…

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Getting To Know: Ghost Car

Ghost Car, the London-based international punk quartet, recently released their debut album Truly Trash via One Little Independent Records. The riotous, quick-witted collection of 11 garage-rock bangers provides Ghost Car with a platform to rage against political injustices, as their unified harmonies attack patriarchal inequality, homophobia, racism and toxic relationships. Truly Trash…

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Getting To Know: Sir Jude

Melbourne marvel Sir Jude braces the release of her brooding debut album Revelations out now. With her theatrical approach to modern-day pop, Sir Jude’s diverse range allowed her to intricately connect the dots and create Revelations, her first full length project. Marking such a prominent period in her life, Revelations is a body of work that represents a…

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Getting To Know: Sounds Like Lily

Acclaimed artist Sounds Like Lilly, fronted by 18-year-old sensation Lily Mackay has released her debut EP, Glad I Met Ya. A collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Rowland O’Connor, the EP was recorded in her native Devon with producers Jimi Stewart and Tommy Williams (Arlo Parks, Bonobo, Beka, Hearing Aid Beige). The EP draws on…

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Getting To Know: Smut

Smut – the Chicago-based band of vocalist Tay Roebuck, guitarist Andrew Min, bassist/synthesist Bell Cenower, guitarist/synthesist Sam Ruschman, and drummer Aidan O’Connor – have just released their new album How the Light Felt. On How the Light Felt, they meld the songwriting sensibilities of Oasis with the vocal delivery of the Cocteau…

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Getting To Know: Bleach Lab

Rising South London four-piece Bleach Lab have released their brand new EP If You Only Feel It Once. The fusing of inner-dialogue with external commentary is a recurring motif across the If You Only Feel It Once EP. Continuing on themes from their earlier releases - there are still clear references to…

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Getting To Know: Jackie Hayes

Chicago’s Jackie Hayes shares her long-awaited debut album Over & Over, via Pack Records. Produced with longtime collaborator Billy Lemos (Omar Apollo, Binki, Dua Saleh, Lava La Rue) and mixed by Henry Stoehr of Slow Pulp, it's the follow up to Hayes’ 2021 EP There’s Always Going To Be Something. Over &…

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