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Photo by Nick BarberKaitlin Butts’ breakthrough to a UK audience was at The Long Road Festival in 2024, where an Interstate stage band show, a fabulous acoustic set and a guest appearance with Lola Kirke placed her on the radar of music fans across the artificial gridlines of what makes country music in the eyes and ears of the listening audience.Fast forward a couple of years, and following an invitation to play the Highways Festival in London, she’s been able to build a small tour around that anchor date to hopefully try and build upon that initial impact.Looking at the…
Masked pop-metal outfit President have announced their debut album, Blood Of Your Empire, and released its lead single, Doom Loop.The anonymous quartet will drop their first full-length statement via Atlantic Records on September 4. Pre-orders are now live. The new single comes with a glossy music video and is available to watch below.President’s singer says of the track: “The song is really about the strange tragedy of time – how we spend our lives chasing it, wasting it, and fearing it – only to realise its value once a moment is gone. It’s a reminder for people to be present…
On the album itself, they add: “Blood Of Your Empire was born out of my own struggle with existential crisis and trying to make sense of belief, mortality, and humanity’s relationship with faith. Religion has inspired incredible compassion, purpose, and beauty in the world — but it has also been responsible for unimaginable suffering and bloodshed throughout history. “This album lives in the tension between those two truths. Writing it became a way for me to confront the fear, confusion, and questions I’ve carried for years, and turn them into something I’m truly proud of.” The artwork for Blood Of…
Jendo is an Italian producer and remixer born in Milan in 1998. Since the age of 14, he has shown an interest in the world of music, at 360 degrees, showing a deep interest in the electronic panorama. He began to move in the world of clubs at the age of 16, occupying consolle of the best clubs, such as the Club House in Milan and opening parties at the Bolgia, even with Len Faki headliner. His style and his Tech House works are characterized by Ibiza’s rhythms and warm and refined underground melodies, often enriched with acid tones. “Disco…
Static Dress have never really operated like a normal band, and now they’ve taken things even further with the launch of ‘The Magistrate’s Loop’, a free-to-play psychological horror game tied directly into the world of their upcoming album ‘injury episode’. Ahead of the record’s release on May 29 via Sumerian Records, the Leeds post-hardcore outfit have unveiled the unsettling online experience alongside the full tracklist for the album, which had previously been hidden behind cryptic codes and secret messages. Blurring the lines between music, gaming and interactive storytelling, ‘The Magistrate’s Loop’ expands the dense fictional universe Static Dress have been…
Bizarrefae has returned with a new single, ‘Real Problems’, a darkly hypnotic track that pulls apart modern life and questions whether humanity has drifted too far from itself. Released through Warren Records and produced by Hull electronic artist Endoflevelbaddie, the new single sees Bizarrefae continue to blur genre lines with complete disregard for convention. Built around grimy electronic grooves and eerie atmosphere, ‘Real Problems’ taps into feelings of alienation, burnout and frustration with a world that feels increasingly artificial. Across the track, the Hull-based non-binary artist channels the urge to escape the endless noise of modern society, questioning whether progress…
Tonight, The Barbican is packed, and it’s good to see. York sees the occasional renowned rock artist come through, but it happens too rarely in our view. Here, we see a great example of what’s possible if the venue gets opened up to more possibilities like this. There are so many longtime fans of the band, and alternative music in attendance. Starting off are electro-prog-rockers, GANS who create a beautiful racket, featuring catchy bangers like ‘Dirty Cowboy’ and ‘I Think I Like You’. If the organisers wanted a band to start the night off in electric fashion, they certainly exceeded…
Delilah Bon | Crae WolfBrudenell Social Club, Leeds17th May 2026Delilah Bon brings the Brudenell Social Club together with a blistering show to raise money for those affected by ICE raids.Walking into the Brudenell Social Club, I’m immediately greeted by a sea of fans decked out in Brat Punk chic. On either side of the stage, there are two messages: TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS and DEAD MEN DON’T RAPE. The merch stall is rammed and filled with handmade crafts to help raise funds for those affected by ICE raids in the US. As Delilah Bon, Lauren ‘Maverick’ Tate has created…
Australia’s cult CLOSER Festival is set to make its European debut this summer, as influential underground talent SPEZ brings the concept to Bosnia & Herzegovina for the first time with an inaugural edition in Livno taking place from 24th-26th July 2026. Next to world-class music, this cultured escape offers a mix of natural beauty, wild horses, lake swimming and plenty more. Founded as an extension of SPEZ’s wider vision through Warg Records, CLOSER has previously established itself in Australia with legendary events across Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. The move into Europe marks a bold but natural next step for the…
There’s something really special about discovering a band properly for the first time after years of knowing of them – and that’s exactly what happened to me with Sevendust.I recently caught the band supporting Alter Bridge on their UK arena tour, and honestly, they completely won me over. From the second they walked on stage, I was hooked by Lajon Witherspoon’s incredible vocals, the sheer weight of the riffs, and just how perfectly every member complements each other. There were moments that gave me serious Tremonti-style energy in the riffs and atmosphere, but still delivered in a way that felt…
Northwest London alt-pop artist Essence Martins continues to carve out her place as one of the UK’s most emotionally honest emerging voices with her latest single, Can We All Slow Down.Following on from Please, Don’t Wake Me, the new release is a slow burning, hypnotic reflection on modern life, identity and the exhausting pressure of existing in a permanently online world. Built around stripped back production and Martins’ quietly commanding vocals, the track captures the feeling of emotional overload with striking clarity.Speaking on the song, Martins explains that the track was born from the pressure of “constantly being perceived” in…
Peckham’s own PS Hitsquad has announced his long awaited debut album Life on Licence, landing July 3 via House Anxiety alongside the release of new single Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.But this isn’t just another drill project. PS is positioning Life on Licence as something bigger: a cinematic, deeply personal body of work that explores trauma, institutionalisation and survival, while pushing beyond the traditional boundaries of UK drill into what he calls “post drill”.Built as a fully conceptual album rather than a collection of singles, the project captures PS reflecting on his rise from Peckham’s Zone 2 movement to becoming one of…