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Ice Nine Kills are taking their love of horror into another dimension, saluting horror video games with Dead By Daylight collaboration Play Dead. The song was written for Dead By Daylight’s tenth anniversary and was announced on their anniversary livestream. It’s the latest single in what’s been a collab-heavy year for INK, who have also provided songs for the soundtracks of Scream 7 and Ready Or Not Here: I Come in the form of Twisting The Knife and Hell Or High Slaughter (Grave Diggler 2) respectively. “Ice Nine Kills has always lived somewhere between menace and mischief. Play Dead, our…
Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting you, why not invest in a ticket for our 25 year anniversary event. It takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and Steve Wynn among others. Tickets are available from this link.We leave you in the meantime dear reader with our second classic clip of the day in the form of a recording of a…
French American artist Cybèle returns with her latest single, ‘Lovergirl’, a dreamy blend of contemporary R&B and pop that explores the emotional balance between loving deeply and protecting your own peace.Written alongside Grammy Award winning songwriter Tristan Rice (Chris Brown’s 11:11), the track delves into themes of self-worth, vulnerability and knowing when to let go. Wrapped in lush harmonies and atmospheric production, ‘Lovergirl’ showcases Cybèle’s expressive vocals and knack for turning personal experiences into relatable stories.Raised between Paris, Beijing, Los Angeles and New York, Cybèle brings a global perspective to her music, blending modern R&B with orchestral influences, gospel warmth…
Portland rapper HINDOWA returns with Warchief 2: The Cure, a 17-track mixtape that continues to carve out his place in the alternative hip hop scene. Led by the raw and introspective single Honcho’s Dead, the project blends lo-fi production, conversational lyricism, and deeply personal storytelling.As the first member of his Liberian family born in the US, HINDOWA draws heavily on his family’s history of migration and resilience following the Liberian civil war. Those themes of identity, perseverance, and self-discovery run throughout the Warchief series, with The Cure offering his most vulnerable and experimental work to date.Inspired by the likes of…
Standout moments include the empowering Whatever, the heartbreak of Burn, and Give It Away, featuring Nonso Amadi, which adds warmth to the project’s themes of connection and healing. Across the record, Africaine balances soulful vocals with honest songwriting, creating an intimate but relatable listening experience.Already making waves with more than four million streams, playlist support from Apple Music and Spotify, and performances alongside Fireboy DML and The Cavemen, For Me, This Time marks a confident debut from an independent artist with a clear vision and a message of self-belief and empowerment. View Original Article Here
Synaptic Cliffs welcomes the return of pdqb with ‘DER TRANSIENTE ZEUGE’, an ambitious 17-track double vinyl release arriving on 26th June 2026. Spanning 13 original productions and four heavyweight remixes, the project continues pdqb’s relentless exploration of futuristic Electro, fractured machine funk and cerebral rhythmic experimentation, presented here through the artist’s unmistakable ‘Electro-Cognition’ lens. Rather than following a traditional club record structure, ‘DER TRANSIENTE ZEUGE’ unfolds like a fragmented transmission recovered from another dimension. Across the project, sharp electro pulses, twitching drum programming, synthetic bass pressure and glitched melodic fragments collide in constantly shifting forms. Some tracks arrive as tightly…
Originally published in Uncut Take 181 (June 2012 issue)… Bob Seger has just moved house. “We needed a new house, and I went on tour for 51 days and we never moved in,” the Detroit-born singer explains. “I’m so far behind, I got boxes on boxes.” We’re pleased, then, he’s taken time out from the unpacking to talk us through his career as one of America’s most enduring blue-collar rockers. “I wanted to be as rhythmic as James Brown, as deep as Bob Dylan and as fiery as Little Richard,” Seger tells us. It’s a strategy that’s found him considerable…
At just 19 years old, fresh sensation DJ/producer/pianist/drummer JAN combines strong musical foundations with a modern vision of house music, rapidly attracting audiences across Europe. His new single, “Feel It Now,” his most ambitious to date, is an energetic and uplifting UK Garage-influenced cut made for clubs, festivals, and summer dancefloors. Driven by infectious grooves, uplifting melodies, and a powerful vocal performance, the track captures the euphoric feeling of living in the moment and connecting through music. Released on his own imprint, The Penthouse Records, the track adds to his growing catalogue, which has already accumulated over 1 million streams…
Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives.After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels both intimate and expansive. What has remained is Merrit’s timeless approach to music: her work feels like it could have been released in any of the last six decades; songs are cleverly crafted with instrumentation used to help frame Merrit’s voice, which remains full of beauty, clarity and power. Thematically, Sugar looks for meaning in the quieter places of life: conversations, acts of care, domestic…
In a brand new artist spotlight, we chat to Ollie Goddard from Coastal Fire Dept about grunge, and Guernsey. Tell me about managing L’islet Records, and being in the band – must be hard work? Not really just gets a bit busy at times! I love music first and foremost so when I put in a few hours it’s all worth it…whether it’s for the label or any of the bands on the roster. What’s the scene like in Guernsey? We have a small music scene that caters for all musical tastes. Like all scenes it’s got some amazing talent…
50 years, 17 albums, over 2,500 shows under their belt – Iron Maiden show no signs of stopping.On 10-11 July, Maiden celebrate their half-century in style, with Eddfest, an Iron Maiden party in the grounds of Knebworth. To mark it, Classic Rock and Metal Hammer have teamed up with Maiden to create a killer-collectible: the official programme and museum guide!Eddited by Iron Maiden Fan Club Edditor Alexander Milas, the programme features exclusive interviews, including founder Steve Harris looking back at over 50 years of heavy metal mayhem, plus the official guide to the Infinite Dreams Experience, the open-air Maiden Museum…
Today, Melbourne-based post-punk upstarts Sex Mask return with the announcement of a brooding new single titled “Raid”, the single is the first to be taken from their new EPRaid, which is out 31stJuly via Unpopular. Alongside the announcement, the band have also shared two new remixes of the single by Japanese black metal gabber experimentalists Violent Magic Orchestra and B-Mo. { The much-anticipated new material follows the band’s widely acclaimed “Body Broker” EP, which came out in late 2025 and earned plaudits for their exhilarating and immediate blend of early 80s industrial, no-wave and absurdist punk influences. The self-contained writing/production…