Staytus turns up the tension with new single and video ‘Secret Hand’
There is something magnetic and slightly dangerous about Secret Hand: a mechanical groove, a voice moving between desire and menace,…
Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys make ‘Disgust’ hard to shake
It’s easy to look around and think everything is disgusting. Turning that disgust into eleven songs that actually do something…
Made You Look / Made You Stare tell unwanted opinions exactly where to go on ‘Body Check’
Hailing from Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, Made You Look / Made You Stare serve up 90s-flavoured alt-rock with heavy…
Hannah Wicklund takes back her voice on ‘War On Women; Calling All Good Men’
Hannah Wicklund arrives at War On Women; Calling All Good Men with plenty of scores to settle, but it would…
Velocity Girl trace the years that shaped their sound on ‘1989–1992’
1989–1992 isn’t one of those compilations that only makes sense if you already know the band inside out. The real…
Polyvinyl’s ‘Bad Dreams’ video brings the story into focus
When Polyvinyl, the six-piece alternative indie band from the North East of England, released Bad Dreams in April, they were…
Hekate Heads call out mansplaining with ‘Dr Jekyll and Ms Blood’
After making us scream with their previous single, Everyone Is Gay, Barcelona-based Hekate Heads are back, opening up a subject…
The Black Mariah Theater turn heartbreak into a hex on ‘Fragile Little Heart’
Fi & Vex, aka The Black Mariah Theater, are twin sisters and two absolute forces of nature. They have a…
R. Loomes finds power in stillness on ‘The Self Demands a Reckoning’
Hailing from Sheffield, R. Loomes has spent years shaping a sound somewhere between dark folk, slowcore and atmospheric rock. Her…
This Is a Revolver turn relapse into a horror show on ‘Happy People Have White Teeth’
Labels don’t really work when it comes to This Is a Revolver. Formed in Los Angeles in 2023, Nikki Born,…