Los Campesinos! announced their return last week with a track titled “What Death Leaves behind”, the first preview of their upcoming fifth studio album. Packed with poppy synths and a catchy chorus this song is about “friendship and familial closeness”, though it gives a hint of something darker, but Los Campesinos! are known for their particular humor and cynicism. Set to […]

After a brief period of silence, Deep Sea Arcade are back and luckily for us, they have returned bearing gifts in the form of their new single Black Cat. Fresh off their forthcoming LP, Black Cat has already received stellar reviews. As the Sydney quintet spent the better part of this year living in London, there is no question as […]

Straight out of the majestic Burger Records catalogue, Cleveland’s Gap Dream are the perfect merge of 80s instrumentation with 60s songwriting: absolutely brilliant at bringing out old fashioned pop songs with the help of a peculiar futuristic approach. Gabe Fulvimar, deus ex machina of this project, is clearly under the influence of several psych-rock and garage bands from the 60s […]

North Highlands released their first new track in over a year, sharing a glimpse of what’s to come on their next album, currently in the works. North Highlands has been largely quiet since their 2011 release of Wild One. “We’ve been in hibernation mode for almost a year now” frontwoman Brenda Malvini posted on the band’s website back in June. That has […]

Watch Christchurch-based T54‘s haunting new video for “Life is Swell” ahead of their debut full-length release, In Brush Park. Signed to the legendary Flying Nun label – home of The Clean, The Chills, and The Bats – T54 join an esteemed list of New Zealand indie bands, bringing with them their own brand of noisy indie rock. Though perhaps more […]

Bland de beställningar som görs här senast den 8 september lottar vi ut en röd tygpåse som signerades av Håkan bakom scen under helgens Popaganda i Stockholm. För att inte påskynda hösten ytterligare fortsätter vi med festivalrabatten på 20 kr under hela tävlingsperioden, en påse kostar alltså 80 kr. Det finns nu totalt färre än 50 påsar kvar. Vid “Item sold […]

Unofficially the last (worth to mention) summer festival in Sweden, long-time runner Popaganda, announced a new attendance record, serving 12000 people a nice smorgasbord of upcoming and established pop acts during two days at Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm on Aug 30-31. We had a nice weekend, catching shows with The xx, Hot Chip, Sibille Attar, MS MR, Taken By Trees, Jens Lekman, […]

To celebrate the release of his new album Warm Blanket this week, Dent May delivers a head-spinning video for the first single Born Too Late. Don’t we often wish we lived in the time when our parents and grandparents got to be youngsters? Wasn’t the grass greener and the love sweeter back then? Dent May definitely seems to struggle with […]