DIAMANDA GALÁS ANNOUNCES THREE PERFORMANCES FOR FEB 2026 OUT 1 NOVEMBER 2025 (DAY OF THE DEAD) [Diamanda Galás, credit Kristofer Buckle – High res HERE] Diamanda Galás has announced details of three performances in Portugal in February 2026, taking place at some of the country’s most prestigious venues: Lisbon’s Culturgest on 11 February, Braga’s…
The 5.6.7.8’s feat. Miss Ludella Black: Beat Girls (Spinout Nuggets) 7″ | DL Out now The 5.6.7.8’s recruit Miss Ludella Black for a quartet of cracking cover versions. Girls from the garage to inspire the next generation. There are moments when the jigsaw pieces fall into place and reveal something that maybe always should have been. This, ladies and gentlemen of the garage persuasion, is one such time. After having already joined The 5.6.7.8’s on stage at various…
Live Review Your Heterosexual Violence: The Lexington, London N1 5 October 2025 This was such a great gig! The Some People Have Too Much To Say album launch. A rare visit to the capital for evangelist scribe fangirl Ged Babey and proof Sunday Matinees are the future for veteran post-punk heroes. I should not have doubted for one second that ‘The Mighty’ Your Heterosexual Violence could live up to their brilliant album as a live unit. They were…
Luna Marble | Flat Moon | The PriorAcademy 3, Manchester3rd October 2025 Luna Marble take over Manchester’s Academy 3 and impress with a show that suggests the sky’s the limit from here. Mesmerising Mancunian rockers Luna Marble pour heart and soul into everything they do and hate leaving anything to chance. From their lovingly crafted music through to their fan engagement, striking stage sets and hand-picked support acts, their workaholic DIY approach is starting to pay dividends. Tonight,…
Cold Beaches: Ambient Joy (Stay Hungry Records) Out Now Parisian indie-jazz outfit Cold Beaches, the creative vehicle of DC-born Sophia Nadia, returns with their dreamy new album Ambient Joy, an 11-track journey that melds psychedelic rock, jazz, funk and rock influences into lush, immersive soundscapes with both emotional and musical depth. Recorded at Forward Studios in Rome with producer Lucas Christoff and audio engineer Francesco Putorti, Ambient Joy features a carefully selected ensemble: Paolo Garoute on drums, Simon…
40th Anniversary release of the debut single by Mancunian icons The Stone Roses. This is the first time this single has had an official re-issue and is a collaboration between Vinyl Revival and the original label Thin Line. So Young and Tell Me were originally recorded and released in 1985 and produced by Martin Hannett. The original Stone Roses line up was Ian Brown, Andy Couzens, John Squire, Pete Garner and Alan Wren. Re-issued by kind permission from…
Immersion : ‘WTF (Swim) LP | CD | DL Out now BUY HERE What the f*ck?? What the f*cking f*ck?? It’s the only realistic response to these dark, divisive and dangerous times. How do you react? How do you feel? How do you soundtrack? Immersion, the project of post punk musical architects Colin Newman (Wire) and Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact) and Matt Schulz (Holy F*ck, Savak & Lake Ruth), have reacted with a startling album…
Ani Glass: Phantasmagoria (Self Release) Out Now Award-winning, Cardiff-based artist Ani Glass unveils her new album Phantasmagoria, an inventive journey through her atmospheric synth-pop sound, bringing beautiful melodic, experimental musical ideas. Opening with the transportive title track, the album quickly introduces a sonic world of ethereal, choral vocals and rich analogue electronics. Glass’ angelic, emotive vocals dance around the central tight drums and synth work, delivered in Welsh language as subtle field records give the track a…
Jim Jones All Stars: Get Down ~ Get With It (Via Assai Records) CD | LP | DL | Stream Out 24th October 2025 PRE-ORDER HERE Jim Jones All Stars once again unleash upon us all their intense, high-octane and evangelical fusion of hard driving rock’n’roll, garage rock, gritty rhythm and blues and gospel through the release of their new live album, Get Down ~ Get With It. And there is no question at all that this electrifying and…
Scissorgun: Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (Dimple Discs) Released 10 October 2025 (digital), 14 November (physical) CD | Vinyl | DL | Streaming 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 Crispy Ambulance ex-vocalist Alan Hempsall and experimental musician Dave Clarkson have made three previous albums together, but this is their most accomplished yet. It’s a dazzling soundclash of influences that intoxicates the brain. Robert Plummer gets in the thick of it. It starts in chaos: an echoing voice, a…
© Jim Shannon (Just Dropped In, Coventry – 2nd Oct 2025) The Cords | JosieKamera, Chorlton, Manchester3rd October 2025 Hotly tipped Scottish duo, The Cords, arrive in Manchester with Danish indie band Josie in tow Kamera is a ‘new’ 100 capacity venue in Chorlton, a ballroom above The Lloyds (or Lloyd and Platt pub to give it’s proper name), a popular hostelry of more than 100 years standing which was taken over in 2024 by the team behind…
SumWot: Over The Line (Self Released) CD/DL/Streaming Out Now Buy Here Black Country based SumWot release their debut album, over the line after a storming appearance at Rebellion Festival. Hailing from Wolverhampton, the four piece consist of Alex (Guitar & Vocals), Rowan (Bass & Vocals), ‘Stacey’ (Guitar) and Esme (Drums) taking influence from various sources, naming Black Flag, L7 and Joy Division as along with Post-Punk and RiotGrrrl movements. Over The Line, recorded and mixed by the legendary…