As heard on BBC 6 Music New Music Fix last night – ahead of dropping today – the awesome new single from fast-rising future-facing artist and Transgressive signee Miso Extra featuring Metronomy, Good Kisses is this week’s Urbanista Track Of The Week picked by Jake Marley. Built alongside Metronomy whizz Joe Mount – a noted collaborator – […]
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As Future Now Festival returns to Birkenhead’s Future Yard this bank holiday weekend – our man Jake Marley picks out FIVE must-see artists for your Sunday schedules as well as a handy playlist of tunes from the artists. CASINO Soulful Liverpool indie groove machine CASINO pop over the water to open things up in Birkenhead Town Hall. […]
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This week’s track of the week is Are You With Me? – the phenomenal debut single from the incredible Brooke Combe who started her career doing covers from the likes of Marvin Gaye and Miley Cyrus, however it was an Artic Monkeys track that started to her Brooke noticed. Listen to Brooke live at Parr […]
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This week’s track of week comes from pop singer, songwriter, producer extraordinaire Maddy Storm, with her 2nd entry in this column – following Dizzying Heights glowing on these pages last year – wonderful new single Sleep Deprived. Her most personal release yet – Sleep Deprived sees Maddy beautifully infuse the electronic and ethereal within the […]
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“Intoxicating, game-changing punk poetry” 5/5 Every Sinead O’Brien release to date has filled me with excitement – and on first listen to her new EP Drowning In Blessings is no different. Four songs of intoxicating, game-changing punk poetry; packed full of heart, passion and emotion, and lyrical tornadoes that strike a sharp chord in these […]
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From her wonderful self-titled EP through to her sparkling debut LP Sleepless Dreamer, I’ve long been an admirer of Pearl Charles and her music. So seeing her return with a new single put a much needed smile on my face this week. Pressing play for the first time on What I Need – the cosmic-pop […]
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This week’s track of week comes from Pixey with vibrant slice of sunshine indie-pop – Just Move – her first single since signing to Chess Club Records. The track accompanied by an eye-catching video was written, recorded and produced in Pixey’s bedroom in Liverpool at the beginning of lockdown and is both her finest vocal […]
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This week’s track of the week is the soaring new single from Manchester-based Chess Club signee Phoebe Green – Reinvent. A dash of colour in an often bland corner of the musical universe, Reinvent is an easy-going slice of sparkling alt-pop that pulses along moodily, patiently waiting to find it’s place on a movie soundtrack. Penned […]
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It’s Tarantino, honey. Or so the font and vibes say. This week’s track of the week features the return of the ever fabulous Black Honey – with their first cut since 2018, a TikTok and Instagram filters inspired lockdown production – Beaches. The fresh banger is accompanied by a fabulously fun self-directed video that features […]
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This week’s track of the week comes from Irish punk poet Sinead O’Brien with Strangers In Danger – taken from debut EP Drowning In Blessings – out this September on Chess Club Records. Again teaming up with ace Speedy Wunderground producer Dan Carey – who once again works magic with the fantastic krautrock/post-punk arrangements that sit below […]
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