Indie: Last News

Sports Team have released a new song, ‘Happy (God’s Own Country’) – watch the video for the new single below.A press release from the group describes the new single, which they teased in a social media post yesterday (April 20), as “a summer-of-hope-anthem” that “celebrate[s] the easing of lockdown measures”.The new song’s accompanying video is a satirical take on The Wicker Man.Speaking about the track, the group added: “We recorded this at the end of last year at a time when it was hard not to feel exhausted by the scale of insincerity everywhere.“It’s a sort of Cold War Steve collage, a cut and paste diorama of cronyism, cottagecore and window-dressed Toryism, with the frustrated energy of live performance without a stage.”Last month,

Squid have announced details of a new socially distanced UK tour, which will see them play work-in-progress new music.It comes as the Bristol-based band prepare to release their debut album ‘Bright Green Field’ via Warp next month.The new ‘Fieldworks’ tour will take place after the release of the album but prior to the full autumn tour, and see them play two shows back-to-back in a number of the cities on the run.Discussing the idea behind the tour, the band said: “With all this time rooted in one place we’ve been hard at work writing new music together.

NME about what fans can expect from the upcoming COVID-19 pilot gig in Liverpool, claiming that fans will be able to “behave as if the pandemic never happened”.This weekend saw the long-awaited announcement of a pilot event for live music,with Blossoms, The Lathums and Zuzu all set to perform to 5,000 fans at Liverpool’s Sefton Park on May 2.With no social-distancing in place and no requirement for masks during the gig, attendees will have to take a lateral flow COVID-19 test at a local testing centre prior to being granted entry, as well as another test after the show.

The Mountain Goats will release their next album, ‘Dark In Here’ on June 25.The record is set to feature new single ‘Mobile’, which hit streaming services today (April 20).The Mountain Goats recorded ‘Dark In Here’ at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals studios in a week’s break between the sessions for the group’s 2020 records, ‘Getting Into Knives’ and ‘Songs For Pierre Chuvin’.‘Dark In Here’ is available to pre-order now.Listen to ‘Mobile’, the first taste of the album, below:Per a press release, The Mountain Goats revealed most of the songs on ‘Dark In Here’ were recorded three times apiece during the week in the studio.“I’m pretty sure the performance of ‘Mobile’ you’re hearing in is a second take,” bassist Peter Hughes said.

Jade Bird has released a live recording of her cover of Radiohead‘s ‘Black Star’ – watch it below.The singer-songwriter has played ‘The Bends‘ track at her gigs before but this is the first time an official version has been recorded and released.A performance of the track was filmed at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee where Bird recorded her latest EP, ‘RCA Studio A Sessions‘ (out now).The EP tracklist features a cover of The Bee Gees‘ ‘To Love Somebody’ and a piano version of her song ‘Something American’.“The sheer love and pride I have for Luke,” Bird wrote about the sessions on Twitter, and referencing her partner and touring guitarist.

Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael Jackson, has opened up about her father in a new interview.Speaking to The Evening Standard, Paris discussed her new indie-folk album which has been influenced, as noted in the article, by artists including Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Grandaddy.Whilst not leaning towards the pop music of her father, Paris said her father’s work will “always” influence her in some way.Paris said: “I think he’ll always influence everything I do in some way, whether it’s subconscious or intentional.“I was around that creativity all the time, so I’m sure I learnt a lot of what I have from that.”She also spoke more about the music the two used to listen to together.“We listened to Kanye West around the house as well,” Paris

Georgia Twinn has today released a new single ‘Matty Healy’ – you can listen to it below.The single, taken from Twinn’s debut EP ‘Talk’, was inspired by a “previous relationship where Georgia’s boyfriend bore an uncanny resemblance to The 1975 frontman,” according to a statement.The single follows two other releases, ‘You Shouldn’t Have Fucked With Me’ and its follow up ‘I Don’t Mind’.You can listen to the new song here:Speaking about the new single, Twinn said: “I was inspired by quite a negative person in my life who I was in ‘love’ with.”“[And] they’d always say they looked better than Matty Healy and I was like  ‘no!!!’ because I wasn’t going to let anyone ruin Matty or The 1975 for me when they’d eventually break my heart lol. And

Alanis Morissette has released an emotive new song, ‘I Miss The Band’ – you can listen to it below.The song’s lyrics sees Morissette reflecting on missing live touring with her group whilst the song’s accompanying video shows clips from Morissette’s past tours.“Not a day goes by where I don’t hear our music in my head / where I don’t miss the pleasure of your company,” Morissette sings on the piano-driven track.In the video’s description, Morissette wrote: “deeply yearning to play live music again….”She added: “the sweat, the rapture, the movement, the love…i miss seeing your faces & being with my bandmates.

Daniel Avery has announced details around his forthcoming album ‘Together In Static’, as well as dropping its lead single ‘Endless Hours’.The album’s first offering dropped today (April 16).

Wolf Alice have previewed an upcoming new single called ‘Smile’ – you can check out the clip below.The London group will premiere the track – the second to be lifted from their third album ‘Blue Weekend’, out June 11 – on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show next Tuesday (April 20), following on from ‘The Last Man On Earth’.A 12-second teaser posted to social media this evening (April 15) suggests the cut will be a heavier affair than its piano-led predecessor, with the snippet featuring a distorted grungy bassline.We also see a glimpse at the official ‘Smile’ video, which appears to be set in a rowdy pub where the band are performing live.

The Coral have shared the latest taste of their forthcoming 10th album ‘Coral Island’, in the form of new psychedelic pop track ‘Vacancy’.You can watch a lyric video for the organ-led new single below, which is the third taste of the Wirral band’s upcoming double album, which is released on April 30.“We boarded a ghost train with T. S.

Girl In Red has shared her new song ‘You Stupid Bitch’ – listen to the track below.The track is the latest preview of Marie Ulven’s upcoming debut album ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’, which is set for release on April 30.Speaking about the complicated friendship that inspired ‘You Stupid Bitch’, Girl In Red explained in a press release: “There’s this line from this movie I love, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, that goes: ‘We accept the love we think we deserve.’“It’s a very heartbreaking line, but it’s really what I was experiencing in this situation, where I was always there for this person who would get their heart broken, and I would just come running. I would drop everything just to be there for them.

London Grammar‘s Hannah Reid has revealed she nearly quit music a couple of years ago due to its “sexist and exploitative” nature.Speaking in a new interview, the frontwoman explained that there was a point when she felt like she “wasn’t cut out” for the industry but that working on the band’s new album, ‘Californian Soil’, helped her regain her confidence.“I felt like I wasn’t cut out for the music industry anymore,” she told The Telegraph. “It really is a cowboy industry, especially if you’re a woman.

Sparks have revealed that they’re working on new music.In a post on social media, the brothers shared a picture from the studio with the caption “#newsparksalbum”.In an accompanying picture, Ron and Russell Mael can be seen inside the studio wearing masks whilst Russell can be seen holding up a sign that reads: “SHHH! SPARKS RECORDING!”You can see the post here:A post shared by S P A R K S (@sparks_official)Speaking to NME last year about their last album, ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’, Russell said: “The only battle plan was to try to do something that would sounds as compelling and urgent and provocative as anything we’ve ever done, even to someone who had never heard Sparks before.“We don’t want people saying, ‘Oh you should have heard the

The Libertines have announced a series of winter tour dates later this year.The ‘Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’ will see the group play 15 dates across the UK this November and December – including two dates at London’s O2 Forum, the location of some of the bands most celebrated shows in 2003.It will be the group’s first tour in two years and tickets for the shows will go on sale on April 16 at 9am here.A statement about these “up close and personal” shows, which were teased by the band earlier this week, added: “The Libertines are pleased as punch to announce a fifteen-date Christmas jaunt across the UK in November and December, including two shows at London’s O2 Forum the scene of the bands legendary shows in December 2003.”You can see a full

The Snuts have edged out Demi Lovato to secure the Number One on this week’s Official Albums Chart with their debut album ‘W.L’.Their success means The Snuts have become the first Scottish band in 14 years to score a UK Number One album with their debut since The View’s ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’ topped the charts in 2007.While Lovato’s comeback album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’ was leading later in the week, The Snuts sold well late on to secure the Number One spot.

The Killers have confirmed that they have “finished” work on their new album, with the follow-up to 2020’s acclaimed ‘Imploding The Mirage‘ “coming this year”.The band confirmed news on the record last year, with frontman Brandon Flowers telling NME that it “might be even better” than ‘Imploding The Mirage’. Since then, they’ve shared a potential tracklist and a snippet of new music, as well as footage that shows guitarist Dave Keuning back with the band after sitting out of studio sessions for the previous record.Now, in a fan Q&A on Instagram Live, the Las Vegas indie veterans have shed some light on when to expect the album.“I mean it’s finished, yeah.

The Lathums have shared their new track ‘Oh My Love’, an uplifting slice of guitar-pop inspired by past “pain and uncertainty”.Despite being anchored by a jaunty guitar line, frontman Alex Moore says the song is inspired by his past experiences as a 16-year-old when he used songwriting to get through a period of “deep personal loss”.“I was only able to fully finish the lyrics after I met all you lovely people who are genuinely interested about me and the lads,” Moore said of the track on social media.“It was then I found I could make other people feel emotions and give you something to confide in.

London Grammar have shared a new track called ‘America’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest to be lifted from the trio’s forthcoming third album ‘Californian Soil’, which is due to arrive next Friday (April 16).Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 today (April 8), frontwoman Hannah Reid explained that the stripped-back ‘America’ was one of the first songs written for London Grammar’s new record.“But ironically I kind of wrote it as a goodbye to all the songs that I thought I wouldn’t write because I wasn’t sure if I was really cut out for the [music] industry or… my own personal American dream,” she continued.“So I remember writing that song, it just came out so quickly and I was crying at the piano and then I thought, you

Royal Blood and Bombay Bicycle Club are among the acts announced for this year’s Truck Festival – you can see the line-up so far below.The Oxfordshire event, which was cancelled in 2020 due to coronavirus, will take place at Hill Farm in Steventon between July 22 and July 25, 2021.Joining the aforementioned bands across the weekend will be Blossoms, Fontaines D.C., Idles, Pale Waves, Little Simz, Shame, Sports Team, The Big Moon, The Lathums and more.Headlining the Friday night (July 23) will be Bombay Bicycle Club, with The Kooks topping the bill the following evening (July 24).

Japanese Breakfast has shared a brand new song – watch the video for ‘Posing In Bondage’ below.The track is the second preview of Michelle Zauner’s upcoming album ‘Jubilee’, due out in June via Dead Oceans.The follow-up to 2017’s ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’ was first previewed last month with lead single ‘Be Sweet’ and now a second teaser has been shared.Of ‘Posing In Bondage’, which comes complete with a creepy video set in a supermarket and self-directed by Zauner, the singer said: “‘Posing in Bondage’ is a ballad about loneliness and longing, a song about two people who want so badly to connect but are never quite able to do so.