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After more than a year out of the spotlight, Ruben Dumars returns with a sharp reminder of his evolving sound on new single Hurt Hearts, featuring Agent Sixx.Built on a synth heavy intro that quickly gives way to a punchy, old school backbeat, “Hurt Hearts” thrives on contrast. Dumars blends classic hip hop textures with a more experimental, alternative edge, creating something that feels both nostalgic and forward thinking. His signature approach, layered production, gritty guitar tones, and fluid genre crossover, is fully on display here.The track’s creation was anything but conventional. Dumars recorded the instrumental before connecting with Agent…
Following a surprise appearance alongside Justin Bieber during his Coachella headline set—where the pair performed their Hot 100-topping single STAY. The Kid LAROI reactivates with new single I CONDEMN. The track marks his first release since January’s BEFORE I FORGET, functioning as a transition point into the next phase of his catalogue cycle. Structurally, the rollout moves with zero gap. Live visibility feeding directly into release timing, keeping audience attention locked between performance and platform. The drop lands just ahead of A PERFECT WORLD TOUR, launching April 27 in Fort Lauderdale, with dates across North America and Asia before moving…
Get ready for your new addiction. Karobela (pronounced Ka-ro-bella) are back, and they are bringing all the massive hooks, driving rhythms, and soaring vocals needed to ensure they stay in your head for days. The band has just dropped their latest single, “Love Letter To No One”, and it’s a masterclass in their signature “fearsome” sound.Blending alternative rock and indie with sharp pop and dance elements, the band continues to carve out a hugely individual niche. It’s a rare thing when music is this accessible yet remains genuinely intelligent, but the quartet has nailed that balance in fine style. Having…
Shapes Like People: Under The Rainbow(Jangleshop Records)All formats availableOut NowBuy HereShapes Like People, husband and wife duo, Carl and Kat Mann return with their second album, Under The Rainbow, hot on the heels of 2025’s Ticking Haze. In some ways this could be considered the ‘real’ first Shapes Like People album, as much of the debut album was written by Carl whilst taking a break from his band The Shop Window following the release of their 2024 double album Daysdream. Those tracks on Ticking Haze initially being sketches for someone else until he drafted Kat in to provide some guide…
It’s December 14, 1973, and Ian Hunter is sitting in Mott The Hoople’s dressing room at the Hammersmith Odeon, tuning his guitar, minding his own business. The band have just finished their 6pm set, added by popular demand, and have scarpered to the bar, or to catch support act Queen, leaving Hunter to focus on the 9pm show.He’s doing what Hunter does: getting that balance of adrenaline and nervous excitement. Suddenly the door is flung open. “I hear, ‘Ooh, look ’oo’s preparin’ to face his public then!’ And it’s ’im – Mick Jagger with David [Bowie]. I said, ‘Well, you’re…
The multi-talented actor and director speak with Soundsphere about the long-awaited return of Scrubs, and his incredible career in entertainment… Zach Braff couldn’t be happier that his goofy “Scrubs” character, J.D. Dorian, has sprung back to life –the heartwarming comedy series has returned after 16 years. The sitcom’s original cast members, Donald Faison (who plays Christopher Turk), Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid), John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) and Judy Reyes (head nurse Carla Espinosa) are also in the reboot. SCRUBS – ABC’s “Scrubs” stars Zach Braff as John “J.D.” Dorian. (Disney/Brian Bowen Smith) Forever friends… “We’ve stayed close, all…
Originally published in Uncut, November 2013 Last year during his keynote speech at SXSW, Bruce Springsteen announced that “We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place” was “every song I’ve ever written. All of them.” Springsteen, who has been performing The Animals’ 1965 single for decades, most recently this summer in Cardiff with Eric Burdon, is far from alone in recognising himself in a powerful, protean anthem to personal transformation. This portrait of the tyranny of work, the lurking shadow of death and the desperate desire to escape to “a better life” has spoken to generations. Troops serving in Vietnam, both…
Photo: Joshua Black WilkinsNashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square. Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June 2026 to introduce her songs to a London audience.Owen has been surrounded by music and the art of songcraft most of her life (she’s 23). She played the viola from the age of nine, then took up the guitar where she embraced fingerpicking, soaking in influences from Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Mazzy Star and David Olney. Her father Gwil Owen is…
Photo – KRLA BeatThe Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 features the remarkable Buffalo Springfield. The band had a Billboard top ten hit in the spring of 1967 with For What It’s Worth peaking at number seven. Stephen Stills wrote the protest song in response to the Sunset Strip Curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, during the Vietnam War and a time of widespread civil unrest. As relevant today,…
Theirs is the sort of shining, infectious joy only real hardcore lifers would have. It’s their home, and within that, Jem is conscious of emphasising the sanctuary it gave to him. “I came into hardcore feeling like a freak. I had a different part of me that didn’t connect with anyone else,” he says, nodding to his East Asian background, and the feeling of otherness coming “as a straight Chinese guy who plays the flute.” This is a space where difference is celebrated, perhaps most of all when he produces said flute for the monumental anthem THE FIRST TEST. It’s…
Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus.You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact that they have been around more than 20 years, their name is nothing like a household one, and it should be!! They have just released their 6th album (a 15 year hiatus, when life took over for a while, accounts for the limited release schedule) but this is a band that writes great catchy songs (many of them singalong earworms!), sung by the main songwriter…
Polypores: Wrigglers(Crackedankles Records)Vinyl | CD | DL available at Piccadilly Records 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0The artist always known as Stephen James Buckley releases his next opus as Polypores, a rich sounding beast of ambient techno that sets the bar high in this world of ever changing music soundscapes. Wayne AF Carey reviews…If you’re a collector of Cracked Ankles stuff you’ll know that Polypores is not the normal. For fucks sake, on one hand you have the bands like Yaang, Chum, Whinge, TV Face, Dead Things, Michael, Pyncher, Hotwax and other talents that some have fucked off to acclaimed fame.…