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Single review, video premiere & interviewAngry! You’re AlrightDL onlyOut on 14 April 2026Angry! are from Southend On Sea and sing songs about people and things that irritate and annoy them, in a catchy lo-fi punk style. Formed in 2019 they have been a duo for many years, with (soon to be deleted) low-key releases on German Shepherd Records, but this is their first release since becoming a full four piece band last September. They may be ‘angry’ but this song has a sense of humour and irony about it – and lets the subject condemn themselves with their own words…
Superb collaboration from an americana legend and bluegrass torchbearers.Well, where to start with Jim Lauderdale? The man is so prolific that the virtual ink on the review of his last album, Country Super Hits Volume 2, has barely dried, and along comes The Birds Know. Rather than a companion piece to that album, The Birds Know is more of a follow-up to what is, in Lauderdale years, the positively ancient 2023 album The Long and Lonesome Letting Go. That album featured the International Bluegrass Music Association award-winning torchbearers, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and that collaboration is resurrected here.Lauderdale was so…
Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names is his 12th studio album. “It’s rock, it’s roll, it’s Celtic soul,” says Prowse. “We definitely haven’t repeated ourselves. For some fans this one will be the best yet – it’s got a bit of everything. Half the songs address the wider world; radical hope, protest songs if you like. The other half map out where my emotional life and memories are at in…
MAPHRA has unveiled a brand-new cover of Silence by The Plot In You. The video follows the enormous success of her rendition of Bring Me The Horizon’s Doomed, which last month hit Number One on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. Bringing things more up-to-date following the That’s The Spirit tribute, this time around MAPHRA is tackling Silence, which is taken from the metalcore gang’s forthcoming The Volume Series release, due out on July 10 via Fearless Records. The online sensation recently revealed that, “My team and I are working hard to develop original music that hopefully you will all…
A growing controversy surrounding Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California has quickly expanded from a state-level campaign issue into a high-stakes conflict in Congress, with potential consequences for both his political future and the balance of power in the House. Swalwell, who is campaigning to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in California, is facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, including claims from a former staffer who alleged assault. He has firmly denied the allegations, stating, “These allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They’re absolutely false. They did not happen, they have never happened, and I will fight them with everything…
Established Yorkshire songstress reinforces her reputation for excellence with fine mini-album.Any new single release ahead of a new album is always a teaser. After the video premiere of her new single The Losing Hand on this site back in November of last year, Elaine Palmer aficionados will have been licking their lips at the album to come. The track was a rocky, raunchy, guitar-driven beauty of a song, featuring Palmer’s signature gritty vocal and Telecaster sound. Ahead of the track, Palmer lavished praise upon producer Mike Butler, whose searing guitar solo was the perfect complement and features heavily on the…
Conor Maradona’s “Blue Honey” is a witty, nostalgic rock-pop gem straight out of Cardiff, Wales. It’s the sort of track that goes straight into the good stuff from the very first moment….sun-drenched, nostalgic pop-rock delight built for feel-good festival moments.Within the opening second, you’re met with Conor’s sweet vocals paired with a delightful guitar tone, and just a few seconds later, a sliding guitar line arrives, welcoming you into the track with open arms. The female backing vocals are a real highlight, adding plenty of depth to a song that already feels bright, sun-kissed and vibrant throughout.Stylistically, it blends soft…
Originally published in Uncut Take 177 (February 2012 issue)… At the dawn of the ’70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival were the biggest band in the world – a brilliant and driven hit machine with deep roots in American tradition. By 1972, though, it was all over, and the ex-bandmates embarked on a bitter war that still continues, 40 years later. Here, Fogerty tells his side of a remarkable story – and then hears the very different stories of his old Creedence sparring partners. “I had so much anger,” says Fogerty, “I couldn’t play those songs…” ________________ “There were long, dark times”…
East London producer and DJ IZCO builds momentum toward his debut album with new single Wonderluv, out now via Brownswood Recordings.Following Japan Greatly and Strike a Pose, the track shifts into a softer, more romantic space. Built around a cleared sample from Leroy Hutson, Wonderluv captures the feeling of moving through the city in love. “This one is inspired by how it feels to walk around the city when you’re in love,” he says.Taken from his debut album Powerscroft, out 1 May, the project is named after the street he grew up on and blends jungle, broken beat, grime, garage,…
Across the album, Joseph moves fluidly between soul, rap and experimental textures, expanding on earlier singles like “Pluto Baby”, “If Time Could Talk” and “Peace Of Mind”. His self directed visuals continue to mirror that approach, blurring realism with something more abstract.At its core, Forever Ends Someday reflects on time, memory and change. Drawing from different stages of his life, Joseph creates something that feels both intimate and wide reaching, held together by instinct and atmosphere.Created between London, Los Angeles and beyond, with collaborators including Nicolas Jaar and Romil Hemnani, the album stays cohesive while allowing space to breathe.After the…
Stockholm artist GERD introduces Truth To Be Told. A tension-led entry point where instinct, identity shift, and unresolved emotion move inside one continuous system.For GERD, Truth To Be Told starts with imbalance. A quiet shift before any visible break. Instinct leads, not logic, with ambiguity left to carry the weight.Ahead of More Water Than Anything, the track holds where identity blurs and clarity slips—softness and tension running in parallel through a gradual build and close, intimate vocal.It stays inside the moment where something feels off, not yet broken.I like when something feels fragile it’s a beautiful thing to build and…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who came to power in October 2025, met with Deep Purple ahead of their appearance on Tokyo’s famed Budokan Hall on Saturday.The 65-year-old politician welcomed the members of the band to the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, proclaiming, “Deep Purple are here!” before drummer Ian Paice responded, “You’re a drummer: we are friends!”Takaichi, who took up drums in high school before joining an all-female outfit whose repertoire included UFO classics Rock Bottom and Doctor Doctor, plus Rainbow’s I Surrender, responded by telling Paice, “You are my god!” and presenting him with a pair of signed…