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BBKB is a heartfelt interpretation of toxic masculinity from a genderless perspective. Featuring a reflective string section from Bristol based Berlioz Strings (The Imprints), the song explores the journey of young men, navigating turbulent lives amidst the chaos of the modern world and expectations. BBKB, standing for Baby Boys Killing Boys, explaining how manhood can be perceived through a different lens. BBKB is a collaboration from Cardiff based vocalist, producer and Disability advocate Rightkeysonly, and Bristol based producer, educator and creative practitioner Vice beats.This is the second release from their five chapter collaborative project supported by Help Musicians, raising awareness…
Kiefer Sutherland marks the arrival of Grey with a UK record store tour built around close-room acoustic performances and album signings. The five-date run gives fans a stripped-back entry point into the new record, moving through Bury, Liverpool, Bristol, London, and Kingston with short intimate sets tied directly to the album release.Grey keeps Sutherland in country, Americana, and folk territory, with personal writing and grounded arrangements. The ten-track album has been previewed by Simpler Time and Goodbye California, the latter premiered by Vernon Kay on Radio 2. The record also brings serious studio muscle, with production from Ethan Johns, Rocco…
With a highly anticipated new EP on the horizon and an incredibly busy tour schedule unfolding, Nyrobi from Nottingham’s rising “chaotic good” sister duo ALT BLK ERA sat down with Hannah to chat about the creative fire keeping their engine running.In this insightful interview, Nyrobi opens up about the raw emotions of being a young person navigating 2026, building a safe haven for their alternative community via Discord, and the unique challenges and triumphs of writing genre-bending music with her sister, Chaya. We also touch upon her incredibly personal advice for musicians managing chronic illnesses, their dream collaborations with artists…
In the lo-fi indie folk tradition, a deeply personal meditation on grief and loss by the Omaha, Nebraska-based singer-songwriter.There is something deeply intriguing about an artist who has, through the 30-plus years of his career, sought to sit outside the constraints and compromises of the music business, yet despite this, has succeeded in developing and continually enhancing his reputation. Not only has Simon Joyner achieved this, but he has also been regularly feted by established, quintessential artists, cited as being highly influential in their own works.Tough Love is Joyner’s 19th studio album, the first appearing in 1992. He has a…
Welcome To Rockville hits different. With 240,000 fans and a host of the biggest bands in heavy music descending onto the massive Daytona International Speedway over a four-day weekend where the beer is served only icy cold, temperatures don’t drop below 20ºC even in the dead of night and the volume is rarely less than deafening, it’s sort of like a hard-rocking Florida theme park. Many of the seasoned world-travellers milling around backstage will opine that Rockville, like the range of other festivals run by U.S. mega-promoter Danny Wimmer, stands apart from Stateside competition because of what it learned from…
In this new entry in our ‘Diamonds In The Rough’ category, we would like to introduce you to upcoming artist Jordan Moore and his single titled “Green Light” featuring Mr Xclusive. Rising singer-songwriter Jordan Moore returns with a bold new statement in R&B and hip-hop with the release of his latest single, “Green Light” featuring Mr Xclusive, available now on all major streaming platforms. Blending soulful grooves with sharp emotional honesty, the track delivers an anthem of liberation, healing, and self-love that speaks directly to anyone who has ever felt trapped in something they’ve outgrown. More than a typical breakup…
Doubts and hopes haunt nine long months.It is perhaps not so much of a surprise to find that Shadow Child is a concept album, and the theme was also somewhat foretold by last year’s album Lullabies. Abigail Lapell has produced an album of nine songs, each in their different ways reflecting on different aspects of a pregnancy and impending motherhood. It was recorded on Vancouver Island during the third trimester of the pregnancy that led to Lapell’s first child. Since Lapell’s journey to motherhood was not an easy one; her background material for this album cites years of IVF and…
“Little Feat.” by Rich Anderson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.I’ve gone on record as proclaiming Waiting For Columbus one of the best live albums in the universe, so I took a long time to reconcile myself to the fact that the band had a life after Lowell George’s passing. His voice, writing and slide guitar were so much the core of the Feat sound that it felt disloyal to consider listening to the band without him.On buying theRad Gumbo box set some years back, I was pushed to listen to their first two post-reunion albums and found that I…
As we count down to the launch of our new issue – more details on that tomorrow – here’s some of the music we’ve enjoyed while putting it together. Boards Of Canada’s comeback seems to have prised opened some kind of portal for heady, sci-fi sounds: witness the return of The Field, Horse Lords, Pye Corner Audio – featuring crime writer Ian Rankin! – Cornelius, John Carpenter and Tyondai Braxton. Even new Americana discoveries like Styrofoam Winos and Biita Houdei are tilted in a faintly cosmic direction.Advertisement There’s also new stuff from The Strokes, Laura Veirs, Modest Mouse and Tricky,…
The Milk Carton Kids: Lost Cause Lover Fool(Far Cry Records / Thirty Tigers)CD | Vinyl | Limited LPOut nowMartin Gray takes a listen to the seventh album of original songs by US indie folk duo Milk Carton Kids and delights in the album’s understated and blissfully hushed reverie.In a world where it’s increasingly difficult to find total abstention from the relentless onslaught of technological overload from all directions, it is all the more important to seek a form of escape from all of that which insidiously pummels us into submission. Whatever our mood, there is always invariably a genre or…
Bristol born rapper and vocalist Sabodi steps into the spotlight with his debut project 2020, an eight track release that captures the highs, confusion, romance, and recklessness of modern youth culture with honesty and style.Led by the warm and emotionally charged “Flower$ In The Rain,” the project blends melodic rap, intimate songwriting, and conversational lyricism into something that feels deeply personal yet instantly relatable. Across the tape, Sabodi moves seamlessly between soft vocal melodies and sharp rap cadences, exploring themes of love, identity, escapism, and ambition through the lens of inner city life.Tracks like “Ever Know” and “Cinderella” lean into…
Rising singer songwriter Sibb releases the official video for “Alright”, the latest visual from his debut EP Delusion, via Embassy of Music. The release continues the cinematic universe first introduced with previous single “Mine”.Positioned within Act I – Hyperromanticism, “Alright” explores morality, emotional conflict and the uncertainty that follows difficult personal decisions. Inspired by classic 90s ballads and the smooth emotional depth of Lianne La Havas, the track sees Sibb reflecting on rejecting a romantic advance from someone already in a relationship and questioning the emotional aftermath of doing the right thing.Visually, the video marks a striking contrast to the…