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Articles by: Elvis Thirlwell

by 24 Jun 2025

Listen: London’s paper hats Share Debut Single ‘D’Artagnan’

Stepping down into the fetid underworlds of glorious feedback and wretched noise, enter paper hats, the latest spawn of that much fabled creative power-bank the Brixton Windmill.

by 17 Jun 2025

Listen: Manchester’s Shaking Hand Share Debut Single ‘Over The Coals’

Shaking Hand are a trio of clean lines, meticulous planning, and comprehensive visions, with one foot in the idealisms of lost fantasy, the other pitched in the gristle and grime of the post-industrial present.

by 10 Jun 2025

Listen: South London’s wing! Shares ‘Out From Outer’ and Announces Debut EP

…the new single from wing! – aka South London producer Adam Swan – emphatically marks them out as immersive modern instrumentalists of the most prestigious order. 

by 04 Jun 2025

Listen: NYC’s Water From Your Eyes Return with New Single ‘Life Signs’ and Announce New Album

Water From Your Eyes here sounds less like a ‘project’ and more like a ‘band’ – a living, breathing, sweating, motherfucking band.

by 03 Jun 2025

Listen: RIP Magic Share Debut Double Single ‘Loot’/ ‘Dox’

Coming in at under 3 minutes a go, the RIP Magic experience, as it reveals itself thus far is an ephemeral and tantalising one, ineluctably hinting at worlds far larger than they are yet willing to reveal.

by 19 May 2025

Listen: London Based PARADE Share Debut Double Single ‘Picking Flowers’/’Que?’

With both tracks united by this uncanny sense of sprawling, urban mystery, it’s clear PARADE feed off curiosity, abstraction and open questioning.

by 30 Apr 2025

Listen: London Duo Most Things Share ‘Lucky’ from Upcoming Album ‘Bigtime’

‘Lucky’ sows a whole field with a handful of seeds; takes a stepladder and reaches for the stars.

by 25 Apr 2025

Listen: London Newbies Blousey Share New Single ‘Chances’

Six-piece Blousey are all about donning black blazers, puffing out chests, pushing back hair, and belting out a big fat chorus.

by 22 Apr 2025

Review: Improvisation, Faith, and Noise – Cambridge Duo the healing power of horses Share Special Debut EP ‘tape (NS005)’

This mysterious EP from the equally mysterious the healing power of horses is absorbing, fragile and just a little bit special.