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• Heartworms – ‘Glutton for Punishment’ Album Review

  

  Broken families, broken relationships and the chaotic nature of the human mindset… Jojo Orme’s debut album under her Heartworms moniker covers it all. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Alcopop’s Children’s Imprint Pandapop! Records Launches with ‘Fly Away...

  

  Alcopop! Records have announced the launch of brand new children’s music imprint, Pandapop! Records, with the release of CBeebies star Yukee’s debut single... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Bird Calls – ‘Melody Trail’ Album Review

  

  Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sam Sodomsky releases ‘Melody Trail’, the latest album under his The Bird Calls moniker. Packed with astute observations, dark... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Bryony Williams – ‘You Are Here’ Album Review

  

  Singer-songwriter Bryony Williams releases her debut album ‘You Are Here’ on 5 February, 2025. The record explores themes of love, self-discovery and... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Circa Waves – ‘Death & Love Pt. 1’ Album Review

  

  Following frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience (a main artery in his heart was severely blocked), Circa Waves make a welcome return with their sixth... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Manic Street Preachers – ‘Critical Thinking’ Album Review

  

  Out on 31 January, ‘Critical Thinking’, Manic Street Preachers’ fifteenth (!) album, finds the legendary Welsh trio celebrating conflicting ideas colliding. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Keg – ‘Skybather’

  

  Photo credit: Theo Zeal Alcopop! Records signings Keg have shared new single ‘Skybather’ ahead of the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album ‘Fun’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Jeffrey Lewis – ‘Sometimes Life Hits You’

  

  Jeffrey Lewis – one of the world’s finest cult songwriters and storytellers – returns with the fuzz-fuelled ‘Sometimes Life Hits You”, the first song to be take... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Orchards – ‘Groan’

  

  Orchards have shared ‘Groan’, the fourth song to be taken from upcoming album ‘Bicker’, which will be released by Big Scary Monsters on 28 March. Inspired by a... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Michael Cera Palin – ‘Wisteria’

  

  Photo Credit: Spencer Isberg (@withintheviewfinder) Atlanta’s emo superstars Michael Cera Palin have shared ‘Wisteria’ ahead of the release of their debut... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Young Knives – ‘Landfill’ Album Review

  

  Photo credit: Hannah Carter Young Knives return with a new album, appropriately titled ‘Landfill’, on 24 January 2025. The record finds the duo looking at the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Lots of Hands – ‘Into a Pretty Room’ Album Review

  

  Newcastle upon Tyne-via-Leeds duo lots of hands (Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden) release their debut album ‘into a pretty room’ via Fire Talk Records on 17... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sophie Jamieson – ‘I Still Want to Share’ Album Review

  

  London-based singer-songwriter Sophie Jamieson releases her second album ‘I Still Want to Share’ via Bella Union on 17 January. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Jasmine.4.t – ‘You Are the Morning’ Album Review

  

  Jasmine.4.t releases her debut album ‘You Are the Morning’ via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records on 17 January. Produced by boygenius, the album is a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Human Pyramids – ‘Thank You’ Album Review

  

  Photo credit: Joe Singh (snaprockandpop) Composer/producer Paul Russell (Axes/Tough Glove) returns with ‘Thank You’, the fourth album to be released by his Huma... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Little Oso – ‘How Lucky to Be Somebody’ Album Review

  

  Portland, Maine indie rockers Little Oso release their debut album ‘How Lucky to Be Somebody’ via US label Repeating Cloud and UK label Safe Suburban Home on... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Great Grandpa – ‘Junior’

  

  Photo credit: Rachel Bennett Great Grandpa have shared ‘Junior’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Patience, Moonbeam’ on 28 March via Run For Cover Records. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Albums to Look Forward to in 2025

  

  The start of a New Year is always one of excitement and there’s already plenty to look forward to in 2025. Will the Oasis tour be worthy of the hype (and... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Albums of 2024

  

  Spectral Nights’ Top 5 albums of 2024 It’s that time of year again. Yes, the Spectral Nights Top 5 albums of the past 12 months. There have been some exciting... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Top 5 Live Performances of 2024

  

  We don’t get to as many gigs now we’ve hit middle age and have a child to look after, but this just makes the ones we do get to all the more special (and a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC