Simon Kirke on Free, Bad Company, Paul Kossoff and starting again
Free’s music depended on space, and Simon Kirke understood better than most drummers when not to fill it. Alongside Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser and Paul Kossoff, he helped...
Strange Pains Share ‘Lucifer Disguised’ from Debut Album ‘The Diamond District I’
Strange Pains, the project of Boston-born songwriter Ted Bradley, have announced their debut album ‘The Diamond District I’, out October 16. It is the first half of a...
Sehore Announce ‘Ptkbdglmnr’ with New Single ‘IA’
Spanish experimental pop project Sehore have announced a new album, ‘Ptkbdglmnr’, due November 20, with ‘IA’ serving as its first single. Sehore have only been around since 2025,...
Diemen Sniep Return with ‘CRY_O’ and ‘Nobody Likes a Pity Party’
Three years after ‘All Scum’, Diemen Sniep have finally stirred again. ‘CRY_O’ is their first new song since 2023 and the first look at ‘Nobody Likes a Pity...
Holy Pinto Releases ‘Wedding Season’, Shares ‘us, against the world’
Holy Pinto, the project of British songwriter Aymen Saleh, has released the new album ‘Wedding Season’, along with a video for ‘us, against the world’. Saleh began Holy...
The Upsides Share ‘New Jersey in the 90s’ from Upcoming Album ‘In The Maze’
New York indie rock band The Upsides have shared ‘New Jersey in the 90s’, the fourth single from their second album ‘In The Maze’, out October 16 via...
“We Had to Put Swallow Away for Many Years”: Swallow on 4AD, ‘Blow’ and Finding Their Way Back
Louise Trehy and Mike Mason look back at Swallow, making ‘Blow’ for 4AD, reworking the album as ‘Blowback’, the years that followed and returning to the music more...
Savanna Ruth Shares ‘In Your Orbit’ Ahead of Debut Album ‘The Baseball Diaries’
Chicago songwriter Savanna Ruth has shared ‘In Your Orbit’, the latest single from her debut album ‘The Baseball Diaries’, out October 23 via Easy Does It Records. Formerly...
Simo Lazarov and the Birth of Electronic Music in Bulgaria
Simo Lazarov has spent more than half a century working where music and technology meet. Born in Sofia in 1948, he grew up at a time when electronic...
Jad Fair of Half Japanese | “David and I Just Wanted to Sound Like Ourselves”
In 1974, Jad and David Fair rented a house with no other houses close by. It was useful for two young men who wanted to make a lot...