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Tee Grizzley returns with a brand new album, calledThey Forgot. It comes with 16 songs and features from Ashanti, Skilla Baby and Hurricane Wisdom. The video for the track “Robbery 10” is also out. Listen to the full project and watch the video below: View Original Article Here
Hailing from Lewisham in South London, England, 2nd Magpie Project has today delivered an expansive and dreamy new single titled “Divine Intervention.” If you like your shoegazy sounds mixed with strong and powerful vocals, then this is something that you’ll love from the first play…. a cinematic and atmospheric shoegaze gem blending moody Nick Cave-esque guitars with expressive, haze-filled vocals.I personally loved the strong Nick Cave-esque guitars in the background, almost filling the track with haze and character. It’s an incredibly moody offering, with the chorus almost cementing their place in your darker, moodier playlists.To me, it sounds like the…
Hailing from Ruurlo, Netherlands, singer-songwriter Martin Kuiper delivers a captivating blend of ’90s alt-rock and grunge on his album “Prison Of Modesty”.We previously had Martin on our website before, but today is an exciting day as this sees his new album finally land.The album is comprised of 10 tracks, of which seven were previously released. We are going to focus on some of the tracks that are new here—or at least new to us. I can’t help but praise the opening track, “Still I Promise”, as this is a fantastic gateway song to his sound, with plenty of Beach Boys-styled…
The Meir, a rising Dutch alternative band out of Breda, makes an unforgettable entrance with their debut single, “Free”. The initial track from this outfit is an absolutely sensational one, with the initial play reminding me a lot of Keane and also Elbow…. an emotionally charged debut anthem bursting with atmospheric guitar hooks, soaring Keane-inspired vocals, and a massive chorus.Vocally, this is incredibly emotive, with plenty of atmosphere and textures flowing throughout, with solid guitar hooks that will certainly lure you into the song with every second that goes by.I honestly adored the chorus. It was fantastic, with some charging…
U2 are to releaseCarnaval De Luz– their 16th studio album and the first album of new material from the band in nine years. Carnaval De Luz is released on November 13 by Island. You can hear abrand new tracktitled“Silencio” below. Produced by Jacknife Lee, Carnaval De Luz follows two surprise-released six-track EPs earlier this year –Days Of AshandEaster Lily – as well as “Street Of Dreams”, the first taster from this new album. The album, released in the band’s 50th year, also sees the band joined by a number of collaborators, including Brian Eno– co-writing and synthesizers on “Go (Carnaval…
The Levellers. Credit: Andrew FrolishIf only all homecomings could be this joyful.There are homecomings, and then there are homecomings. For the Levellers, returning to Brighton for a huge outdoor show in Hove Park felt like something rather special. Following the swelter of the summer, standing in a park in glorious sunshine without worrying about heatstroke was a joy in itself. But as thousands of people gathered, it became clear that this was going to be about much more than the weather. There was anticipation in the air, a sense that people had come together not simply to see a band,…
Credit: Jake MagrawOne of AUK’s favourite singer-songwriters, who is also an artist and best-selling author, Josh Ritter, will tour the UK and Ireland early next year, following his last album, I Believe In You, My Honeydew. The tour kicks off in Leeds on January 28th, takes in London’s Barbican on January 30th, and finishes in Groningen (NL) on February 17th. Always a storyteller, Josh’s live shows are a showcase of his “lyrical depth, poetic turn of phrase, imaginative subject matter and melodic sophistication” according to The Telegraph. Anyone who has seen him live knows that he’s funny, literate, and full…
Linkin Park teamed up with America’s Got Talent winner Nene Royal for a performance of 2024 single The Emptiness Machine during the results show of the US talent competition last night.16-year-old Royal performed with the Diamond-selling nu metal icons shortly before being named as the winner of this year’s series at the end of the show. She also joined The Warning onstage and jammed the Mexican alt-rockers’ song Kerosene. Watch both performances below.Royal, the first Thai woman to ever win America’s Got Talent, became a fan-favourite through the series thanks to her vocal and guitar covers of such rock and…
“Yulan & Blaise for me” is one of the emerging sounds coming out of the Australian music scene, and now the Hobart-based act has revealed a thrilling new cut titled “Growing Pains”…. ahypnotic, gritty underground gem packed with pulsating basslines, brooding vocals, and haunting electronic undertones.Right from the outset it is hypnotic, and I guess it has to be considering that it is just over 2 minutes long, but the bassline is something that will rip your ear off if you have the volume turned up enough.The vocals are moody and brooding, with plenty of gritty textures to have you…
In 2025, Julia Jacklin was ready for a change. After nearly a decade on what she describes as a career “treadmill”, with most of her working life two days’ travel from home in Melbourne, she was out of contract with her record label and without management for the first time since her early twenties. So she decided to try something she hadn’t done before: recording a whole album at home. Home – as “Brand New”, which opens her fourth album and 4AD debut The Gem, makes clear – isn’t a static concept. Jacklin sounds skittish and unsettled on the song’s…
WARGASM have released a riotous ode to sex and hedonism in the form of their new single, Swallow. It’s their second release of 2026, following Get Down, which marked their debut release on Hopeless Records after they briefly became an independent band last year. “From the immortal teaches of Peaches: ‘fuck the pain away’,” the band say. “This is our soundtrack to mistakes and love in this hell of a century. You can feel good when you’re being bad. Human touch just to feel something. This is Spit.’s hot cousin. This is Swallow.” Check it out below: View Original Article…
It’s week 2 of the search for our writers’ Top 10 UK americana albums, and Jonathan Hincks will doubt add to the debate with his choice, as follows:With the hands of the Doomsday Clock edging inexorably closer to midnight—85 seconds and counting last time I checked—some AUK readers may well be stocking their nuclear bunkers and curating post-apocalyptic playlists whilst whistling Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Taking a lead from Donald Fagen, this writer’s provisions will certainly include lots of beer. After all, “The keyword is survival on the new frontier”. So, when AUK’s Features Editor, Fred…