For a band that named itself after the self-refreshing present, the Bay Area Trio Now ticks a lot of historical boxes.
Jangling guitars, arch vocals, tipsy pop that tips off into psychedelia, a feint towards ruffle-shirted fancy, Now is spiritually located in the mid-1960s tradition of the Pretty Things, Creation and the earliest Pink Floyd. The closest comparison may be to the mid-1980s XTC offshoot, the Dukes of Stratosphear, but that was another band for whom now was always some time ago.
The band includes two veterans of Bay Area dream pop band Cindy, who have been playing together since childhood: William Smith on guitar and Oli Lipton on drums. Hannah Forrester, on bass, is fills out the classic three-piece…
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Do you put “motherfuckers” in your band name to attract attention or to put a cap on your audience — or, more likely, because such questions could not be farther from your mind? Relatedly, do you drop your debut album on the Fourth of July because it’s such a dead release week and there will be fewer releases competing for people’s attention, or do you choose a holiday exactly because yours is a low-stakes project that does not demand some grandiose rollout? Or, again, are these kinds of questions beside the point of a band like 
This off-label release by Dragon’s Eye Recordings label head 
Like several species of birds and those wild, wild horses, the humble worm has inspired plenty of fascinating music over the years.
“Everything that left a crack in me / A break / A gap / A piece amiss / I fill them all with gold,” sings Berlin singer-songwriter 
The fourth record from the Watford sextet, Slow Fade follows a string of records that saw the band borrowing motifs from other genres to brush into their emo orientated sound. Yes, whilst those aforementioned records absolutely continued elements of such genres in their sound both musically and thematically, to dully slap genre tags on them and be done with it would be a disservice to 
…feature the original track listing, plus two bonus tracks from the Extended Edition and instrumental versions of the ten album tracks.
With his longtime drummer and percussionist Tommy Larkins and former Modern Lovers bandmate Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) on keyboards, balladeer 
On Valentines Day, 1945, agricultural worker Charles Walton was found brutally murdered in Warwickshire in what appeared to be a ritualistic killing. Rupert Russell’s new film, The Last Sacrifice explores the psychic and cultural impact of this case, suggesting that the still unsolved crime planted the seeds of the notion of a ‘hidden Britain’: an occluded darkness lying beneath our fertile soil. It was this feeling, Russell argues, that birthed the classic era of folk horror cinema, reckoning as it did with the ominous ‘otherside’ of this green and pleasant land.
All a listener needs to do is catch about 30 seconds of “Revelation 8:7-13” to get a sense of just how vicious and unrelenting 
…newly expanded with 12 bonus tracks, B-sides and previously unreleased outtake demos.
…include unheard demos of ‘Hard to Beat’, ‘Move On Now’ and ‘Gotta Reason’, as well as B-sides, live versions and a host of special remixes.
Ryan Lee West’s ninth studio album continues his exploration of analogue synths and complex programming, though now with a greater emotional appeal, an open-hearted love letter compared to the occasionally opaque avant-gardisms of previous work.
Rambunctious rockers the Mae Shi haven’t released a record since 2007’s HLLLYH, the California art punk collective’s most linear and acclaimed album. Following that, the group went on an extended hiatus so the members could focus on other musical projects, reforming only for a handful of one-off shows in the time since. The Mae Shi may never release another album.
Since properly introducing his 
Around eight years ago, London singer-songwriter 
The prolific 
Original DIY success story, indie/dance crossover icons and enduring figures across multiple realms of British popular culture,