Obscure Sound — “It Starts Again” is an engaging new single from Band Spectra, the project of Southeast England-based musician Robert Manning. The single includes hypnotic vocals from Jade Cook, lead singer of the act City Parking. Buzzing synths and Cook’s sp... more info

Stereogum — Veteran Scottish indie depressives don’t seem like the type to throw emojis into their album titles, but that’s what they’re doing. In 2021, Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton returned from an amicable 16-year hiatus with As ... more info

Stereogum — John Francis Flynn has a background in traditional Irish folk music — it’s what he plays in the band Skipper’s Alley — but like his friends in Lankum, Flynn pushes those sounds to fascinating, experimental places. Upon announcing new solo ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Well, that felt like a long one. Plenty of half decent music, though, as per, and here's where we round up what we've been doing across social media for the last year. First off: STN's Top 30 Albums Of The Year 30 illuminati hotties - Le... more info

Stereogum — Mystique is a funny thing. When Belle And Sebastian first found their audience, a few years after they'd honed their sound in Glaswegian classrooms and practice spaces, the mystique was a huge selling point. Here was this group of mysterious Scottish... more info

The Quietus — Hear the first track from Here Lies The Body a new album from Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert more info

Stereogum — During the epochal period when Belle And Sebastian were making albums such as If You're Feeling Sinister, Tigermilk, The Boy With The Arab Strap and winning hearts for their wistful melodies and lovelorn character studies, the Scottish indie pop grou... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Welcome to one of the busiest and most quietly epochal years there ever was if only for the emergence of the Spice Girls. First appeared on TV three months before Wannabe's release, lest we forget. At one end of the pop spectrum Oasis were coloni... more info

The Quietus — Future Islands, Arab Strap and Helena Hauff are among the new additions to the French festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Tigers Jaw, Afghan Whigs, Saint Etienne, Kevin Morby, The Lemon Twigs, Mogwai, Fionn Regan, U.S. Girls, Taake, Gorguts, Taking Back Sunday, Tim Kasher, and more. Continue reading… more info