Stereogum — Wild Beasts are following up 2014’s Present Tense with a new album called Boy King. The British art-rockers’ fifth album was produced by John Congleton, and the band’s Tom Fleming describes it as a return to “being pissed off” after the rel... more info

Nialler9 — Wild Beasts are set to release their new album Boy King on August 5th this year and they just released the album’s first singe; ‘Get My Bang’, a slinky pop cut that sounds like it’s about riding. The presser says Boy King is the band �... more info

The Quietus — Band follow 2014 album with Boy King. Homepage photo courtesy of Tom Andrew more info

NME — New record will be released this August more info

NME — Jagwa Ma and Mystery Jets also set for Margate festival more info

Obscure Sound — On “What Have You”, from Netherlands rock outfit Stillwave, the band mixes a goth post-punk aesthetic with arena-rock, making for a sound that could fill a stadium but is also deeply intimate. The band’s frontman has a distinctive croon that re... more info

Nialler9 — Over three days and nights in Cork the Sounds From A Safe Harbour’s programme took hold in the venues of the city that saw the likes of Lisa Hannigan, Wild Beasts, The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Crash Ensemble and man... more info

Nialler9 — Next weekend, the Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival will take over the port and city of Cork. Curated by Bryce Dessner of The National, the festival will feature shows from The Gloaming, Wild Beasts,Julianna Barwick, My Brightest Diamond, Sam Amido... more info

Stereogum — Earlier tonight, Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe co-hosted Jon Hopkins’ BBC Radio 1 Residency, and he debuted an unreleased Wild Beasts song called “Woebegone Wanderers II.” The track, which was recorded around the time of last year’s Present Te... more info

Stereogum — Paul McCartney’s 1980 synth bugout “Temporary Secretary” has long been regarded as one of the weirdest and possibly best songs of the man’s solo career. And as an appropriately random one-off, the UK electronic pop trio Darkstar has teamed up... more info