Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Futurephobic (Official Video) Los Angeles psych-punk quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers have shared new track “Futurephobic” alongside an official video. The song is taken from their seventh studio album Data Doom, due September 1 via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records. FLOOD Magazine gave the video an early debut, describing it as “in line with the album title’s vintage dystopian sci-fi connotations, swapping weed-smoke riffs for frigid new wave pulses and staccato vocal deliveries.” “The main riff was an idea we came up with during t ..read more

Small Miracles - ‘ExtraTerrestrial’ Feat. Mirari Following on from their very well recieved 'Mercury’ single in May, Cardiff New Wave band 'Small Miracles’ release brand new 'Extra Terrestrial’ single on the 27th July Via Dirty Carrot Records. Small Miracles are a dynamic quintet from Cardiff, Wales. Inspired by the early New Wave movement, they infuse elements of Punk, Blues and Grunge into their genre-bending sound. Their music has a distinctly queer, underground feel, finely balancing heavy grooves and breakdowns with catchy hooks and choruses. The band were honoured to recieve support fo ..read more

Aderyn - ‘Chip Shop Boy’ (Official Video) 'Do you want Salt n Vinegar on them?’ Cardiff Indie Grunge Pop Artist 'Aderyn’ returns with fantastic new single 'Chip Shop Boy’ which is available now everywhere! With hooky riffs and euphoric chord changes 'Chip Shop Boy’ will make all your Chippy Dreams come true, and is certainly 'Aderyn’s’ strongest single to date. Love it! Aderyn says “Chip Shop Boy is a song about the rush of first having a crush on someone, and how those daydreams can make the mundane feel magical.” Chip Shop Boy is available on all streaming sites and bandcamp, and will be re ..read more

PIGEON WIGS NEW MINI-ALBUM ‘ROCK BY NUMBERS’ Cardiff’s PIGEON WIGS release their eagerly awaited mini-album ‘Rock By Numbers’.  An amorphous box of tricks that shape-shifts between psych, blues and indie rock with seamless time-warping chic, the quintet are also pleased to present one of its standout moments: “Iron Dynamite”. The final track to be spotlighted from the record, “Iron Dynamite” is a whimsical, merry-go-round of 60s-indebted psychelia to rival the Electric Prunes, Strawberry Alarm Clock, or frankly anything to be heard on the seminal ‘Nuggets’ compilation. Revolving around a ..read more

Cara Hammond - ‘America’ Single 'America’ is Cara Hammond’s second self produced single of 2023. Influenced by Lana Del Reyand Fleetwood Mac, 'America’ is a summer anthem about what happens after the American dream. Country guitar slides, gospel organ and 60s girl group harmonies blend together in creating a classic Americana sound that slowly disintegrates via harmonic shifts. I wrote America after returning from showcasing at SXSW 2022. At the beginning of 2022 I’d been dropped by my label & left my management, so when I was invited to play this huge festival in Austin, Texas, I couldn ..read more

ARA DEG FESTIVAL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED Yann Tiersen, Gruff Rhys, Deerhoof, Cerys Hafana and more announced for ARA DEG 2023. Yann Tiersen, Gruff Rhys, Deerhoof, Cerys Hafana and Rozi Plain are among the local and international artists performing at the fifth edition of Ara Deg Mae Dal Iâr (AD23), an accessible, all-ages festival in Bethesda, north-west Wales on Thursday 24th, Friday 25th and Saturday 26th August 2023. Ian F Svenonius and Escape-ism, Quinquis, Cathead and Permanent Draft are also set for this year’s Ara Deg, which aims to stage experimental and eclectic offerings that will open mi ..read more

Silent Forum - ‘Treat Yourself’ (Official Video) Silent Forum released their most unashamedly poppy single to date, Treat Yourself, coming out now via Libertino Records. Treat Yourself is a mixture of revealing, uncomfortable lyrics paired with animated, uplifting pop instrumentation. You can hear the band having a great time playing around in much poppier territory than they are used to - this is as bubblegum as they’re ever going to get. Treat Yourself is the classic mixture of revealing, uncomfortable lyrics paired with animated, uplifting pop instrumentation. You can hear the band having ..read more

Green Man Festival 2023 Green Man Festival - 17th - 20th August 2023 Eve Appleton Band is this year’s Green Man Rising Winner! Cardiff band Hyll will also claim their spot on the Rising Stage as finalists too, congratultions to them. Green Man is thrilled to announce that Eve Appleton Band is its Green Man Rising winner for 2023, and will bag a slot on its Mountain Stage this August. The Bristol-based act beat off competition from a record-breaking 3,000 hopefuls and over 30,000 votes to claim the annual award after they were announced as the judges favourite at the virtual final. The Dorset ..read more

Richard Walters - ‘Anchor’ (Official Video) Richard Walters is back with new single “Anchor”, the latest track to be cut from his upcoming solo record ‘Murmurate’ (out 17 November, via Nettwerk). Enveloped by Walters’ tender falsetto, “Anchor” is a spacious piano piece adorned with longing string arrangements to stir the soul. A song dedicated to his daughters, it finds the artist opening-up about the intense and transcendent connection we feel with our closest family. As Richard explains: ‘“Anchor” is a song about and for my daughters; I’ve been away a fair bit the last 12 months, which fel ..read more

Swansea Sound announce new album ‘Twentieth Century’ An album of sparkling pop-punk tunes from these lovable veterans of the indie scene, Featuring Hue (The Pooh Sticks) and Amelia (Heavenly) deploying their fuzzed-up guitars and melodic wiles in a set of loud, energetic pop songs, an album, containing self-deprecating critiques of everything that was supposed to be great about the alternative culture of the Twentieth Century – and of the way that culture left its adherents totally ill-equipped to deal with the reality of the Twenty First.  Released on the 8th of September via Skep Wax R ..read more