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Southern California rockers Arlington deliver a masterpiece with A Walk Through Jackson County.  Out this Friday via Rise Records, Arlington’s debut record is the rock n roll album you’re going to want to add to your permanent collection. “The album is a representation of the way in which we take our classic influences in a new direction…

The Maximo Park front man returns with a stellar new album – out this Friday.  Marking the fourth release as a solo artist, Paul Smith’s Diagrams follows up 2015’s Contradictions. Alongside co-producer Andrew Hodson, of 6 Music favourites Warm Digits, he charts a course into the yearning, melancholic jangle-pop of The Go-Betweens, finding himself drawn to the literate, grunge-pop of…

British Columbia five-piece Shred Kelly are releasing their newest record this Friday.  Archipelago is out on 19 October via German record label DevilDuck Records and is all the modern folk goodness you need to make your day better. The new record was produced by Howard Redekopp (The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara), and Josh Rob Gwilliam…

Country-pop rising star Liv Austen delivers an empowering and honest record with A Moment Of Your Time. Norwegian singer songwriter Liv Austen has been making waves in the country music scene with her infectious country pop. Just earlier this year she played the UK’s biggest country music festival C2C at London’s O2 arena. Her debut album…

Do you want an album you can put on repeat for an entire day not gt bored of it? Hellions’ Rue is just the one.  Released this Friday via UNFD, Aussie punks Hellions are back with their newest project in the shape of Rue which guitarist and co-lyricist Matthew Gravolin describes as “the co-existence of a Jekyll and Hyde operating…

Breakout country music star Morgan Evans delivers the feel-good record you’ve been waiting for.  One of our favorite new country artists, Australian-born singer-songwriter Morgan Evans, has released his newest album this week. Things That We Drink To is a collection of eleven songs co-penned by Evans over the last two years and reflects his exciting journey…

You Me At Six have taken the best of their past and added a whole lot of future to create one of the best records you’ll hear this year.  If you think you know You Me At Six, VI will make you think again. The Surrey five-piece may have previously been marked as emo pop-rock, but their…

The band’s new masterpiece is out this Friday via Rise Records/BMG and precedes a huge UK tour.  Brighton four-piece Black Peaks are back with new music for you this Friday. Their sophomore record All That Divides was produced by Adrian Bushby (Grammy Award Winner for Muse and Foo Fighters), and includes brand new single Home. About the record, front…

Out this Friday via Dualtone Records, Evening Machines is like a trip to the spa for your ears.  Colorado-based indie-folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov has released his newest masterpiece in the shape of Evening Machines. Its dark and eerie folk-rock attitude with airy vocals is the very definition of addictive music. What’s interesting is that when he’s not writing music…

Infinite Game is here and it’s a sexy little mo-fo.  Los Angeles’ The Black Queen are back with a new record, out 28 September via the band’s own label, Federal Prisoner. Much has happened since the band released their cold, cutting debut album Fever Daydream. But throughout it all, the trio of Greg Puciato (former frontman…