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Nothing can hold BYFYN back on propulsive electro-pop track “What’s Stopping You?” (BPM Premiere)

Gareth O'MalleyDecember 2, 2020

The Hertfordshire-based Ellie Isherwood knows the value of patience. Since making her debut as BYFYN (pronounced “biffin,” if you were wondering) with 2016 EP ...

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Leeds sextet Talkboy announce new EP and unleash urgent new song “Sky is Falling” (BPM Premiere)

Gareth O'MalleyNovember 25, 2020

It’s been just over a year since Leeds outfit Talkboy set tongues wagging with their debut EP Over & Under, and the sextet have been keeping themselves bus...

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Halo Kitsch examines both sides of a toxic relationship on “Do You Feel Like A Sinner Yet?”

Gareth O'MalleyNovember 12, 2020

The Los Angeles-based Halo Kitsch may only have begun releasing music this year, racking up four singles, but she’s sitting on an impressive amount of unreleas...

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CIEL make an immediate impact on effervescent new track “All My Life”

Gareth O'MalleyNovember 11, 2020

A mere seven months ago, Brightonian band CIEL released their debut EP, Movement, a four-track collection that grew out of their Netherlands-born leader Michel...

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Hindsight 2020: The best albums we didn’t review

Emma Bauchner, Ray Finlayson, Rob Hakimian, Brody Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Ana Leorne, Chase McMullen, Gareth O'Malley, Grady Penna, Josh Sand, Tim Sentz, Harrison Suits Baer, Carlo Thomas, John Wohlmacher and Scott ZanassiNovember 9, 2020

Well, here we are, with this nightmare of a year nearing a close. Before we dive into our proper year-end coverage, we wanted to take a moment to show some lov...

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Ora Violet take a swipe at brainless world leaders with muscular garage-psych on “Creep Negativo” (BPM Premiere)

Gareth O'MalleyOctober 29, 2020

It’s got an undeniable swagger to it, which suits its brash lyrical perspective to a tee – a Brexiteer-baiting imagined conversation between Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage about Donald Trump....

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Album Review: Sen Morimoto – Sen Morimoto

Gareth O'MalleyOctober 29, 2020

Until now, Sen Morimoto has been holding back – if not in the presentation of his music, then certainly in its delivery. The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalis...

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Melancholy Ray evoke a summer that never was on “Cassette” (BPM Premiere)

Gareth O'MalleyOctober 22, 2020

Leeds-based quintet Melancholy Ray turned heads with the release of their debut single “New Routine” back in June, and things are definitely starting to pick u...

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Album Review: Beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers

Gareth O'MalleyOctober 21, 2020

Bea Kristi has been displaying different sides of herself through her music for a few years. Since arriving with debut single “Coffee” in 2017 – given legs thi...

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Album Review: Future Islands – As Long As You Are

Gareth O'MalleyOctober 13, 2020

It would be fair to say that Future Islands struggled to make the desired impact when last we heard from them. Striking gold on their fourth album, 2014’s Sing...

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