modern pop

Manchester’s synth pop artist Heart Of Gold are currently on the road in the UK as support to South Carolina shoegazers Hundreth, having joined the tour in Manchester last Sunday and ending the run in London on the 17th of February.

Today, the solo project of, Being As An Ocean guitarist, Michael McGough has released a video for soaring new track “See Through”, via SharpTone Records. 

It was all leading to this. The definitive Enter Shikari album “Nothing is True & Everything is Possible”, released on April 17th, 2020, through So Recordings.

In order to celebrate the announcement, Enter Shikari released their first single “{The Dreamers Hotel}”, available now everywhere. Listen to it below.

Answering Machine released their first single “Bad Luck”, taken from their same title upcoming album, out on April 17th, 2020, via Wiretap Records

Regarding the new single, the band says: “A song that commiserates in tough times. "Bad Luck" is there with a hug, a tall boy, and a little reminder to keep going”.

Don’t Believe In Ghosts complete new album and line up a series of new singles for 2020. The band will kick everything off with the infectious and anthemic single “Living Like This” on February 21st, 2020.

“Everyone is trying to present these exciting versions of themselves, which we all know are not real. Yet, we sometimes feel compelled to compete. This mindset is very distracting”, Steven Nathan says when describing the lyrics to “Living Like This”.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are kicking off 2020 with the release of their first original new music since 2018, a nod to their emo roots called “A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Called LA”.

The track will be available on all major streaming services on Friday, Jan. 31st and is the first song off their forthcoming “The Emergency” EP, to be released later this year. The band has also announced a spring headlining tour, and several dates in Australia with Boys Like Girls (see below).

Freiburg, Germany-based indie-punks The Deadnotes are pleased to share the latest single from their forthcoming album “Courage”, which is out on February 14th, 2020, through their own newly-established label 22Lives Records.

Watch the video for “Never Perfect” below. Stream & download the single here.

Freiburg, Germany-based indie-punks The Deadnotes are pleased to announce their new album “Courage” will be released on February 14th, 2020, through their own newly-established label 22Lives Records.

To celebrate the news the band have shared a new single from the album, titled “Hopeless Romantic”, together with a spirited new tongue-in-cheek music video which sees the band perform on a chat show where they are joined by a panel of dubious personalities.

Singer / songwriter Michael McGough is known for his work as vocalist and guitarist in rock band Being As An Ocean, and now his new independent project Heart Of Gold has partnered with SharpTone Records.

Drawing influence from “situations involving specific people and places”, Michael has captured a distinct sound of late eighties and early nineties pop/rock.

Northern California’s punk rock cult favorites Tsunami Bomb are back with “The Spine That Binds”, their first new LP in 15 years.

The LP, which was produced by the band, mixed by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor, Jeff Rosenstock) and mastered by Steve Orlando, will be released on November 8th, 2019, via Alternative Tentacles.

Alternative punk outfit Nervus have dropped “Fake” - the final track from their brand-new album “Tough Crowd”, out on September 27th, via Big Scary Monsters (UK) and Get Better Records (US). 

The accompanying video stars Milk Teeth’s Becky Blomfield, alongside Em Foster, lead vocalist of Nervus, and encourages fans to enter a competition to win test pressings and merch by creating their own video for the track using thehashtag #beyourownnervus.