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Laurie Vincent from Soft Play’s new band Big Truck announce debut album ‘Midday At The Middleway’ with introspective post-punk track ‘Collided’
It follows 'Central Reservation Blues’, the first taste of the forthcoming record that is set to arrive this August

MPs share report and call on government to finally break down Brexit barriers of artists touring Europe
"The impact on livelihoods is being felt not just by established performers, but also by the stars of tomorrow"

Mystery Jets share deeply personal single ‘Soul River’
“The song is a celebration of a life cut short but one which lives on in our memory and our music”

Wishy announce new album ‘Nature’s Pill’ with upbeat single ‘Lovesick’
“[We] are stupidly romantic people who like twee pop so that combination alone was a recipe for a cheeky ‘main character’ song”

Morrissey’s team reportedly get parody post of ‘The Malefactors’ enemy list taken down, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills responds to being listed
The list included Johnny Marr (three times), Nigel Farage, IDLES' Joe Talbot, Machine Gun Kelly, Edward Cullen, Canada and Lisa Simpson

Listen to The Fall’s heady posthumous single ‘30 Degrees’
It comes from the new album 'Post Script', which Mark E. Smith had been working on before his death in 2018

Warpaint kick off Harry Styles’ Meltdown with first gig in nearly two years at Southbank Centre
See footage, photos, the setlist and more from the opening night before the likes of Stephen Fretwell, Bar Italia, Dev Hynes, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, and Soulwax take to the Southbank stage

Elvis Costello says Oasis are “not for me” and a “simplification of The La’s”
He once said Noel Gallagher was "deluded about a lot of things, most obviously that he is a songwriter at all"

The classic ‘Glastonbury The Movie’ to return to cinemas in restored 4K for 30th anniversary across Glasto weekend
"Unfiltered, un-narrated, and unlike anything else in British music film"

Morrissey shares update on his battle with “the very worst case of online identity fraud”
His team believe there are “nine individuals masquerading as Morrissey operating on behalf of various political groups”, including one who allegedly has “connections to an ex-member of The Smiths”

Chloe Slater tells us about her debut album ‘Riot Youth’ and “encapsulating that feeling where it feels like anything could change”
The former star of NME’s The Cover has also shared her latest single ‘Southern Youth’ and announced a new UK headline tour, including her biggest show to date

The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon announces new album ‘Not Bad For New Jersey’ featuring Brandon Flowers, Def Leppard’s Phil Collen and Marc Ribot
“The whole album came together so naturally, with a level of creative fulfilment I hadn’t experienced in a very long time”