After half a decade away from full-length albums since ‘Night Network’ (2020), ‘Selling a Vibe’  welcomes the return of the signature guitar-lead sound of Wakefield brothers: Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman.

Since forming in the early 2000s, The Cribs have remained a steady presence in British indie music. Over the years, they have experienced changes in the music industry, shifts in popular taste, and long periods of touring and recording. After the release of ‘Night Network’ in 2020, the band took time away from releasing new material, but still played the odd show here and there after the tour – to mixed reviews. Some fans have said the band’s drunkenness took away from some live performances, but I suppose the Jarman brothers have never been the poster-boys for clean living.

The album was recorded with producer Patrick Wimberly (MGMT, Caroline Polachek, Beyonce). Working with an outside producer gave the band a fresh perspective while still allowing them to stay true to the sound that shaped the band’s early success.

The album has been well received by critics, many of whom have praised its honesty and consistency. Reviewers have noted that The Cribs are not trying to chase trends or repeat past successes. Instead, they are focusing on making music that reflects their current lives and experiences. The album also reached number five on the UK album charts, showing that the band still has a loyal and engaged audience.

To support the release of ‘Selling a Vibe’, The Cribs have announced a major worldwide tour that will run through 2026. The tour marks their most extensive run of live shows in several years. The tour begins in the UK, where The Cribs will play a full headline run across England, Scotland and Wales. These shows include performances in: London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff, alongside appearances in smaller regional venues.

Following the UK leg, the band will travel across mainland Europe, with dates planned in countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Spain. These shows continue The Cribs’ long-standing relationship with European audiences and include a mix of club venues and festival appearances during the spring and summer months.

The tour will then extend to North America, where The Cribs are set to perform shows in both the United States and Canada. Cities expected on the itinerary include New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto.

Tickets for all tour dates are available here.

Recorded at Dan Carey’s studio, the single was co‑produced by Love and Carey. The collaboration elevates the track’s raw intensity, merging club sensibilities with Fat Dog’s anarchic flair. 

Originating from South London during the lockdown, Fat Dog rapidly became known for chaotic, genre‑blending live performances, merging elements of punk, dance, and klezmer‑tinged arrangements. Their debut, WOOF., brought them major attention in 2024, with NME declaring it a five‑star explosive force in UK music.

The music video, directed by Dylan Coates, shows Love as a deranged preacher whipping a congregation into weird worship, the video’s lo‑fi aesthetic perfectly mirroring the track’s unhinged spirit.

‘Pray To That’ builds naturally on the momentum of earlier singles like ‘Peace Song’, released in late 2024, and tracks from WOOF. such as ‘King of the Slugs’, ‘All the Same’ and ‘Running’. Each release showcases a fearless blending of techno, punk, and surreal lyricism.

User reviews on Album of the Year include quotes like “Of course this is growing on me” and “ITS F*CKING FAT DOG BABY!”, a testament to the track’s visceral appeal. Meanwhile, Bandcamp describes ‘Pray To That’ as “negative white loud, uncompromising, angry, building toward a climactic explosion via brass elements and plateauing into dizzying momentum.”

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Fat Dog continue their live maelstrom through the summer festival season, including appearances at Boomtown, Green Man, Boardmasters, Iceland Airwaves and others, before embarking on a full U.S. headlining tour starting September 2025

The band also played a twice at this year’s Glastonbury Festival; once on the Woodsies stage, and then a secret set at Strummerville. 

In short, ‘Pray To That’ captures Fat Dog’s ethos: music that’s visceral, unfiltered, and uncompromising. It’s a track for dancing through disillusionment, for laughing at the void. If you’ve ever wanted your anxiety set to bassline intensity—and your existential dread served with a side of dark wit—this is your anthem.

The announcement of ‘Champion Sound’ Comes in the middle of Faithless’ first run of live shows in eight years and their first since Maxi Jazz died. They are currently touring Europe and the UK and recently performed a headline set at Glastonbury on the Glade stage.

The announcement of the new album and the release of ‘Find A Way’ sees the group release their first new music since their legendary singer Maxi Jazz passed away in December 2022. Speaking on the potential release of new music on their Instagram back in April, remaining members Sister Bliss and Rollo wrote: “As many of you have noticed, we’re back…Some shows have already been announced but we couldn’t start the summer without a little personal note. Maxi died just over a year ago and obviously we miss him every day. Thank you all for all of your kind words of support over this last year. It has really, really meant a lot.

In the meantime we never stopped (couldn’t stop, never wanted to stop!) making music. Even during Maxi’s long illness we recorded and released ‘All Blessed’ and now finally, 8 years after our last live performance, we are returning to festival stages across the summer and are planning some of our own shows later this year…”

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Sister Bliss spoke to DJ Mag around the same time about Faithless’ return to live shows: “These shows are going to be a celebration of all our years in music – what we love, what we stand for as a band, and a real tribute to Maxi as well. We’ve been working on this for months now so there is a theme, there is a feeling, there is a vibe to the show, and it’s exciting, it will still have the rawness and edge that our shows are known for, and I think that’s because we’ve thought really hard about what we want to say both sonically and visually.”

The Dance group’s new single ‘Find A Way’ sees the group collaborate with poet Suli Breaks. The two also partnered up for a lot of the tracks from the group’s last album ‘All Blessed’ Which saw them release their first record without Jazz on vocals.

Maxi Jazz died after a long battle with an undisclosed illness back in 2022. Jazz first met producer Rollo Armstrong in 1995 and along with Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto, they went onto to form Faithless. Jazz was a constant member of the group from their formation in 1995 all the way until 2011. During this time the dance group released lots of successful music including the huge hit ‘Insomnia’ which was originally released in 1995 and reached number 1 on the UK Dance Chart and then reached number 3 on UK Singles Chart when it was re-released a year later.

Our NEW EP is out today!! “Home Soon” everybody!! AND with it a new single Gamma Rays!! Give it a listen or ten and let us know what’s your fave!! Big love, cassia x

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— Cassia (@wearecassia) February 9, 2024

Cassia is composed of vocalist Rob Ellis, bassist Lou Cotterill, and drummer Jacob Leff. Collectively, the group have cited World Music as a shared inspiration, with frontman Ellis saying: “Speaking personally I think the thing that interests me the most is the unpredictability of the music. It’s cool knowing that there’s an endless vat of unexplored approaches ideas out there to take influence from.” Having spent part of his childhood in Zambia, lead singer Ellis was exposed to West African music and has brought this mastery into Cassia’s sound. Their Home Soon… EP was constructed all over the world, taking influence from every corner of the globe. The band commented on their recent writing style, claiming: “we felt that gave us a new lease of life creatively.”

Moreover, when asked about the EP in general, the band said: “Summed up the EP is based around life cycles. I feel that l always struggle to cope with chapters drawing to a natural close because it forces me to change what is comfortable, it is just a natural response of mine and so these songs act as an outlet for me, some tracks reminded me of the positive outcomes that come off the back of change, whilst some songs were jotted down during a painful switch of reality.”

In honour of the release of their new EP, Cassia will be performing a one off intimate show in London this March. For more information and tickets, click here.

We have a NEW EP dropping 9th Feb!It’s called ‘Home Soon’ and you can now preorder it on vinyl as well as new merch! we’re also doing a one off intimate show in LONDON!! General sale is Monday but you can grab one early with a vinyl + ticket bundle

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— Cassia (@wearecassia) November 10, 2023

Tour dates:

04/03/2024 – Omeara – London
14/03 – Flux FM Bergfest – Berlin
04/11 – New Century – Manchester
05/11 – HERE At Outernet – London
06/11 – HERE At Outernet – London

The band, who have been known in the past to take delight in the absurd, combine glam and prog rock to create a chaotic 40-minute epic. Inside the belly of the worm, England has evolved into a feudal system ruled by “the Devertebrates” – lords who have removed their spines to honour the great beast. Henry Spychalski, the lead singer of the ensemble, transforms himself into the heroic leader of the counter-resistant group called “the Grunters” who attempt to escape from the creature.

The frontman explained: “The Worm here is both a metaphor for capitalist greed, and the embodiment of a whole generation’s anxiety, dread and fear in the face of ever-looming apocalypse and world-ending natural disasters”. A manifesto further explaining the great mythical lore behind the album is also available to purchase alongside a physical copy here.

Music videos for “The End Is Now”, “Wyrmland”, and “The Worm” have brought to life the nightmarish England all directed by Spychalski.

Watch the video for “The End Is Now” below:

HMLTD started off as Happy Meal Ltd. in London in 2015. However, the band didn’t release their debut EP, Hate Music Last Time Delete, until 2018, and their debut album, West of Eden, until 2020. Having signed to the major label Sony in 2017, the band were dropped after inconsolable disagreements between the label and the band on their image and direction. Their first and second albums have been released through the London-based independent label Lucky Number.

Back in 2017, the flamboyant band, who often play with gendered dress codes, came under fire for what some perceived as queer baiting. “We’re trying to challenge toxic masculinity and we’re doing that from the perspective we can do that from, as the human beings we were born into being, which is predominantly straight cis men,” lead singer Henry Spychalski told DIY Magazine. “But I don’t think having that role should exclude or prohibit you from taking on that political perspective and from taking on what is probably the most violent, toxic, cruel force in our society. We’re learning from queer methods and we always try to express that indebtedness”.

The theatrical band is sure to put on a show during their two consecutive dates at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London this May. They will also be taking the stage at End of the Road Festival this summer. For tickets see here.

For HMTLD’s UK dates see below:

18/05/23 – Institute of Contemporary Arts – London
19/05 – Institute of Contemporary Arts – London
31/08 – End of the Road Festival – Salisbury

He first made the writing of his book public in March last year. He announced that he had started writing a memoir of his life, in order to pass his many intriguing stories down his bloodline, after having realised how little he actually held close to him about his parents. He explains this in an interview with Cleveland “I don’t really know much about my mum and dad, ’cause they were always just there. So, I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read, and that’s been fun going through stuff”. 

Having been in such a pioneering group for the music we see shaped today, no doubt will the book be a must read for, not only the metalheads, but for all who have a general interest in the sector. Butler will have the chance to give us an insight of his upbringing in Birmingham living in a working class environment, where he first co-founded Black Sabbath in 1968 as a teenager, alongside his mates; vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tommy Iommi and drummer Bill Ward.

Originally, he was a guitarist in another band called Rare Breed. But eventually, when they formed Black Sabbath, he passed onto playing bass when Iommi made it very clear he did not want to play beside another guitarist. As a matter of fact, Geezer Butler admits that the first time he ever disturbed anything out of a bass was on stage, using a borrowed one from a mate which only had three strings on it.

The English icon has come to spill his character and music building experiences on paper and the public couldn’t be more excited. Expecting to receive first hand insight of what Black Sabbath music was originally formed by. He will delve into all his stories, from a working class Birmingham in the 1960’s consisting of grimy pubs and drunken fights, the forming of the band and how it got its name, gigs with lethal endings, the reflection of what they have achieved in the last five decades and the rest of it.

In an interview he reflects “It’s a great achievement to still be relevant 50 years after we recorded our first two albums. We honestly thought we’d last a few years, then be forgotten about. Fifty years ago any form of popular music was seen as a passing fad”, allowing himself the rekindling of a lifetime of rewarding memories.

Click here to pre-order.