Minus The Bear - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Minus The Bear – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

The American math-rock masters return for a long-awaited UK tour. Where: Glasgow When: 27/04/2013 Tonight was all about making up for missed opportunities. Having loved Minus The Bear for several years I was blessed with the chance to see them support Jimmy Eat World back in 2010. Unfortunately I had...
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Rival Records: Fall Out Boy Vs Paramore

Rival Records: Fall Out Boy Vs Paramore

Two pop-punk titans return with make or break albums. But who makes a bigger impression? Save Rock And Roll released: 15/04/2013 on Island Records Paramore released: 08/04/2013 on Fueled By Ramen Welcome to a new style of UnderSong review. We take two vaguely comparable albums and face them off against...
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Fang Island - Birthdays, Dalston

Fang Island – Birthdays, Dalston

Brooklyn based band impress at long-awaited UK headline show. Where: Dalston, East London When: 14/04/2013 Fang Island first came onto my radar back in the dying days of MySpace; summer 2010. Their debut self-titled album was a haze of not-quite-pop-punk, not-quite-post-rock guitar solo fuelled joy and they seemed to have...
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ArcTanGent To Host 'Day Of Damnation'

ArcTanGent To Host ‘Day Of Damnation’

Also: Win a pair of tickets to the festival! The team behind Damnation Festival are to curate a stage at this year's ArcTanGent weekender, hosting a 'Day of Damnation' on Friday, August 30. Seminal British metallers earthtone9 will headline a stage dedicated to some of the UK's heaviest and most...
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Now We Are One...

Now We Are One…

...A wee message from the Editor on our first anniversary. This week marks precisely one year since UnderSong went live. Whilst work on the site began back in January 2012, this is what we count as our 'anniversary' - one year since that exciting moment when Stuart clicked the button...
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Everything On Red - Satellites

Everything On Red – Satellites

Stoke's emerging punk heroes' second album could be the perfect springboard. Released: 25/05/2013 Everything On Red is a band you may not have heard of unless you happen to be deeply knowledgeable about bands from...
Frightened Rabbit Announce Brixton Show

Frightened Rabbit Announce Brixton Show

The gig will be their biggest headline show to date. Following their mammoth 2 month US tour which took sold out shows across the board including New York’s Terminal 5, Frightened Rabbit have announced a...
Play: Hero - Raise It Up

Play: Hero – Raise It Up

Brighton five-piece will release first single as a free download. Do you secretly like Paramore but wish they were just a bit edgier? Do you like hot blonde girls that writhe around on table tops?...
Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal

Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal

Bring Me The Horizon return having stuck with their winning formula. Released: 01/04/2013 on RCA It doesn’t seem so long ago that Bring Me The Horizon released their third album, but somehow three years have...
Interview: Frightened Rabbit

Interview: Frightened Rabbit

Front man Scott Hutchison had a wee chat with us about unexpected fame, the Patter Test and of course that Andy Hull collaboration. Scott kindly took some time out from a busy tour schedule to...
Play: Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends

Play: Portugal. The Man – Evil Friends

The quirky Alaskans premiere video ahead of the release of their new album. With their seventh album, Evil Friends, due to be released on June 3rd, 2013 looks to be a busy year for Portugal....
Stereophonics - Graffiti On The Train

Stereophonics – Graffiti On The Train

Stereophonics return with an album sure to tug at your heart. Released: 04/03/2013 on Stylus Records It’s been a hectic four years for Stereophonics. Since the release of 2009’s slightly underwhelming Keep Calm And Carry...
The Cave Singers – Naomi

The Cave Singers – Naomi

From the cave and into our hearts. Released: 04/03/2013 on Jagjaguwar Named for their muse, The Cave Singers bring us their fourth album entitled Naomi. It opens with ‘Canopy’, an upbeat song which starts their...
Doldrums - Lesser Evil

Doldrums – Lesser Evil

Trippy Canadian psychedelic androgyny. Released: 26/02/2013 on Souterrain Transmissions Canadian artist Airick Woodhead is fast making a name for himself as an experimental pop musician, who has the adventurous ability to transcend techniques whilst mixing...
Palma Violets - 180

Palma Violets – 180

Believe the hype – London’s rising stars’ debut album is full of promise. Released: 25/02/2012 on Rough Trade Records "Hmmmm" I thought upon first researching Palma Violets. "Looks like yet another band being glorified by...
Frightened Rabbit - HMV Forum

Frightened Rabbit – HMV Forum

The Scots return to the capital with both style and substance. Where: Kentish Town, London When: 13/02/2013 The last time I saw Frightened Rabbit live in London was a mere five months ago, when the...
ArcTanGent Festival Partners With BIMM Bristol

ArcTanGent Festival Partners With BIMM Bristol

Another week, another ArcTanGent announcement... The lovely folks over at ArcTanGent have announced that they will be partnering with BIMM Bristol to offer students a chance to get involved with organising and running the festival....
Arcane Roots Announce Full Length Album

Arcane Roots Announce Full Length Album

The band also reveal artwork, tracklisting and a whole host of tour dates. Arcane Roots debut full length album, Blood And Chemistry, will be released May 6th on Play It Again Sam. Produced by Dan...
ME - Even The Odd Ones Out

ME – Even The Odd Ones Out

Quite simply this album is huge; a gargantuan debut effort. Released 25/02/2013 on Lizard King Records ME are a bit of a marmite band; you’ll either love them or hate them. They don’t really fit...
Foals – Holy Fire

Foals – Holy Fire

Oxford's Foals showcase new talents in their third album. Released: 11/02/2013 on Transgressive Records It sounds terrible, but everything I have been told from friends or read in magazines about Foals has not particularly inspired...
Sapient - Slump

Sapient – Slump

Hip hop for the brave, the clever and the modern. Released: 19/02/2013 on Camobear Records Portland-based emcee Sapient is best known for being a trailblazer for the new breed of hip hop artists. He is...
Play: Maps & Atlases - Fever

Play: Maps & Atlases – Fever

The Chicago band release new video for single 'Fever'. Maps & Atlases have premiered a new video for 'Fever', the second single to be lifted from 2012 album Beware And Be Grateful. The video was...
Interview: PAWS

Interview: PAWS

PAWS talk to us about kittens, minibars and how to cook without a cooker... As attested by my massively enthusiastic review of their debut album Cokefloat! PAWS are a band that I fell head over...
ArcTanGent Unveils Second Headliner

ArcTanGent Unveils Second Headliner

Festival also announces a host of new acts. The organisers of ArcTanGent have announced that experimental electronic group Fuck Buttons will headline the Saturday of the festival. They join previously announced headliners 65daysofstatic who will...
Play: Passion Pit - Carried Away

Play: Passion Pit – Carried Away

The band release a quirky video for Valentines Day. Passion Pit have released a new video for 'Carried Away', the fourth single to be taken from last year's album Gossamer. The video was shot by...
Pure Love - Anthems

Pure Love – Anthems

Sometimes it's love at first sight and sometimes, as in this case, it takes a little longer Released: 04/02/2013 on Mercury Records When Pure Love first swaggered into the music scene's consciousness last summer they...
Phoenix Announce Details Of New Album

Phoenix Announce Details Of New Album

The Versailles band reveal album title, tracklist and cover art. Phoenix have announced via a glittering announcement on their website that new album Bankrupt! will be released on April 22nd on Loyaute/Glassnote. This will be...
Introducing: Hot Glass

Introducing: Hot Glass

We get acquainted with the new purveyor of bedroom recorded lofi loveliness. Hot Glass, the one man lofi/DIY shoegaze project of Brighton-based Ryan Balch, released debut EP I Wouldn't Forget on February 11th. It's a...
EP Corner: Wet Nuns - Broken Teeth

EP Corner: Wet Nuns – Broken Teeth

UnderSong showcases the EP that's been blowing us away this week. Released: 18/02/2013 I first saw Wet Nuns in May 2012 at Liverpool Sound City, playing in a repurposed parking garage to a small crowd...
Play: ME - Vampire!! Vampire!!

Play: ME – Vampire!! Vampire!!

The Austrialian theatrical rockers new single should whet your appetite for their debut album. ME’s debut album,Even The Odd Ones Out, is released at the end of the month and to whet your appetite the...