In these times of isolation, Stephen Hodd has taken to his home studio during this quarantine and has recorded and laid down to tape machine (Tascam 388) the very first demo of his very personal song, ‘A Man Like I’.

Louise returns with new single ‘Rope’, reworking the track from last years album Squall Echo Rale.

She recorded a live isolation acoustic session for John Kennedy at Radio X and chatted with him on his 8th April show. Check out more at Louise’s Facebook page.

Jon Allen’s beautiful track ‘In Your Light’ is featured throughout the new episode of Oh My Goodness from Aled Jones. The weekly podcast, which premiered on April 07, is what everyone needs right now - goodness. It celebrates the good news we don’t usually get to hear.

This weeks Track of the Week brings you this beautiful song from world renowned Irish musician Sharon Shannon, an uplifting track that instantly transports you to her native Ireland.

Cloud 9 is out everywhere now!

This week’s Track of the Week, ‘Muraqaba’ is a slice of warm, nocturnal jazzy breaks from composer Simon Shackleton’s new EP Midnite Sessions. Soothe your late night brain with these laidback grooves reminiscent of early Mo Wax/Ninja Tune releases.

Midnite Sessions is out now.

Soothe yourself as the weather gets warmer with the new EP from Simon Shackleton! Full of jazzy, nocturnal laid back grooves reminiscent of early Mo Wax/Ninja Tune releases.

Check out Midnite Sessions here!

Pete Macleod’s track ‘Firing Line’ has debuted at Number One on the Official UK Physical UK Singles Chart on his own imprint, Stepping Stone Music.

Behind the scenes we’ve been busy working with our writers on a new and exciting project!

Introducing Tiny Toons, a unique space for tiny tots to learn and grow through a series of fun, unique songs created especially for them! Each one comes with an animated video. It’s a chance for the parents and kids to sing along and even learn a new language along the way with both Spanish and English versions!

Find out more at http://tinytoonsmusic.com/

Walker Roaders fans stateside can enjoy the St Patrick Patrick’s day festivities with a special headline Los Angeles gig!

Head over to the Walker Roaders Facebook page for a chance to win x2 tickets to the gig!

This week we’re bringing you something a little bit different for our Track Of The Week selection!

We’ve been busy working with our colleagues at Tiny Toons on their channel full of catchy songs to help the little ones learn and have fun!

One of these creations is by Wardlaw writer Rob Castell.

Our Track of the week is ‘Ghost Child’ by Susheela Raman.

This track is taken from her 2018 album Ghost Gamelan. Described by The Guardian as ‘Wildly original, passionate and dangerous’, Susheela creates evocative, powerful and uplifting music that blends together sounds and instruments from all corners of the globe.

Out today is the second part of releases from Simon Shackleton’s Synchromesh alias, covering tracks from 1993-1997. A prototype for his active moniker Elite Force, much of the material on each of these jam packed releases has been unheard - until now!

Out today is Part One of a two part series by Simon Shackleton. Inspired by films made about the inconceivably large expanse of space that surrounds us, these tracks deliver a cinematic journey to the stars.

Louise Connell’s track ‘Crossed The Line’ featuring Sharon Shannon is up to number 9 in the RTE Radio 1 Airplay charts in Ireland, sitting nicely between Marc Almond and Monty Python!

Another unearthing of musical treasures from Simon Shackleton. This time we hear the gritty, steely beats of his releases under the alias Futurecore from 1996-1998. Futurecore made regular appearances on the John Peel show during the second half of the 90’s.

This week’s Track Of The Week is ‘Left To Right’ by multi instrumentalist duo The Blackheart Orchestra. A mediation on the folly of war, the track is taken from the bands latest album Mesmermanto (2019) out on Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records.

The music video for Asylums brand new track ‘Catalogue Kids’ has premiered on essential rock publication Kerrang!

Louise Connell’s track with Sharon Shannon was played on John Kennedy’s X-Posure show last night!

Today sees the release of a collection of music from Simon Shackleton’s ‘Synchromesh’ alias, which was something of a bonkers sound lab prototype for his later Elite Force work. The earliest Synchromesh productions date back to 1992 with music ranging from deep and dirty lo-fi trip-hop to proto acid-breaks to frenetic jackhammer junglist beats.

This year we’ll be bringing you a new track for your listening pleasure every Friday.

Starting the year off we have this Sci-fi tinged delight from Paperface entitled ‘Little Monsters’. 

Taken off the album Love In The Time OF Florida, the track now has an amazing animated video by Cristian Wiesenfeld to accompany it!