Maiah Wynne's duet Another Step with Dan Avidan comes from an album recorded in hotel rooms, with Rush's Alex Lifeson guesting on six tracks. Here's the story behind it.
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A double album of Irish crime history, with Bernard Butler, Fergal Lawler and Luke Haines taking on convict ships, hare-witches and Sing Sing. Out Friday.
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A New Jersey duo return with a second album made with the producer behind Guided By Voices records, and it wanders from Sabbath-style heft to shoegaze. Here's the story behind it.
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A surprisingly funky new song from The Early Years, plus their first UK tour in a decade. Here's what Roger Mackin has to say about The Mirror.
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Dave Rowntree is taking his Edinburgh Fringe show about Blur and the early 90s back on the road this November, photos included. Seven dates around the UK.
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A Leeds musician made his whole fourth album alone, playing every instrument and producing it himself too. Daydream is the fifth and final single from it.
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The Samurai Seven are back with a new single, ¡Dios Mío!, and a tour with The Boo Radleys. It takes a swipe at office boors and LinkedIn peacocks, with a nod to Dr Dre.
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Asylums frontman Luke Branch has turned a bout of burnout into his second solo single, The Lookalike. It's about the gap between the best version of you and the one that turns up.
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A Glasgow songwriter's third album goes from online trolling to taboos around interior lighting. The Big Light is out on vinyl and digitally on 16 November.
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A bad run of luck, set to an upbeat tune on purpose. Michael Cassidy's Pile Up comes ahead of his third album, The Nurse's Son, out 13th November.
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