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We have a decade specialising in event promotion with various music venues around the United Kingdom. We host up to 30 events every single month and are constantly putting on events that lay host to future festival headliners and cult following grassroots artists alike.


Our passion for live music is perfectly paired with our enthusiasm for journalism. We have over 1500 blog posts reviewing Artists, Albums, Tracks and Live performances. Not to mention our countless interviews with artists so you can find out exactly what it is that makes your favourite musician tick.
In 2022 we hosted our very own Technicolour Festival, a new indie music all-day festival showcasing the best upcoming artists, which took place at The Hope & Ruin, Brighton (Saturday 23rd July 2022) and The Finsbury, London (Sunday 24th July 2022) The star-studded line up included Trudy & The Romance and Dutch Criminal Record who have since gone from strength to strength.


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Moon Construction Kit returns with his latest single ‘Chemicals’, continuing to carve out his place as one of alternative music’s most intriguing rising talents. Looking to bow out of 2025 on a high, the new release finds the artist sharpening his expansive sound, coupling a thumping alternative edge with a brooding, synthesised sheen that feels both… Read more

Reciprocity Nexus is closing out 2025 with the release of their new album Sonic Chocolate. The long-running project of Hendrik Kleinsmiede is set to return with its ninth studio album, Sonic Chocolate, a release that not only underscores the project’s creative longevity but also highlights its continued evolution across indie, alternative, and pop-adjacent terrain. Leaning into a warmer,… Read more

Brighton’s rising indie sensation Isla Rico are back with their highly anticipated new single, Smell The Roses, dropping November 7th via Regent Street Records. The track marks the start of a bold new chapter for the five-piece, blending 90s-inspired anthemic energy with heartfelt, modern storytelling to create a sound that is both evocative and irresistibly… Read more

Irish rising star and LGBTQIA+ trailblazer SexyTadhg returns this November with their most emotionally vulnerable work to date. The artist—long celebrated for bold theatrics, soaring vocals, and politically charged performances—strips everything back for ‘Never Been Loved in the Daylight,’ a stirring new single that exchanges big-band energy for raw, glowing intimacy. Recorded live in an… Read more

Brighton-based quartet School Disco have announced details of their fourth studio album, School Disco SDIV, alongside the release of their mesmerising new single, ‘Simulation III’, out now via Krautpop! Records. A distinctive fusion of prog and jazz flavours, ‘Simulation III’ encapsulates the unique musical world of SDIV. The track unfolds through a shuffling 6/8 groove,… Read more

Just ahead of their eagerly anticipated EP To Cast the Sea in Concrete, set for release on 5th November, Cork rising stars Pebbledash have shared their latest single, the haunting indie-folk sweller ‘O, The Wind’. The track arrives as the band prepares to hit the road on a headline UK and Ireland tour, running through 25th… Read more
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