Teen Creeps are releasing their third studio album, ‘Today Is The Day’ on September 5th. Ahead of the album release, the band have dropped new single ‘Anywhere’. It’s their most anthemic song yet and bears resemblance to the energetic Springsteen-goes-punk sound of Japandroids. When singer Bert Vliegen screams out “I’m not going anywhere”, he’s talking about his band.
Bert: “When we started writing the new album, I kind of suffered from writer’s block. Until we celebrated our 10 year anniversary as a band. It made me realize how much I enjoy playing with these guys, even after all those years.
It inspired me to write this song about our band, what it has meant to me and what it still does. Basically, ‘Anywhere’ is about finding something you love and taking pride in it. I hope it inspires confidence and energy in whoever hears it.”
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Following a revered debut at The Roundhouse in April 2024, a string of sold out performances and widespread critical acclaim, The Songs of Joni Mitchell returns this autumn with an extraordinary lineup of artists paying tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Jesca Hoop, Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) & Lail Arad, acclaimed singer-songwriters in their own right, will perform intimate interpretations of their favourite Joni Mitchell songs in a loving ode to the Matriarchitect of modern song. They will be joined by Richard Sears on piano and Lisa Hannigan & Loah as special guests in London and Dublin.
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and the band LYR have also been announced as special guests for London show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 13th, bringing not only Joni's songs, but also her poetry to life. To celebrate this next chapter of the live show, Hoop, Stables and Arad will also release a companion EP: The Songs Of Joni Mitchell Vol. 1. Playing like the sweetest bedroom concert, these up close and personal recordings, out September 12th via Small Matters, offer fresh interpretations of four formidable Joni Mitchell songs (‘Raised On Robbery’, ‘Morning Morgantown’, ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ and ‘A Case Of You’).
Today, the trio have shared their cover of ‘Raised On Robbery’, with crunchy guitars, velveteen harmonies and a bare bones approach that sends the timeless classic into a fresh and enlivened landscape. “It was the joy of clicking these harmonies together, backstage at the Roundhouse, that sowed the seeds for the EP,” shares Arad.
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After releasing her debut EP ‘heading into blue’ in March 2025, which saw a sold-out run of limited edition baby blue vinyl, as well as a predominantly sold-out debut headline tour, Manchester-based better joy has now shared new single "plugged in" - a follow up to most recent single, "this part of town". In addition, she has announced a new EP ‘at dusk’ which will be released on 31st October; 3 weeks before she ventures on tour across the UK with Amy Macdonald, including a sold out 13,000 capacity Glasgow OVO Hydro.
“I like that the better joy sound is evolving; it’s what we do as people, so it’s only natural the sound grows with me” says Bria Keely, better known by her stage name - better joy. A vivid indie-pop guitar project backed by a band, better joy fuses sparky melodies with strong guitars and pulsating bass lines, coated in lyrics that delve deep into all things vulnerable. The upcoming EP ‘at dusk’, a sister EP to her debut ‘heading into blue’, reflects a moment in her life “where I just stopped trying to please anyone or caring whether the music I wrote ‘fit’ a mold. It’s not on anyone else to define what better joy is: it’s on me”.
New single “plugged in” and previous "this part of town" are taken from better joy’s forthcoming second EP ‘at dusk’, produced by Mike Hedges (The Cure, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Travis). The 6-track EP will be the second full-length project from better joy and is both a perfect segue from ‘heading into blue’ which introduced better joy’s alt-pop sound, and an exciting taste of more to come this year. The vinyl version of the EP will be available to pre-order soon!
Bria says “for me, this song captures the moment of finally connecting with someone and understanding love for the very first time. Suddenly you see the world differently because you’ve unlocked another part of yourself, you’ve been ‘plugged in’.”
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