The Fat Angel Sings

Since its release, I’ve probably listenend to Wednesday’s bittersweet and punch-drunk ode to a love that exists perpetually between ripeness and rot over a hundred times, and not once have I thought, “You know what would somehow make this already-perfect song even more perfect? A DJ Sabrina remix!” Not because it sounded like a bad idea, but because this isn’t a crossover that ever could’ve crossed my mind.

This standout from the collection of “Bleeds” B-sides brings together two indie icons from seemingly disparate worlds. In DJ Sabrina’s sun-drenched production, Karly Hartzman’s musings seem even further in the distance, even more primed for nostalgia, and don’t even get me started on how dreamy that lap steel sounds among synth washes and pulses of bass. Two great tastes that unexpectedly taste great together.

It seems incredible, but here we are, in the middle of 2025 tasting a new studio album by The Chameleons... or well, Chameleons nothing more, as they now call themselves. “Arctic Moon” was released this weekend, with seven songs that Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies created from a fresher and brighter worldview of the sound that characterized the band in the eighties.

In addition, we must say that their instrumentation is much more organic as well, seeming that now post-punk is mixed with alt-rock and an indie vein of jangly guitars. And that is one of the greatest attributes of this work: its guitars, bright and ethereal when the occasion warrants it. As for the lyrics, the English band launches itself with political manifestos and scattered social criticisms, remaining current in that sense as well, after 24 years of absence.

Chameleons are a post-punk band hailing from Manchester, England, known for their atmospheric soundscapes and introspective lyrics. Formed in the early 1980s, they craft a unique blend of melancholic melodies and haunting vocals, distinguishing them in the alternative music scene.

With albums like “Script of the Bridge” and “What Does Anything Mean?” Basically, they garnered a cult following for their introspective, introspective sound. Their music often explored themes of alienation, identity, and societal disillusionment, resonating deeply with listeners. Their influence on generations of musicians remains profound, cementing their legacy in alternative music history.

released September 11th, 2025

Suede’s album “Coming Up” laughed in the faces of everyone who believed that they would be lost following the exit of guitar hero Bernard Butler

“Is it all over for ‘The Best New Band In Britain’?” This was the question that greeted everyone who picked up the July 30th, 1994 issue of UK music magazine Melody Maker. The band in question was Suede, hailed as The Best New Band In Britain on the cover of the same publication’s April 1992 issue, two weeks ahead of the release of their debut single “The Drowners”.

It’s fair to say that journalist Steve Sutherland was significantly more impressed by the London quartet – fronted by flamboyant vocalist Brett Anderson and gifted guitarist Bernard Butler “This is the premier prima donna band we’ve been praying for,” he gushed. “The sons of Bowie’s camp little brothers, Suede are already the future all the rest will be forced to reckon with. Their demo tape is better than any album likely to be released this year.”

Their self-titled debut album, released on March 29th, 1993, became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK in almost a decade, debuted at number one on the UK albums chart, and won the 1993 Mercury Music Prize. As if that were not enough, the album would, in time, be heralded as the foundation stone for a whole new scene, BritPop.

Suede’s classic 1996 album, “Coming Up”, is being reissued for its 30th anniversary across a number of formats including a 5CD set, an exclusive blu-ray audio with Dolby Atmos Mix and an exclusive vinyl featuring Steven Wilson’s new 2026 stereo mix.

The band’s first album recorded without Bernard Butler, “Coming Up” featured a new look Suede line up as Brett Anderson (singing), Mat Osman (bass) and Simon Gilbert (drums) were joined by Neil Codling (keyboards/guitar) and Richard Oakes (guitar).

The album was a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and reached number one in the UK album charts and all five singles – ‘Trash’, ‘Beautiful Ones’, ‘Saturday Night’, ‘Lazy’ and ‘Filmstar’ all reached the top 10 in the singles chart in the UK.

Expectations then were sky high for the Londoners’ second album, “Dog Man Star“. But on May 25th 1994, three months into the recording of the album at Master Rock studios, Bernard Butler took a two day break to get married, without inviting any of his bandmates, which didn’t bode well. Butler returned to the Kilburn recording facility 48 hours later, packed up his guitars, and drove away, exiting the group without a word of farewell to his bandmates.

Somewhat ironically, the band’s final release with Butler in the band, was a non-album single titled “Stay Together”.

The “Coming Up” 5CD deluxe set is widely available and features the original mix on CD 1, Steven Wilson’s new mix on CD 2, non-album tracks on CDs 3 and 4 and “Coming Up at the BBC” (previously a vinyl-only RSD release) on CD 5. Exclusive to this 5CD set is new sleeve notes by music journalist Miranda Sawyer. This comes in seven-inch packaging.

Admiral Fallow are thrilled to announce the forthcoming release of their new album First Of The Birds on Chemikal Underground. The second single to be taken from the album, “The Shortest Night” ,following on from first single “Avalanche“, is out now and available on all digital platforms.

The early sketches of First Of The Birds – their fifth full-length record, a rich and brooding affair – appeared in quiet mornings and spaces, before the songs burst into life with long-time collaborator and producer Paul Savage in Chem19 Studios.

Approaching their twentieth year as a band, and having recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of their much-loved debut album, Admiral Fallow have never made a record in the way they have here, and the resulting work finds a way of both defining and redefining the scope of the group in 2025 and beyond.

On previous records, the band worked and re-worked demos in rehearsals before entering the studio, but here (by both design and circumstance), they had spent less time in one room together as a five-piece and retained an open-ended sense of where the songs would lead and the space they might take up. The rehearsals that did happen prior to recording took place in Louis Abbott’s attic room, where they practised hushed and unplugged. While a number of the songs would eventually find noisier paths of their own, the heart of the album remains in the understated spaces where it began – giving the songs an earthy and organic sense of wonder which feels wholly compelling.

“It comes from us having more confidence to just play together as a group,” Sarah Hayes says of the process behind the new album. “There’s a shorthand to how we work together, and how we experiment now, that has come from being together for so long. I don’t think we could have worked in this way at any other point in the past eighteen years.”

Led by collective spirit and understanding, framing a time of significant change and upheaval, of the myriad ways those things shift the world around us, First Of The Birds” feels something like a revelation.

Admiral Fallow continue to evolve and transform, and in embracing such things, of folding their experiences into the fabric of the band, they’ve produced a record that is at once entirely personal while also feeling reassuringly universal. It thrives within those parameters; a burst of warm light on a new morning.

released October 31st, 2025

DIY indie noise rock, channeling influences from Unwound to Pavement while blending the spirit of DC’s Revolution Summer, 90s post-hardcore, post-punk and melodic indie sensibilities.

Achers themselves came together fast. In 2022, Pat and Sabrina signed up for London’s First Timers Festival before they had songs, a full band, or much of a plan. Pat hadn’t even sung lead before. They found Pavel online, pulled it together in weeks, and played their first show with low expectations. “People were kind and no eggs were thrown,” Pat recalls. That practicality still defines them.

released February 5th, 2026

Achers are:

Sabrina Amade
Pat Smiley
Pavel Borisov
Vicki Butler

U2 are too release the propulsive new song “Silencio,” the lead single from their upcoming 15th studio album, “Carnaval De Luz”.

“Roll up, roll up, roll up!” Bono declared in a press release announcing “Carnaval De Luz”. “Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance! Cause in the near distance just outside our carnival of light there are all kinds of creatures… the same imagination that brings us our creativity can also bring us monsters. So we make the drums louder. We build a bigger fire. We make our stories wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they better shine, because if the world is in darkness we better not be.”

Meanwhile, the Edge described the new album as a “messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs,” adding that it “features the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording. Just saying.”

Across an energetic backbeat, courtesy of drummer Larry Mullen Jr., frontman Bono invokes religious imagery as he struggles with spirituality in the modern world. “Uneasy feeling, I just heard a gunshot / There are things you can get used to or not,“ the frontman proclaims, his voice tinged with both energy and anxiety. Meanwhile, the Edge’s presence if felt throughout the track, with his distinctive guitar tones helping bring “Silencio” to soaring heights.

“Carnaval De Luz” will mark U2’s first collection of new original music since 2017’s “Songs of Experience”. While the nine year stretch seems long, the Irish rockers have remained very busy. In 2023 they released “Songs of Surrender”, an album reimagining many of their classic tunes. That same year, they opened the Sphere in Las Vegas with a residency that ran into 2024. More recently, U2 surprise-released a pair of EPs earlier this year: “Days of Ash”, released to coincide with Ash Wednesday, and “Easter Lily”, which arrived on Easter.

The band collaborated with a variety of artists on the LP, including Brian Eno, Martin Garrix, Daniel Lanois and Ryan Tedder. Still, the biggest surprise is an appearance from Dolly Parton. The country icon duets on the album’s closing track, “Torn,” in what is said to be her “last recorded vocal performance.”

“This album we’ve made, we’ve caught it again, and it’s strong stuff,” Bono said in a recent podcast Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2 on Wednesday. “As people who’ve heard [the band’s 2026 EPs] “Days of Ash” and “Easter Lily” will hear, this is really the prequel, to both of them.”

“Carnaval De Luz” will be released on November. 13th.

Spanish Love Songs return with a reflective collection created mid-process while writing their next full-length.

Since forming in 2013, the band has grown from DIY roots into one of modern punk’s most vital voices with albums like “Schmaltz”, Brave Faces Everyone, and “No Joy”.

Since 2013, Spanish Love Songs have built a fiercely loyal community one cramped club show at a time. This intimate, powerful connection with their audience is proof that even in an era defined by isolation, people are still yearning for others to stand beside them in the darkness. Dylan Slocum’s lyrics chronicle political violence, climate anxiety, late-stage capitalism and the quiet ways these existential crises seep into everyday life – and just as critically, how moments of love, companionship and shared resilience become the antidote to an increasingly uncertain future. follows the release of instant classics Schmaltz(2018), .

Vocalist, Dylan Slocum, calls these songs “imperfect snapshots,” built in real time with friends and collaborators — including Kevin Devine, Illuminati Hotties, Dan Campbell, and Tigers Jaw.

This release pairs the new EP with their previous “No Joy” – Sessions and Doom and Gloom Sessions, offering us a comprehensive collection.