After Grandaddy broke up in 2006, Jason Lytle relocated to Montana, where he happily made two solo albums, and reconnected with the natural world around him. Eventually, though, life uprooted him again, taking him to Portland, Oregon until he eventually returned to his former home of Modesto, California. The return to California was practical (he needed to be near his bandmates) but also appropriate: he had started writing songs that he felt would be fitting for another Grandaddy album. The result, ‘Last Place’, is a perfect addition to the band’s celebrated, critically-acclaimed catalogue, that includes their breakthrough sophomore album, ‘Sophtware Slump’, and their debut, ‘Under the Western Freeway’. It’s a symphonic swirl of lo-fi sonics and mile-high harmonies, found sounds and electronics-gone-awry mingling with perfect, power pop guitar tones. Lytle’s voice sounds as warm and intimate as ever, giving graceful levity to the doomsday narratives that have dominated the Grandaddy output.

PRE-ORDER Last Place here.

Find Grandaddy here: www.grandaddymusic.com

GRANDADDY UK TOUR DATES

March 23 – Potterrow, Edinburgh
March 26 – Hoults Yard, Newcastle
March 27 – Irish Centre, Leeds
March 28 – Albert Hall, Manchester
March 29 – Rock City, Nottingham
March 31 – Colton Hall, Bristol
April 1 – Concorde, Brighton – SOLD OUT
April 3 – Roundhouse, London
April 4 – Rough Trade East, London

Courtyards, forming mid-2015 meeting at university, deliver atmospheric guitars, euphoric choruses & infectious basslines to create a unique sound.

The release of their first single ‘Disarray’ in November 2015 gained multiple broadcasts on BBC Introducing in Lancashire, and their second single ‘Go Down’ in May 2016 received the same love from BBC Introducing again.

Bigger things are set for 2017, with the release of new single and music video ‘Firelight’ and recording with Sugar House Studios to finalise their debut EP set for summer release. January – March are filling up, looking to be busy months of gigging to new places. 3/4 of the band are in their final year of university so the year ahead is set to be a challenging and exciting one

Courtyards have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Sigma & MistaJam, and supporting the likes of Josh Kumra, The Carnabys, Kerri Watt & Seafret.

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Members

Matt – Vocals/Guitar
Cal – Lead Guitar
Louis – Bass
Luke – Drums
Mort – Keys/Synth

Upcoming gigs:

28th January Byram Arcade – Hang The DJ Huddersfield
4th February Picturedrome Holmfirth
18th February Fulford Arms York
3rd March The Parish Huddersfield
11th March The Underground Bradford
28th March The Parish Hudderfield
29th April Castle Hotel Manchester

Merging the cardiac arrest-inducing pulse of modern Metalcore with full throttled, old school Thrash-tinged riffs, INVISIONS are a ticking time bomb set to take the UK by storm. Today they reveal new video TURN UP, following its radio debut on Kerrang! Radio on Wednesday 25th January. The video captures the York based 5-piece’s debaucherous and unhinged energy, and is a taster of things to come.

“‘Turn up’ in our eyes is a hard hitting, energetic and an incredibly real song which we all felt represents InVisions musically. We also honestly love to party, probably a little more than we should, but what’s life without fun? This song covers every aspect of this. The video location was shot in an underground nightclub to really depict that atmosphere of a mad night out. It’s a perfect representation of what we’re about.”
– Josh Hardy (Drums)

Whilst INVISIONS party spirit is undeniable, they are by no means simply here for the joyride. Each member has done the hard graft with roots in the York music scene from previous bands, and the demise of these projects led to the formation of INVISIONS in early 2016. Regardless of their mixed musical background, there was a clear collective vision to create hard hitting, adrenaline-fuelled, heavy music. Immediately jumping in at the deep end, the band hit the rehearsal room to craft the foundation for their sound. Now armed with a trophy cabinet of songs to unleash on an unsuspecting world, INVISIONS will release their debut album soon.

“What sets us apart, is that every single word is real. You can’t pretend to be an outcast, you can’t pretend to have an addictive personality and you can’t pretend to be so pissed off at the world. There’s absolutely no bullshit. The lyric writing process was a huge outlet for us and I’m sure that people are going to relate to these songs like we still do, even listening back months later.”
– Alex Scott (Guitars)

Catch INVISIONS on the road:

17 Feb – WORTHING Forty Two
19 Ferb – PETERBOROUGH Met Lounge
8th Apr – WORKINGTON Lounge 41
20th Apr- PORTSMOUTH Old Barn
18th May – BIRMINGHAM Subside
3rd June – BOLTON Seddfest

The band:

Ben Ville – Vocals
Alex Scott – Guitars
Lucas Gabb – Guitars
Cam Bland – Bass
Josh Hardy – Drums

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Pulled Apart By Horses have revealed a new music video for ‘Hotel Motivation’, the latest noise-pop anthem to be revealed from their forthcoming album, ‘The Haze’, due for release March 17th via Caroline International.

Following snarling title track ‘The Haze’, and “instant mosh-pit maker” (NME) ‘The Big What If’, ‘Hotel Motivation’ arrives inspired by a mind-scrambling combination of insomnia and Iggy Pop’s discography playing back to back at full volume.

“Welcome to the Hotel Motivation”, guitarist James Brown explains, “this foot stomper came to life from a shared love of Iggy Pop and an overwhelming lack of sleep when Tom was up night and day penning song lyrics. We hope you enjoy your stay!”

“Ironically these lyrics came out of the frustration of me suffering a little ‘writers block’,” vocalist / guitarist Tom Hudson adds. “I was sat in a small room in my house, hunched over my computer recording my vocals at about three in the morning. I felt like I couldn’t allow myself to sleep until I’d at least made some progress with the track. The song is sort of a fictional version of how I felt and what I was doing that night. A couple of days later we played it in our practice room and everything felt right.”

Frantic and explosive, the new music video for lead single and album opener ‘La Di Da’ erupts into a snake-infested frenzy in seconds. “I wanted the video for ‘La Di Da’ to be a representation of my subconscious”, frontwoman Janie Shilstone says. “Almost like watching what a satanic, schizophrenic nightmare would look like.”

“At first I was terrified and when David, the owner, turned up with this see-through box. I totally froze when I saw her, though David assured me that she’d never bit or tried to strangle anyone before!

Her name was Honey, a 6ft Boa Constrictor, and after 20 mins of stroking her I finally plucked up the courage to hold her. I completely fell in love. She slithered down my left arm and rested her head on my hand, it was so therapeutic. There was one shot where I lay down and got her to slither along my body and she beautifully went behind my ear and then up towards the camera.”

Partly inspired by the Joker and Harley Quinn (from Batman) relationship Janine was obsessed with as a comic book loving teen, “the song portrays an abusive relationship unbeknown to the victim,” says the singer. “There are a lot of emotions throughout the song. There’s vulnerability, and there’s resistance. It took time to come together, and it had to live on the back burner for a while. But one night I gave in to the niggling that kept demanding I go back to it. I remember the moment it came together; me and Hamish (Reilly, guitars) in my flat drinking pretentious cocktails, laptop, tiny amp, guitar…” Incessantly giddy, intoxicatingly catchy; the end result more than rewards the toil.

Vukovi’s self-titled debut album is the definitive snapshot of their Technicolor wonder to date. They demand your attention. Produced by longtime collaborator Bruce Rintoul – “nobody pushes me quite like Bruce” says Janine – its twelve songs take in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. “The record might sound quirky,” says Janine. “But there are many darker notes in there…”

Tracks like ‘Prey’ see Shilstone digging deep into personal experience (“it’s about a time in my life where I thought I’d met my knight in shining armor – but he fucked me up even more) and the sublime ‘I’m Wired’, Janine’s favourite song on the record (“I wrote it trying to describe being in a relationship with severe depression and trying to express that you need that person even though you don’t show it most of the time”).

There’s introspection here, yes. There’s beauty, sure. But there are songs like ‘And He Lost His Mind’ too, which is as fun as rock music has ever allowed itself to be. A big, bouncy, neon daubed earworm that bores itself into your brain and gobbles up on your serotonin. Then there’s ‘Boy George’, a former single with a guitar sliced through it like a chainsaw through a piñata. And, if you’re going to call a song ‘Bouncy Castle’, chances are that it’s not going to be an acoustic weepy. Vukovi truly excel here, coming on like Paramore span around and around and around until they’re very dizzy and just about ready to hurl up something… wonderful.

Pre-order VUKOVI’s self-titled debut album via LAB Records here – https://vukovi.tmstor.es/.

Championed by the likes of Kerrang! Q Magazine, NME, Rock Sound, Clash, The Skinny and BBC Radio 1, Vukovi’s reputation as a colossal live band saw them opening for America’s hot new things Highly Suspect late last year, as well as festival appearances at Download, T In The Park, Hard Rock Calling, Live at Leeds, British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park and many more. Catch their UK headline tour this March 2017 on the dates below.

March tour

Tickets are available here – http://www.vukovi.co.uk/live/.

10 Glasgow, King Tut’s
11 Leeds, Key Club
13 Manchester, Sound Control
14 Bristol, The Louisiana
16 London, Boston Music Room
18 Nottingham, Rock City Basement
19 Aberdeen, Tunnels