• EP Download: Hot Cops – #1 Babes

    Few young bands excel at their respective genre as convincingly as Belfast-based indie-rock trio Hot Cops. Set to play our Independent Venue Week show at Oh Yeah Centre on Friday night, the band have just unveiled their new release, #1 Babes, a four-track EP of cunningly off-kilter, slacker-soaked anti-anthems that instantly evoke their main influences in Pavement, Deerhunter and Cloud Nothings. The EP was recorded by the band’s bassist Nathan Rodgers and mixed/mastered by Chris Ryan. Stream/download it (for free, if you so like) via Bandcamp below. #1 Babes by Hot Cops

  • EP Download: Autumns – Live At Sandino’s Back Bar

    Having played our recent Output showcase at Belfast’s Black Box, Derry noise-pop trio Autumns have released a new live EP, Live At Sandino’s Back Bar. Recorded – wait for it – live at Sandino’s Bar, Derry, the six-track release was released via Cassette Tape Label, Number4Door, in twenty-five plum purple cassettes, which were hand dubbed with Dolby Noise-Reduction B in Glasgow earlier this month. You can purchase a cassette here and stream/download a digital copy of the release below. Autumns – fronted by Christian Donaghey, also of Gross Net – support Cork psych-rock alchemists The Altered Hours at Whelan’s, Dublin, on November 14. Go…