No, not that one. More like this (at the beginning, at least)…

Deep blue in colour, like a clear sky. From the Perth band’s six-track LP, Cerulean, featuring the previously posted I’m a Rot and …

The return of the Swedish queen of Italo Disco. But the real treat comes next…

I’m not sure you have much choice. From Eternal Mourning, a 20-track LP — but I’m not sure anyone needs that much goth, unless…

Ten years in the making — Castlebeat’s best record to date… …and almost the best ever by a band with “castle” in the name…

If it works, don’t break it

The return of the Swedish queen of Italo Disco. But the real treat comes next…

The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Caroline was engaged in 1794 to her first cousin George, Prince of Wales, the future King George…

Second single of the year from the New Yorkers and we love it more. Seven years since this should have claimed every “Best Single…” plaudit, thought the less said about the video the better……

They’re from Perth, Australis, and far from rot(ten). Teen angst…

From Düsselfdorf, a five-piece brings you Retriever, a five-track EP. And from 2023…

Let me influence you baby…

Each member looks like they’re in a different band, and sometimes they sound like it too.  But not here. No trombones on it though…

Is that a glockenspiel I hear? And weirdly, it reminds me of this…

Purer pop than if pop poured from the purest Scandinavian spring… From the Alpaca’s new LP, Another Day, but previously a single on which this was the equally lovely b-side.

The Greeks are fast becoming Heard on the Wire mainstays with their take on what Americans would call indie rock. And with this, their most recent single…

Tongue-tiedIntolerantTalentedIntransigent Mealy-mouthedMalevolentMaking wishesInconsistent The people with the telly heads came round, broke the mood… The most underrated, under-appreciated band I’…

The Edinburgh band’s latest and maybe greatest. Now that I’m in heaven…

New single from the Melbourne band whose debut EP, A Crisis, was one of the records of 2022. Then thinking about songs with “fly” in the title brought me to this,…

Ride, Oasis … leave them all behind … Or perhaps not …

Still the best band in the word to remain utterly under-appreciated, teaching the current wave of shouty-bloke bands everything they know. Fifteen years in, it’s a challenge to choose a favourite, …

Which this record lacks. From an EP of the same name by the Moscow trio, nine years on from their debut.

Is it post-rock? Is it prog? Is it post-prog-rock? Whatever. It is clearly the most astounding record in a long, long while. Single of the year? Probably.

The best thing to come out of Venice since they kicked out cruise ships. And somehow I’m thence drawn to this.

The closing track from Bad Moves’ power pop epic Wearing Out The Refrain. And prior to that…

Pit Pony may well be the most interesting to have come out of Newcastle upon Tyne since almost forever. This single is taken from a new LP, Dead Stars, during in February.

Here’s a suggestion for very short playlist: remixes that genuinely improve upon the original. This probably wouldn’t be on it (it’s all subjective, of course), but such is the brilliance of the so…

No band in the world can possibly be doing this dark wave–goth–post-punk thing as well as Vancouver’s Actors. And with lyrics to match. Stimulate – Grip and slidePull and sway Lick shine &#82…

First 2025 offering from the south coast band whose excellent back catalogue Heard on the Wire has only recently discovered. That catalogue includes this rather lovely cover of The Passions’ oft-fo…

And what’s wrong with that?

I’m not sure the title makes perfect sense, but the tune does.

The Edinburgh three-piece are now signed to Manchester’s LAB Records, where band’s most recent releases have been collected.

July single from the ever-interesting Alcopop Records, also on the label’s latest sampler, Pop! Look! Listen!

I hate you in the morning and I hate you in the dayI hate you in the evening when the sun fades awayI’m not okay I wish we never metYeah get the fuck out of my head Outstanding synth pop from a Nor…

That’s the problem with end-of-the-year lists, there’s always (at least) one that’s been missed.

The five LPs that most resonated with Heard on the Wire in 2024. A Sudden Burst of Colour | Galvanize Kindsight | No Shame No Fame Plastic Bag | Dead Kings of Europe Mt. Misery | Love in Mind It’s …

Mason Mount will be out for a long time with the muscle injury sustained in Manchester United’s win against Manchester City

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