WATCH: Alice Bag – ’77’

If you need something inspiring to motivate you during these ridiculously cold, and depressingly dark, times, then look no further. Punk legend Alice Bag has brought together a dream team if ever there was one – Riot Grrrl queens Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe, plus an appearance from Shirley Manson – to bring us the perfect angst-driven anthem.

Much like Dolly Parton’s 1980 proto-feminist workplace comedy ‘9 to 5′, ’77’ comments on the gender pay gap that still plagues society nearly forty years after the country star’s film theme-song. With a fantastically tongue-in-cheek video that sees Hanna, Wolfe and Bag each fake typing in coloured wigs, the women not only rage that “I make 77 cents and it’s not right / It’s bad for women!”, but make the point that “it’s worse if you’re not white” and insist that “it’s time for change…”

Filled with seething, punk-driven riffs, ’77’ is an empowering, inspiring call to arms to unite against the patriarchy and make the changes needed for equality, in the workplace and beyond. As Bag poignantly sneers “… don’t pretend that we’re paid equal… You wrote the script / But I’m writing the sequel.”

Watch the wonderful video for ’77’ here:

Blueprint, the upcoming album from Alice Bag, is out 23rd March.

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Video Premiere: MALMØ – ‘We Come From The Stars’

Following the success of her last single ‘You’, Danish artist Maria Malmø and her band – aka MALMØ – have now shared another captivating offering from their upcoming debut album.

The title track from the album, ‘We Come From The Stars’ is an exquisite, twinkling slice of alt-pop, showcasing everything there is to love about MALMØ. Flowing with Maria’s soulful, rich vocals, delicate, shimmering melodies and a sweeping ethereal splendour, it’s an utterly dreamy creation, oozing a resplendent, other-worldly magic.

Of the inspiration behind the track, Maria explains:

“We’re nature all the way through – although we often forget it because of all the layers and things we surround ourselves with. It gives me great peace and a sense of purpose to think that we actually consist of stardust: Nitrogen in our brains, chalk in our bones, iron in our veins, and carbon in our souls.”

Watch the new video for ‘We Come From The Stars’ here:

We Come From The Stars, the debut album from MALMØ, is out 4th May via Integrity Records.

Mari Lane
@marimindles

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WATCH: The Shacks – ‘Follow Me’

A polished collection of alluring visuals to accompany a graceful, alternative tune, New York band The Shacks have shared a new video for their latest single ‘Follow Me’. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album Haze, which is set to be released on 23rd March via Big Crown Records.

Watch the ‘Follow Me’ video directed by Catherine Orchard below and follow The Shacks on Facebook for more updates.

Haze will be released on 23rd March. Pre-order your copy here.

Kate Crudgington
@KCBobCut

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WATCH: Let’s Eat Grandma – ‘Hot Pink’

“‘Hot Pink’ is about the misconceptions of femininity and masculinity and the power of embracing both of them,”explain Let’s Eat Grandma about their colourful new track. “It’s about self-expression, as well as appreciation for an underrated colour.”

Together, teenage multi-instrumentalists Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth create exhilarating blasts of fervently obnoxious noise to turn gender politics upside down, and their new video for ‘Hot Pink’ sees them tearing through the city doing just that. Released through Transgressive Records last week, the track’s accompanying video was directed by Balan Evans. Commenting on the footage, Let’s Eat Grandma explain: “We’re trying to navigate through a city where people’s perceptions of reality are becoming more and more distorted in the fear that we’ll end up the same way.”

After the cult success of their debut album, I, Gemini, it’s great to see the duo are back with this attention-grabbing new single. Following a headline show at Lightbox in Vauxhall on March 8th (which is now sold out), Let’s Eat Grandma will perform a run of UK and European headline tour dates throughout April.

Watch the video for ‘Hot Pink’ below and follow the band on Facebook for more updates.

Let’s Eat Grandma Live Dates

Thu 08 Mar 2018 UK, London – Lightbox (SOLD OUT)
Wed 04 Apr 2018 UK, Glasgow – Stereo
Thu 05 Apr 2018 UK, Newcastle – The Riverside
Sat 07 Apr 2018 UK, Leeds – Belgrave
Sun 08 Apr 2018 UK, Sheffield – The Plug
Mon 09 Apr 2018 UK, Manchester – The Deaf Institute
Wed 11 Apr 2018 UK, Birmingham – The Castle and Falcon
Thu 12 Apr 2018 UK, Cardiff – The Globe
Fri 13 Apr 2018 UK, Bristol – The Lantern

Kate Crudgington
@KCBobCut

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