Formed in 2005, Screaming Females is singer/guitarist, Marisa Paternoster, bassistMichael Abbate and drummer, Jarrett Dougherty.

On the cusp of celebrating 10 years as a band, Screaming Females announces Rose Mountain, the New Jersey DIY-punk trio’s sixth LP due 23rd February on Don Giovanni Records. The band self-produced their previous releases (with Steve Albini engineering their 2012 LP Ugly and the 2014 concert album Live at the Hideout) but overturned the long-standing, self-imposed rule this time by bringing in Matt Bayles (Mastodon, the Sword) as a producer.  Setting out with a vision so clear that it almost became a studio mantra, the resulting songs are concise, crisp and melodic, in essence creating at once their most complex and accessible record to date.

Experience the live ferocity of their stage shows as Screaming Females will be heading to our shores this April – UK dates below:

Sunday 19th April – Brighton, The Hope 
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/screaming–females/the-hope/844880

Monday 20th April – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
– http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/

Tuesday 21st April – Manchester, The  Roadhouse 
http://www.seetickets.com/event/screaming–females/the-roadhouse-manchester/844868

Wednesday 22nd April –  Glasgow, Broadcast
http://www.seetickets.com/event/screaming–females/broadcast/844867

Thursday 23rd April  – Bristol, The Exchange
http://www.exchangebristol.com/

Friday 24th April  – London, The Lexington
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/305073

California X‘s highly anticipated sophomore album Nights in the Dark will be released 2nd February 2015 in Europe via Don Giovanni Records. The new record not only stimulates the senses but it allowed the quartet to delve deeper into more conceptual work, the contrast between light and dark, contentment and longing.  A follow up to their critically acclaimed eponymous debut, Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Speedy Ortiz) once again helms the engineering deck, ensuring the new record retains all the distorted overdrive of the band’s characteristic fuzzed out, hard guitar-driven sound.

Drawing on influences from 70s rock to 90s alternative, “Hadley, MA” is an epic ballad with emotive lyrical harmonies and tremendous guitar solos. Yet another example of the indie rock scuzz-meets-growling grunge that the band is revered for.

Formed by friends Lemmy Gurtowsky and Dan Jones upon relocating to Amherst, MA,California X have crafted a more mature sophomore record, that find solace in a heavy, lush and melodic home with the addition of Zach Brower on guitar and Cole Lanier on drums.  An introspective vision is confronted as the band maneuvers, seamlessly as ever, from fuzzy power chords to conceptual ballads.

The Northern Irish trio, Axis Of have been winning hearts throughout Europe since the release of their debut album, Finding St. Kilda in 2012. Their records espouse their deep love of music, meeting new people and travel: “The touring we do completely shapes our music and lyrics,” explains Ewen Friers (lead singer and bassist). And on their latest offering, The Mid Brae Inn this is taken to fascinating new emotional heights.

Recorded in the grip of an Irish winter, the daily trek to the recording studio proved to be a mission in itself: “There were deep snow storms and havoc on old coastal roads.  One morning our van’s exhaust was ripped off by a wave.”

The band succumbing to the sea is an apt metaphor for The Mid Brae Inn. Across its eleven tracks, distorted bass swells and soars whilst guitars foam with effervescent hooks.  One can almost taste the salt in the air on album highlights: “Wetsuit”, “Beachcombing” and “Quarrel Reef”.

Axis Of hail from the North Coast of the island, an area which in recent years, has bred some of the country’s most emotive and inspiring acts.  Like others in their scene, Axis Of mix technology with technique and a unique brand of storytelling, deeply rooted in their surroundings: “16,000 years behind, war figures and cyber crimes. The bubbles under Yellowstone, the murderers that we bring home. The gas, the arms, the price, demands. Barry Horne and old showbands.’” – from “The Grey Man’s Path at Night”.

The sound that the bass-player-fronted three-piece has crafted is simultaneously melodic and thunderous – drawing comparison to the sound Biffy cultivated on their crossover Only Revolutions. “Over the last few years we’ve really pushed that idea of ‘poppy but heavy’. I think this record takes that idea and stretches it further at both ends” explains Niall. “I feel we’re now the band we were hinting at becoming, it just required a few hundred shows to get us to this point.”

A record built to be heard live, by men on a mission.  Axis Of: coming soon, to a town near you (hopefully in a van with an intact exhaust).

The Mid Brae Inn will be released on the 23rd February 2015 via Smalltown America.

Confirmed tour dates – more to come!
31st December – Belfast, Empire (Album Launch Night)
25th March –  Aberdeen, Tunnels
26th March –  Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
27th March –  Sheffield, Corporation
28th March –  Cardiff, Moon Club
29th March –  Chester, Compass
30th March –  Wolverhampton, Civic
31st March – Southampton, Joiners
1st April –  Kingston, Fighting Cocks
15th April –  Guildford, Boilerom
16th April – Nottingham Rock City