Two man boy band from the garden of England. HEAVIER JELLY is out April 18th, pre order now x

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A long time ago, HotSpotMusic was a music blog that was started with a very simple premise - to be a guide and a filter for an overwhelming amount of new music being released and to restore the focus on the music and not the hype. It prioritised album reviews - the best way to consume an artist’s work - and for 4 years posted one review (almost) every day tending to focus on indie rock but always roaming the prairies for more.

Now, HSM is still pumping out the playlists for your enjoyment, albeit a little less frequently.

Founded in the UK in 2008, The Quietus is one of the world’s leading independent websites for quality longform writing on visionary and modernist music and culture, covering all genres with an equal weighting.

The Quietus treats the emerging artists of the genre-melting present with the same reverence the mainstream reserves for the stale canon of yesteryear. We look to reappraise and revitalise those artistic pioneers abandoned in the hinterland.

We champion trailblazing and illuminating cultural journalism from around the world – numerous successful writers and broadcasters are first published on our pages.

After years held back by a creaking old website, The Quietus (tQ to our friends) has been regenerated, providing an indispensable portal to a realm of cultural discovery, devilment and debate.

“The Quietus believes in the power of cultural criticism to cut through the noise of social media and the ultimately disappointing guidance of tech platform algorithms. To write down a series of words that have never been combined before, expressing a complex series of emotions, thoughts and experiences that unites writer and reader at a level that feels telepathic and changes the joint experience of reality: That is the definition of magic.” – tQ Co-founder John Doran.

The Pre New at MACH 2, emblazoned with lightning flashes - will turn all debris and decay into bright new forms of rock energy, with one foot in the past and the other flooring the accelerator into the eternal future.





We're not the best, but we're pretty good.

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