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Portland - Lay Me Down

Portland
Lay Me Down

[PIAS]

With its waves of echoing guitars and a melancholic undertone, ‘Lay Me Down’ is the new indie-pop gem from Belgian...

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01 May 2025
neomi - someone new

neomi
someone new

PIAS

Regular readers will know we have been avid supporters of Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman, aka néomí, over the last two...

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13 Mar 2024
Newmoon - Fading Phase

Newmoon
Fading Phase

[PIAS] Recordings (EU)/Manifesto Records (US)

Dreamy, hypnotic and ethereal with blooming guitars and gracefully haunting melodies, ‘Fading Phase’ is the new single from Belgium’s shoegaze...

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27 Oct 2023
néomí - your girl

néomí
your girl

[PIAS]

Adopting a more euphoric dream-pop-inspired aesthetic on ‘your girl’, Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter néomí steps away from her acoustic-led direction of...

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10 Oct 2023
Sval  - ANGELA featuring Jimi Somewhere

Sval
ANGELA featuring Jimi Somewhere

PIAS Nordics

This tender yet euphoric ode from Norwegian alt-pop artist Sval is a track that has seriously impressed us with its...

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16 Feb 2023
néomí - Skipping Stone

néomí
Skipping Stone

PIAS

Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman, aka néomí, bewitched us last year with her delightfully authentic and wistful stories from her debut EP...

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19 Jan 2023
SONS - Sweet Boy

SONS
Sweet Boy

[PIAS] Recordings

With machine-gun guitars, tight and mean drums and singer Robin Borghgraef going overdrive in the chorus, Sweet Boy is the...

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28 Apr 2022
néomí - i'll be there

néomí
i'll be there

PIAS

Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman, aka néomí, has bewitched us with her delightfully authentic and wistful stories over the last...

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22 Apr 2022
néomí - eyes filled with sky

néomí
eyes filled with sky

PIAS

Last month, we featured the dreamy and delicate if i wasn’t made for love by Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman,...

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21 Mar 2022
néomí - if i wasn’t made for love

néomí
if i wasn’t made for love

PIAS

néomí is the moniker for Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman who writes authentic and sincere stories backed by dreamy soundscapes...

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11 Feb 2022
Portland - Killer's Mind

Portland
Killer's Mind

[PIAS]

Back in May, we featured the exquisite and dreamy soundscapes of rising Belgium band Portland ahead of their performance at...

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25 Sep 2019
Geowulf - I See Red

Geowulf
I See Red

[PIAS]

It’s been just over eighteen months since we last featured Australian duo Geowulf here at RotD and earlier this week...

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30 May 2019
Portland - Expectations

Portland
Expectations

[PIAS]

Belgian act Portland are another band worthy of your attention this week at the Great Escape, having previously been finalists...

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08 May 2019
Whispering Sons - Alone

Whispering Sons
Alone

[PIAS]

Fronted by Fenne Kuppens with her black-as-night voice and maniacal stage presence, Whispering Sons are a five-piece goth rock outfit...

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14 Mar 2019
Ten Fé - Echo Park

Ten Fé
Echo Park

Some Kinda Love/[PIAS]

Taken from their forthcoming second album Future Perfect, Present Tense due out in March, Echo Park is the sublime new offering from...

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03 Jan 2019
Matt Simons - We Can Do Better

Matt Simons
We Can Do Better

[PIAS] Recordings

Back in 2015 it was quite impossible not to hear California-born and Brooklyn-based Matt Simons’ massive Catch and Release single...

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04 Apr 2018
BOTH - The Longest Of Goodbyes

BOTH
The Longest Of Goodbyes

[PIAS]

We’re still amazed that Straight Outta Line by secretive Belgian/French duo Both didn’t become a huge UK hit last summer...

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11 Mar 2015
BOTH - Straight Outta Line

BOTH
Straight Outta Line

[PIAS] Recordings

Currently building and about to explode across Europe, we instantly loved this track by BOTH on its very first play....

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24 Jul 2014
San Fermin - Sonsick

San Fermin
Sonsick

Downtown (US) / PIAS (Europe)

We're excited, before the year is out, to squeeze in a feature for San Fermin, the Brooklyn-based collective helmed by...

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20 Dec 2013
Crystal Fighters - You & I

Crystal Fighters
You & I

Zirkulo / PIAS / Atlantic

British/Hispanic synth-folk act Crystal Fighters' highly anticipated sophomore album Cave Rave, conceived over two months in their Basque Country spiritual home and...

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30 May 2013
Agnes Obel - Riverside

Agnes Obel
Riverside

PIAS

This jaw dropping track from Agnes Obel encapsulates a whirlwind year for the Danish songstress. Her album went to No....

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01 Nov 2011
A Genuine Freakshow - I Can Feel His Heartbeats

A Genuine Freakshow
I Can Feel His Heartbeats

Peartree / PIAS

A Genuine Freakshow are a Reading-based seven-piece who Mark Ellen at The Word magazine described as 'thrilling... sheets of Pink...

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01 Feb 2011
Harper Simon - Wishes And Stars

Harper Simon
Wishes And Stars

[PIAS]

Harper Simon's self-titled debut was released last month to some great press reviews. Uncut called the collection 'cleverly written, elegantly...

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12 May 2010
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

The Gaslight Anthem
American Slang

SideOneDummy/[PIAS]

The title track from Th e Gaslight Anthem's third album, American Slang is the follow up to 2008's ' The '59...

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27 Apr 2010
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Get Better

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Get Better

Sunday Best/PIAS

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip's next single is probably their catchiest to date, and made all the more likeable...

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18 Feb 2010
Thomas Dybdahl - From Grace

Thomas Dybdahl
From Grace

Last Suppa/[PIAS]

We've been enthusing about Thomas Dybdahl since 2005, when we caught him at both Eurosonic and By:Larm in Norway. So...

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23 Jul 2009
In Case Of Fire - The Cleansing

In Case Of Fire
The Cleansing

Search and Destroy/ PIAS

Signed to Zomba on a worldwide deal, Northern Ireland trio In Case Of Fire release this as their second single...

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23 Jan 2009
Scala On The Rocks - With Or Without You

Scala On The Rocks
With Or Without You

PIAS

As if U2's original wasn't life-affirming, uplifting and spiritual enough along come around 60 young women from Belgium to wring...

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10 Mar 2004
Praised Cats feat. Andrea Love - Shined On Me

Praised Cats feat. Andrea Love
Shined On Me

Sound Division Italy / PIAS

No soundclip today. One fifteen second vocal looped for ten minutes - that's about it. Imagine Thomas Bangalter collaborating with...

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25 Jun 2003