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This week’s Bucket Playlist!

On The Bucket Playlist this week, we have Pacific Estate, The Terrys, 3%, Maudlin Strangers, Datura4, Phantom Singer, Scarlet Rebels and lots ...

Longfield & Super Skeleton: ‘We do this because it gives us something – you take a little piece inside you and you put it out there’

Norwegian independent alt-rock band Longfield & Super Skeleton return with their fourth album Every Saint’s a Bigot, and Monsters Only Men, a dark, cinematic and deeply human fourth studio album shaped by existential tension, physical performances, and the uneasy contradictions of modern life. The album follows ...

The Wainwrights: ‘We’re still trying to find our sound because we’ve got so many different genres that we seem to play across’

Dronfield, North East Derbyshire, teenagers The Wainrights have released a new single 'Blow Your Socks Off', a drum-fuelled classic in the making which is impossible not to stomp along to. They comprise Dan Ash (vocals), Jack Clayton (lead guitar), Jack Simpson (bass), Leo Sillince (keys) and Matt Goodwin (drums). ...

The Hush: ‘If you can go from working in a toilet factory to being Bill Withers, we can all do absolutely anything’

Sydney rock group The Hush have just released their heady blues-rock stomper 'Nothin' For Free' with a new track 'Bartender' likely to come out later this year. They comprise Rom Aguilar (lead vocals and guitar), Josh Zesach (guitar), Juan Baratto (drums) and Jeremyah Guzman (fill in on bass). Fusing swaggering ...

CHAPERONE: ‘We’re finding places where the Latin rhythms mix with the disco rhythms and the rock rhythms’

Sydney-based, funk-rock band CHAPERONE have released their infectious new single 'Only In Emergencies', mashing up funk, Latin beats and pops of jazz, all served up with their characteristic energy, passion and sense of fun, ahead of releasing their debut album this autumn. The band comprises Isaac Mandela May (lead ...

BREEZE: ‘From the very first lyrics that I sang – “I’ve got something to say now” – I thought of superheroes’

Hornsea trio BREEZE have released their single 'Remains' about getting through a break-up, with three new singles on the way. Formed in 2021 in Hornsea, a Victorian seaside resort on the Yorkshire coast, the band comprises brothers Albert Anderson (vocals/guitar), Harry (bass) and Alfie (drums). Of their band name, ...

OTIS: ‘Rock ‘n’ roll was built on recklessness and individuality’

Glasgow, Kentucky swampy blues rock band OTIS have released a new single 'I'm Wicked', a punchy, groove-laden track that has never made wickedness sound so good. The band comprises Boone Frogett (vocals and guitar), John Seeley (bass), Alex Wells (guitar) and Dale Myers (drums). Of their band name, Frogett said: ...