Nasty Passion is back, and “Nasty” puts that fact first. The track opens the band’s upcoming album campaign. It also marks a clear move for a group reunited after years apart. Hollywood’s Sunset Strip culture shaped Nasty Passion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band built its name on high-energy rock, memorable live work and raw attitude. “Nasty” carries that history into a fresh...

There is a particular shade of electric blue that appears on the inside of your eyelids when you rub your eyes too hard, a colour that feels both artificial and deeply biological, and that is precisely where Vacant Shores and their new EP, "Vacant Shores", seem to reside. Jon Elliott, AJ ‘Sid’ Sidford, and Suzy Alderton have managed to capture something peculiarly British here;...