Kid Distance: “Very quickly I found myself enthralled in making music, as if I couldn’t put it down”
Kettering-born Maisie Beckwith aka Kid Distance is the 18 year-old already making waves with her impressive deep house tunes. New Boots tries... Read More
Step On: the week’s best new music tracks [Jan 22nd]
New Boots editor Phil Moore takes you through the best new tracks of recent weeks. Tragic ‘Dishonoured Gentlemen’“They’re just tears/But I’m holding... Read More
J Carlyle: “It’s a powerful piece that’s close to my heart”
NN singer and poet J Carlyle took 2020 by the scruff of the neck and collaborated his way into our consciousness. With... Read More
Step On: the week’s best new music tracks [Jan 15th]
New Boots editor Phil Moore takes you through the best new tracks of recent weeks. slowthai ‘Mazza’ [feat. A$AP Rocky]Starting 2021 as... Read More
Album review: Last Chance
LAST CHANCEDon’t Pull Out (Dad) [self-released] Formed in 2017 Kettering’s Last Chance have been, quite rightly, making waves with their bubblegum brand of pop-punk. After releasing... Read More
bloody/bath: “I finally found my love for writing again, and expanded on what I was doing in Fox Chapel”
Kailan Price is the ShoeTown sonic explorer who has found his wings with bloody/bath. Littering 2020 with gothic-electronic singles to astound, he’s... Read More
21 for ’21: NN artists to break through
Debe photo by Alex Potton There’s no doubting the difficulties 2020 presented for new NN music artists to further their careers. But... Read More
Maps: “It’s a very upbeat and optimistic song. This year has been so miserable for most people, it was a good time to release it”
Maps photo credit: Phil Sharp Maps [aka James Chapman] took a step out his Northants studio bolthole to embrace collaboration in his... Read More
Step On: the week’s best new music tracks [Dec 18th]
New Boots editor Phil Moore takes you through the best new tracks this week. Jordan Mackampa ‘Peace By Piece’Hot on the heels... Read More
Alfie Cridland: “I am absolutely chomping at the bit to get back behind the decks, turning the clubs upside down again”
UK house music has a new icon for 2020, and he’s from the little-but-lovely town of Desborough. Alfie Cridland is the DJ/producer... Read More