Primed to leap across the pond and bring his self described ‘sad and loud’ music to Europe once again, we caught up with Sam Fender backstage at his sold out Manchester Soup Kitchen show to talk milestones, writers, and the great scran you get on European tour riders.
“I have regrets and disappoints / I can pretend I don’t” is the opening lyric to ‘Being Strange,’ the latest track to be released from Indoor Pets’ upcoming debut album ‘Be Content’.
The type of artists I am drawn to interviewing are those I watch live and want to run up to after (or perhaps rebelliously, during) the set and ask ‘just how do you do that?’.
Picture a lone stretch of land. There’s nothing and no one around you. The wind blows through your hair. You breathe in. Close your eyes. You hear nature calling to you; telling you a story.
Enjoy these five hand-selected songs rounded up from New Music Friday’s recent releases. Because we believe each track deserves repeat consumption, we’re sure you’ll find at least one song in this bunch to add to your playlists.
I reviewed Melanie Baker’s ‘False Fantasies’ last month, and I meant to give an update when the entire EP was released. Well, it’s more of the same. And that’s a very good thing. Continuing as she started in ‘False Fantasies,’ the rest of the Dreamer EP is a refreshingly wise and well-written retrospective on youth. […]
Well over two years since the release of their debut single ‘Duh,’ Afterbloom are back with the Lithic Sounds EP. Making use of strange, straightforward and totally out of this world noise, the West Midlands three-piece have spent the past two years crafting and honing their music into a masterfully made EP, which I’m sure is […]
Winnipeg native, Micah Visser grew up in a neighborhood by the name of St. Boniface, for which his band is named, trying his hand at a number of creative things and emerging as something freshly groomed and original. Forged in the depths of youth, Boniface’s music is introspective, well balanced and sensibly indie with a […]
Hailing from the West Midlands, this five-piece make music of congruent texture and engrossing, ethereal presence. Violet’s latest single ‘Heaven Adores You‘ is an ode to Elliott Smith, and strikingly offers their most enduring impression yet.
Walking into the intimate venue that is Hoxton Hall, we were met with a wave of excitement and anticipation as Palace were about to take to the stage.
Sometimes, song-writing is therapy. There’s a song you have to write to get out your head, regardless of if anyone will truly understand it. ‘Orchid’ feels like a therapy session, a cathartic release of the past in song form. It’s taken from Rosie Carney’s upcoming album Bare, out January 25th, and it is a textbook […]
Manchester artist Caoilfhionn Rose unveiled her debut album Awaken on the 12th of October, 2018. Respected label Gondwana Records has the privilege of releasing the work, after a couple of years in development the collaboration finally reached its fruition when Rose and Gondwana’s Matthew Halsall connected in the studio. They were introduced serendipitously, Rose’s father […]
Music is deeply rooted in Gothenburg singer, songwriter and musician Albin Lee Meldau’s life history, his parents both have their own connections to music making and Albin himself has been working professionally for many years. Releasing his debut album earlier in 2018, ‘About You’ offers a rich yet candid portion of Meldau’s immersive artistry.
Following his recent single Medicine, Northern Irish singer-songwriter JC Stewart has once again created a heartwarming and emotional song based on a friend’s personal experience in ‘Like I Did.’ Relaying the experience almost word for word in the lyrics; JC Stewart’s pure vocals, soft gospel-like harmonies, and entrancing guitar melodies fused together to create a stunning […]
This year’s Neighbourhood gathering brought epic highs and communal revelry to Manchester’s city streets and venues. The third edition of the festival installs Neighbourhood as a burgeoning institution, the music day out raises the bar with each consecutive outing defining a savvy brand, strongly engineered and thoughtfully delivered.
Sometimes as a listener you don’t get the music. But that’s also the reason you continue listening. You’re compelled to understand it. I can’t say I get RUNAH’s music. But I loved trying to understand it. Her new EP Ghosts was released on Friday 12th October.
All artists are waiting on a flash of divine inspiration. That moment when the words pour out of you in a stream, the chords just sound right, and you think you’ve made your best ever work. Luke De-Sciscio says he headed out into the woods one day, and to his surprise wrote seven songs which […]
Jesse Jo Stark is a picture of the femme fatale, the edgy punk rocker, the Gothic beauty, the Californian bohemian; the twenty-something is many things, regardless of her style and physical presentation Stark is her own kind of rock’n’roll. Her music, a cocktail of glamour and dark romance, is unique especially in the times that […]
Everyone’s favourite anxiety-pop band have only gone and done it! flirting.’s debut EP ‘This Would Be Funny If It Were Happening To Anyone But Me’ has finally dropped, and, obviously, it bangs.
Telling a story discussing conformity and social anxiety, ‘Wallflower’ is a personal, heartfelt commentary; Martha Hill gives impactful, honest lyrics, bluesy guitar riffs, and her soulful, husky vocals, and they are a breath of fresh air.