I first saw Bdrmm in a sweaty, smoke-filled basement in Huddersfield. It was the single-most ethereal and chaotically loud gig ever to be put on next to a deaf institute. It was during this set that I realised Bdrmm were definitely my new favourite band. Blending a powerful combination of lo-fi, slacker-rock and shoegaze, the […]
Camden lies at the heart of any music lovers quest for melodious enlightenment, chocked full of venues and bars in which to see great live bands any day of the week, it truly is a sanctuary. Personally, the Lock Tavern is most certainly at the top of the list of venues/bars/places to lose your inhibitions, […]
If you’ve got a hankering for the kind of guitar-led indie pop/rock that was prevalent in the late ’90s/early ’00s, then you won’t go far wrong giving this a few plays.
The Opera Comic’s first release of 2018, ‘Bright Young People’ is a freshly cordial invitation of escapade to their world of difference and delight.
Announcing plans of an innovative release model in early 2017, Los Angeles-based artist Lostboycrow laid out a proposal of grand scale. Committing to a year-long succession of new music that would eventually result in a complete body of work and the bones of his debut album, Traveler. Singles were drip-released and placed together in a […]
Enjoy these five hand-selected songs rounded up from New Music Friday’s recent releases. As 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.
Liverpool’s TV ME are currently riding the crest of a wave. Interest in the band has been ramped up by a debut national tour and the release of a well-received EP, A Broadcast from TV ME. Theirs is a well-defined aesthetic marrying smart songwriting with intriguing visuals that create a satisfying whole.
Birmingham trio Lycio craft an enigmatic alternative-pop of contemporary class in new single, ‘Evil People.’ The bending track pins you to the best edge of your seat, as Lycio command an expansive sound set ostensibly beyond their three-piece capacity.
‘Bird’ is a track which pulls the listener into its tide, awash on the ear with its mellow opening before wielding waves of verses which burst to a brilliant height – thanks to the skill of London-based Sabiyha.
It is beginning to feel like every time The Hubbards release a song they further solidify a sonic identity that draws on the nuance and character of the great pinked guitar pop of the twentieth century, while (what seems to be effortlessly) shaping it into a personality only they could purvey.
Another Age is the debut album of New York’s Robert Earl Thomas. Released back in February on Captured Tracks, it is a record which envelopes the listener in a blanket of warm guitar tones, expansive synths and meditative lyrical content.
Off the back of an almost totally sold out European tour, German art-pop quintet Giant Rooks are set to bring their twisting contemporary indie tones to England. A year on from their last release, New Estate EP, the band will take their music on a five-date March tour, and undoubtedly exhibit its heartfelt escapism and […]
‘Stranger at the Door’ is the stunning debut single from Liverpool based singer-songwriter Tom Anderson. A beautiful blend of delicate vocals, glistening synths and powerful lyrics, all encapsulated in an alt-pop anthem to compete with the likes of The 1975 and Bastille.
A submerged sea of twangy energy sets off the new single from Bath-based outfit Kalpa, the distinct vocals of frontman Sam wake up my ears and I’m instantly pulled in.
With as yet no music released online from recently formed Talkboy, going to their debut gig – supporting Public Access T.V. at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club, I didn’t really know what to expect.
We enter into BATTS’ debut EP 62 Moons to sounds of Saturn. The record begins with an ending. Hauntingly beautiful we are pulled through the length of ‘We’re Done’ as if by the fingertips. Teased all the way through by Tanya Batt’s beautiful refrain.
Enjoy these five hand-selected songs rounded up from New Music Friday’s recent releases. As 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’ve always held that Brighton has one of the best, if not the best, music scene over the last 10 years or so. The diversity in sound and the friendships that form between bands is something that sets Brighton apart. It’s a place where any band can carve its own niche and find its own […]
Whoa, isn’t this a lovely slice of Swedish cosmic-croon-pop? Elias Mahfoud, one quarter of Stockholm’s best named band Steve Buscemi’s Dreamy Eyes, tip-toes out on his own under the moniker Chez Ali, and ‘Blue Cheese‘ is as chilled and compelling an intro as you could ask for.
Dedicated to ‘my friends, big beats, queer communists, and the younger self that never thought I’d release an album’, Granola Suicide’s debut EP feels like a embrace after a long fit of sobbing; not warm, or even comforting. Cold and necessary, rather.