Ireland’s Otherkin are riding a wave ready to hit fever pitch, with their debut album set to drop later in the month and another tour embarking at the tail end of September (that will see them through to the end of the year) – it’s certainly shaping up to be a rock stars life for […]
Leeds electro-pop trio Caro thump through frenetic new single, ‘Eyes On The Ground’ with a scratched-up pulse for jerking twists and shouts.
FLING frolic and folly in tipsy abandonment on new single ‘Annie’ – a tale of liberating desire that perfectly encapsulates the essence of younger years and after-party hangovers.
Now into its eleventh year, Bingley Music Live has become one of Yorkshire’s most celebrated music festivals and has been graced by some of music’s biggest names including Chic, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Echo & the Bunnymen to name a few. 2017 is no exception, with some huge headliners and a stack of other acts. […]
After watching London-based band JUDAS take to the Main Stage at Leeds Festival on the Bank Holiday weekend, for a second consecutive year running, Bitter Sweet Symphonies’ Zoe Peck caught up with the four-piece to talk about dreams, fear and festivals.
Genevieve Dawson’s debut EP ‘Things My Mother Tells Me’ – released 28 August – incorporates the personal poeticism often associated with the folk genre, but refreshingly throws off any kind of restraint. The first track title ‘I am on Something’ highlights this, pulling on pop culture and suggestive in its symbolism to show that Dawson does not shy […]
As far as first singles go, The Gametes certainly fulfil all the requirements needed to make their debut – ‘Stuck in a Turnstile,’ a truly exceptional piece of work.
The mysterious Tewkesbury-based Mirror Fury have already made an impression on Bitter Sweet Symphonies with their pop-ballad burst of ‘Skinful’ earlier this year. Now their upcoming track ‘Blindfold’, due August 25th, has a different kind of ‘burst’ to it. The type which is bold, almost biting in its social-awareness and a sense of anger. It’s a […]
The road so far has seen the Hackney group of superb-voiced musicians, trailblaze with their authentic talent and stun with their carefully crafted songwriting. Now with a Burke Reid-produced debut album and a flurry of exciting endeavours waiting in the wings, Flyte prove that they’re more than just a one-trick pony – ‘The Loved Ones’ […]
Lithuanian singer-songwriter Johanna Glaza gracefully returns after a three-year break, with a sound that boldly breaks new ground and certifies the folk artist’s forthcoming debut album as a contender for breakthrough of the year.
Bristol-based musician George Glew has set an ambitious target – planning to release a new track each month, every month for the next year. The second instalment, a song dedicated to his familial roots, has just been released – ‘Me and My Brother’ is a soulful folk-rock number that tells of relationship strain and undying […]
Yucatan Records is a charming independent label and artist management company with a meagre five artists to its name. Their biggest success story so far are Matthew and The Atlas, who they have developed into a touring act with very competitive draw over Europe. Subsequent expansion has seen the inclusion of avant-garde-istas Wovoka Gentle, Latin-inspired […]
A musician’s career can take varying routes and roads across a lifetime. Case in point: Martin Kelly. For his career in music, only started to bloom once he moved continents and joined with his musical brother in arms, James Edan, for a musical project that would take them to heady heights. Beginning their Martin and […]
London three-piece Arctic Lake make a sublime return with the first single off their forthcoming project.
Reputation unblemished, the soaring expectations set by Larkins for their homecoming live show – after a heavy summer of festivals and tours of Germany, and the UK – are at rocket level.
As summer starts drawing to an end, the days get shorter, everything seems move faster and faster towards the end of the year. Not long are the nights spent wrapped in duvets and blankets binge watching the next season of whatever trash reality show tickles the masses fancy, ordering fast food and wearing ‘athletic wear’ […]
Real life can be all-the-more inspiring when you choose to live it – there’s a secret to be discovered in the synergy of forces that lie outside our own lifeblood. We see, we observe; we touch, we feel; we learn, we grow. The music of Vivienne Chi is engaged in an outer-existence, of a fiery […]
A doorway to heaven creeps open with thundering force in Toothpaste’s debut single, ‘TV Years’.
For me, a lot of folk tends to wash over me – too often technically competent vocals and guitar work are deemed enough to qualify a song as a ‘success’, when really it’s the ability to make one feel something. Luckily, Marvin Powell’s new single ‘Wind Before the Train’ does just that – not necessarily […]
The six-piece Australian outfit released their debut album, ‘So Long and Thank You’ on 4th August 2017 – for some, the release may have gone unnoticed, whilst for the select bunch aware of the matter, the occasion proved to be a monumental victory lap.