‘Blow Your Mind’ would have been a hard tune to follow on from, for any artist. Yet Stockport four-piece Kashmere have excelled even themselves with their dynamic new track ‘Porcelain’.
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TRACK OF THE DAY: Dama Scout – ‘All In Too’
Building on their debut release ‘Forget It’s Good’, eclectic Glaswegian trio Dama Scout have released second track ‘All In Too’.
In Conversation with…CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM
On the eve of releasing his debut album, Bedfordshire-born singer/songwriter Charlie Cunningham will tow his wares across the UK and Europe to sing for thousands of eager fans and patrons. His busy calendar notably has him scheduled to join Scottish vagabond King Creosote on a slew of dates before he later heads out on his own […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: Zuzu – ‘What You Want’
In the deep dark depths of a dreary January, when it can’t even snow properly, here comes an indie-pop instant classic from Merseyside’s latest, greatest export Zuzu to lift your spirits.
EP REVIEW: Hannah Ashcroft – ‘The Quiet Kind’
‘The Quiet Kind’ from Hannah Ashcroft offers so much more than the title suggests – it is the opportunity to journey through sound.
INTRODUCING: Paris Youth Foundation
‘Losing Your Love’ is the recently released single from Liverpudlian five piece Paris Youth Foundation. Encapsulating essences of Two Door Cinema Club and Foals, not only do PYF have Reading and Leeds festival performances and multiple Radio 1 plays under their belts, they have recently been signed to the same management as Wolf Alice.
TRACK OF THE DAY: San Cisco – ‘SloMo’
Indie poppers San Cisco return in blazing technicolor with disco-stomper ‘SloMo’. The single preps news of the band’s third album which will see release sometime this year.
EP PREMIERE: Fuoco – ‘Kape Kinevil’
Brighton-via-Margate twosome Fuoco incite invigorating chaos with EP ‘Kape Kinevil’, exclusively streaming below. The lucid nightmare slash dream cacophony slash sludge party begins as it means to go on: spiked with a wicked sense of humour, shaking out knee-deep canyon grooves alongside riffs that bow down to something holy.
TRACK OF THE DAY: Pool Art – ‘Gender Balance’
Manchester’s Pool Art are a formidable duo. Their lessons in ambient dream pop and pervasive noise rock, captivate and wound in the best ways possible. Taking their next step forward, the two-piece christen ‘Gender Balance’, a fierce uncompromising mission for sonic exploration.
LIVE REVIEW: The Crookes at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
The Games Room in the Brudenell Social Club is perfectly set for an it’s-almost-Christmas show with its decorative blue fairy light backdrop and inviting stage. With a gin and tonic being my choice of festive beverage tonight, it’s time to dance and get merry.
LISTEN: Tokyo Tea Room – ‘Worlds Apart’
Canterbury quintet Tokyo Tea Room make a play for sensory euphoria with new single ‘Worlds Apart’. It’s a psychedelic bliss trip that lands its listener deep inside the band’s world, submerged in their lucid dreamscape, all is transitory and absorbing.
TRACK OF THE DAY: Alice Merton – ‘No Roots’
Meet songwriting extraordinaire Alice Merton, the singer has lived the life of a nomad since she can remember. Although the life of a traveller isn’t as rose-tinted as we may perceive it to be; always on the move, transitory by nature, never quite existing in a place for long enough to seal in lifelong ties […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: Indoor Pets – ‘Barbiturates’
The Sittingbourne troop of rowdy pop shakers return with a bang in their one-man race to scuzzy pop glory. The song is ‘Barbiturates’, and in Indoor Pets’ hands this means a rowdy, hip-shaking stormer of a tune.
LISTEN: The Golden Age of TV – ‘Between Each Brick’
The Golden Age of TV, a Leeds based 5-piece, have firmly secured their position in the burgeoning post-rock market that’s currently blossoming around the UK with their debut track ‘Between Each Brick’.
TRACK OF THE DAY: Seeing Hands – ‘It’s True’
A follow up to their immensely well-received debut ‘I Knew You’ out earlier this year, Newcastle surf-pop dreamboats Seeing Hands have dropped their latest single ‘It’s True’.
LIVE REVIEW: The Fratellis + Johnny Lloyd at Leeds O2 Academy
The Fratellis’ debut album ‘Costello Music’ was too perfect for its own good really. Everyone knew it and everyone loved it, and it is the true sound of the band. When they announced a tenth anniversary tour of the album, it felt like it was what everyone had been waiting for since its original stint […]
2016 IN REVIEW: Bitter Sweet Symphonies’ Favourite Tracks of the Year
2016, I think we all can agree, has been a testing year but it has brought with it a heap of standout moments in music. We wanted to shine a light on some of the brilliant tracks that have sent us racing to the dancefloor, the one’s that left us curled up in a ball […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: Mosa Wild – ‘Smoke’
Christmas – a time of year when emotions seem intensified, people longing for the company of a special someone, and often covering great distances in order to do so. A track which seems to capture the intensity of this sensation is ‘Smoke’, the new single from Ashford-based four-piece Mosa Wild; poignant indie which invites you […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: Fuoco – ‘Drink Your Tears’
‘Drink Your Tears’ is the latest onslaught by Sittingbourne “wonk rock” two piece Fuoco and it is a baneful shark assault. It tracks the scent of weakness and descends upon your ears; eyes rolled back, mouth widened. The guitar and lyrics kick in with a mumbled chant – this is a distant disturbance in the […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: Keroscene – ‘I Can’t Do A Thing’
Coming straight at you, and channelling 90s shoegaze and 60s revivalist psych-vocals are West Londoners Keroscene with their tune ‘I Can’t Do a Thing’, accompanied here by a suitably mind-melding video. Warm layers of fuzz give the track its backbone, on top of which glitchy lead guitars and wavy, hazy vocals deliver infectious melodies.