‘MIAMI’ by DRONGO is a bit of a head-scratcher when trying to label (and labelling music is what it’s all about!), but my instincts say that it’s a sort of shoegaze / synth-pop crossover. Whatever it is, it’s a lot of fun, and a really impressive debut from the boys from the Isle of Wight. […]
Sometimes the music is a distraction from the message. Uplifting hooks that emulate an Imagine Dragons track are a misty guise for the solemn lyrics on AZTEX’s latest single ‘Talking To Myself’, premiering below. But its cruising summer feel pervades all adversity and lifts the song into sunnier realms.
Manchester-based singer/songwriter Jonny Woodhead launched his debut EP ‘Words With The Weatherman’ last month to a packed-out Castle Hotel, the room was buzzing and celebration was in the air. Woodhead, alongside his band, played whole-heartedly singing songs of poignant significance and lived emotion. His voice resting somewhere between the wistful transcendence of Nick Drake and […]
Indie. Indie. Indie. 2016 sure is the year for it, and it looks as though London based four-piece Pure Youth are the latest to get in on the act. No strangers to early-stage success, they have amounted large support from the likes of BBC Radio 2, Amazing Radio and featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday.
Bushstock returns to London’s Shepherd’s Bush this weekend (Saturday 18th June) where it will host some incredible acts of all genres and nationalities. One of whom is Swede Albim Lee Meldau, he will entertain with his captivating and truly haunting stories, told in a dark pop format. Surely not to be missed.
Brighton has become a hotbed for bands of all genres, all styles, all social classes. The city breeds character, it offers freedom to all who want to break from the restricting confines of the capital and take refuge on its sandy shores. Loa Loa are one of those free-spirited troop’s that call Brighton their home, akin […]
Otherkin are all over the festival circuit this summer, playing some of the best outdoor arenas around the world. Shirts will be off, on and off-stage, along with the raucous energy that the band command, there will never a dull moment with these Dublin boys around. The release of their new EP ‘The New Vice’ pre-empts […]
Never judge a book by its cover. When you first see the name Rosemary Fairweather, you can be forgiven for assuming that the Toronto songstress is a folk artist, someone writing music that conjures up images of Scarborough Fair and freshly cut wheat for men with beards to nod thoughtfully along to.
The release of Johnny Lloyd’s debut EP ‘Dreamland’ has sent an uproar of excitement through the interweb. After months of teasing singles in its lead up, the EP provides four fully realised tracks, each boasting a patchwork of influences that exhibit a confident and inspiring young artist.
Liverpool born BANNERS feels, breathes and lives emotion. His songs are fundamental, each weaving universal themes of loss, hope, persistence and empowerment. His music is essential and vital, it’s rudimentary expression of the purest kind, which is brought further into focus on new single ‘Half Light’.
Scandinavian artist Mikko Joensuu is not afraid to explore the darker depths of the human condition, because of this his music holds a true poignancy and rare vulnerability. Joensuu found that solitude was important for his creativity, fleeing from the distractions of the city he found solace in the sparse beauty of the Finnish woods, the getaway […]
Australia’s Why We Run don’t fit the mould, they re-invent the wheel. The alt-rock four piece since releasing impressive debut single ‘Comfortable Lie’ early last year, continue to stagger and break boundaries with their complex sonic artworks in the most distinct way possible. New single ‘Hallway’ takes action in previewing the band’s debut full-length record ‘Holograms’, due out […]
Now, I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but this may just be the best fuzzy-Pavement-b-side-inspired-slacker-rock-pop track written about a troublesome skin-condition ever. Coming from Let’s Kill Janice, a project manned by Joe’s (Groves and Sherrin), ‘Balneum’ is a summery garage-rock anthem in the vein of fellow newcomers Forever Cult or early Black Lips. Which […]
Newcomers Tokyo Tea Room dredge up woozy pop from the Kentish coast on ‘Sleep’. As early offerings go, the cut is a pure, undiluted foray into the young band’s psyche – while breezy, a darker edge is breaking through the cracks.
RALPH is cutting ties in ‘Cold To The Touch’ but you could say she’s just being realistic. Either way, the new cut from Toronto-based songstress Raffa Weyman (better known as RALPH) is seriously biting. But even when the lyrics are brutally honest, her melodies lift all sky high covered in staple candy-coated gloss, so all that remains is a delicious […]
Irish singer/songwriter Maria Kelly made herself known to us with the remarkable debut ‘Before It Has Begun’ – a tender goodbye to a fleeting relationship. But it is upon receipt of follow-up single ‘Black & Blue’ that marks Kelly as a contender to break-out into wider pastures.
It seems as though a woozy summer jam is becoming the hallmark of a good British band, and twinkling into the summer limelight comes Swimming Tapes with another mesmerising dream pop hit.
We like Gang. They are a band with a story to tell. They are a band with personality. They are a band that don’t take themselves too seriously. And they are a band that live for the music. To us, these are all commendable traits. The Brighton-based trio recently released their biggest track to-date ‘Not […]
With Summer well and truly on its way, Amsterdam four-piece St. Tropez have graced us with the perfect sun-drenched tune to see the season through. ‘I Wanna Live In St. Tropez’ is an angst riddled, apathetic scream in the face of vapid pop music, and a yearn for the sunny skies of Southern France.
Kent’s most celebrated oddballs Gang are less about hiding in the shadows. More so, they’re concerned with exposing the glaring truth’s. The band found their rhythm after they up-sticks to Brighton, where they captured the sparkle in their crown and the rest, as they say, is history.