LA-based revolutionaries Transviolet are stoking a bright fire with their outwardly aware world-view and empowering music. The band revealed their stunning debut EP at the tail-end of 2015, and now bring us another piece of the puzzle in visual form for new single ‘New Bohemia’.
No Monster Club have created a lovely indie-pop jingle in ‘Lemonade’. From what their website tells us it’s a one-man-band type thing; the product of a clever human called Bobby Aherne. There has been a string of other singles and album/EP releases from him, and soon a new album that is out in a few […]
Manchester band Easy Kill have been on the scene for a couple of years now, weaving their bittersweet imagery to great effect. Their ability to construct resoundingly emotional droplets of alt-pop, is akin to what I’d imagine, Elbow channelling the bespoke melancholy of The National would feel like – bitterly honest and profoundly thrilling. Easy Kill present […]
It has been quite a while since the last edition of #BitterSweetPlaylist so we thought it’s about time to bring it back. With our inbox full of exciting new musical treats, we bring you the best ten tracks from the last week or so.
California’s FMLYBND are anything but dull. Their buzzy electronic pop is as vibrant and infectious as a vocal hook from an M83 song. It’s more than just bubbly synth rock though, that FMLYBND represent – it’s an attitude, it’s a lifestyle and most importantly, it’s freedom. They create a space for undiluted escapism – with […]
Venturing out on their first headline tour on February 3rd, The Sherlocks bring with them a whole range of touring experience – having supported band such as Reverend & the Makers, Simple Minds and The Buzzcocks to name a few – yet they clearly ooze their youthful, energetic exuberance through every single chord.
Yellow Days is George van den Broek – a writer, producer, artist. Now our mailbox gets filled up with a lot of new music every day so for something to cut through all that noise, it has to be special. And hearing Yellow Days for the first time sealed our opinion straight away, enough that we […]
London-based, singer/songwriter Westerman, inspired by the time he spent in rural Tuscany, began to notice that his writing had taken on another form. A lightness of touch and resonating depth struck his melodies and his words, leading to the formation of his plaintive debut single ‘Harvard’.
The debut night of Abbie McCarthy’s monthly Good Karma Club sees The Islington full to capacity with eager devourers of indie guitar music. Which is a fantastic indicator, that there are still plenty who wish to party until the early hours to live music, in a sticky & sweaty pub instead of trying to dance […]
What do you get if you put an indie riff, a surf track and punk attitude into a blender? From the sound of their latest single, the answer must be Indoor Pets. If there were any barriers between styles beforehand, you can be sure that these Kent lads have smashed them down and pissed on […]
London trio Wyldest capture the mystical on new single ‘Stalking Moon’, as their dream pop continues to know no bounds. The cut is a fully absorbing four-and-a-bit minutes of reverberating guitars, sensual voice, prowling bass and crescendoing driving melodies.
Two voices coming together to create a distinct, harmonic tapestry will always be powerful. Paper Hawk exemplify this in their songcraft – resting on each other’s beautifully serene vocal cries, before unfurling into something that is both strong and potent. Their alt-folk is sewn together by the delicate brush strokes of their infatuating songwriting and deep-rooted […]
‘Truth In Reverse’ is the lead single from The Oscillation’s new album, ‘Monographic’. It’s a lengthy choice for a single, clocking in at just under 8 minutes. Despite this length, the song is really minimalist in its approach. It centres around only a couple of ideas and just stretches them out into a scraggly fuzzed-up […]
Dua Lipa’s pristine pop is infectiously catchy. And even more so, she holds a captivating energy with each and every sweet vocal turn spun from her lips. It’s pop acts like Dua that make mainstream media stand up and shout ‘hell yes’ along with the adoring masses. Pop music has an incredible ability to connect […]
With the way that technology and music making work hand-in-hand today, it’s so easy for an artist or producer to start creating and releasing their own compositions. Particularly in a way that showcases their artistry, with the same degree of skill and competency that could only be achieved before in a full fledged studio. The revolution […]
Powerhouse soul is what Rag’N’Bone Man deals in. His gritty, street-trodden confessionals bare the weight of the soul, and within that it’s his emotionally candid way of expression that acts as a cathartic release.
If you wanna know how music can be colourful, give Sleepovers a hearty listen. The brit-pop inspired sounds on their first single ‘I AM ME & YOU ARE YOU‘ has the radiant vibrancy of a jar of assorted gobstoppers, with no sweetness spared! If being told “you are the most beautiful girl I’ve met” doesn’t sweep […]
Fuzzy and moody, ‘Paycheck’ is the first cut we can hear from Slingshot Dakota’s forthcoming album ‘Break’. The Pennsylvania two-piece are made up of drummer Tom Patterson and vocalist/keyboardist Carly Commando. The fact that this band uses no guitars is a surprise, owing to the driving textural sounds of the keyboards which provide a great […]
Indie groove machines HABITATS impressed us with their first EP ‘Diamond Days’. Since then, the foursome have been gaining motion on the live scene, picking up support from the movers and shakers at BBC Radio, and in between that they have found time to travel to the Big Apple to record their newest and most […]
First are a three-piece garage-rock band tucked away in London. I’d never heard of them and still don’t understand why not – they’re insane. First have nailed the ’90s alt. rock sound (think Pavement and tinges of early Weezer), but still they manage to put a little something of their own in. It has a […]