Track: Cucamaras – Keep It Cool
With a buzz saw drive and the most louche sardonic vocals you could hear, Cucumara‘s new single ‘Keep It Cool’ is the very definition of cool. Imbued with a healthy…
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Arun Kendall
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Writer/ Senior Editor for Backseat Mafia (UK) and Backseat Downunder (Australia and New Zealand). Singer/guitarist/songwriter with Australian band The Hadron Colliders.
Track: Amaunet – Pilot
Scandinavia’s position as a hotbed of cool indie rock continues apace with the release of the debut single from Sweden’s Amaunet. ‘Pilot’ has a fresh rawness and delivery: an anthemic…
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News: The Chills’ classic albums to be re-issued through Fire Records
It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the New Zealand indie music scene ever since the heady days of the eighties, with the Dunedin music scene, spearheaded…
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Track: Thrillhouse – Wild Child
It is with great delight we feature another single from that enigmatic and mysterious Brighton band Thrillhouse. This is the third in a set of highly impressive set of singles…
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News: P.J Harvey announces reissue of classic album ‘To Bring You My Love’
The iconic P.J. Harvey has announced the reissue of her brilliant third album ‘To Bring You My Love’ on vinyl on 11 September 2020. Produced by PJ Harvey with Flood…
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Track: Astral Swans – Bird Songs
Inspired by some sort of wildlife-induced paranoia in an Amsterdam park, Astral Swans have released a fabulous piece of whimsy entitled ‘Bird Songs’. There is a sweet doleful sound to…
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Track: San Cisco – Messages plus album news
Western Australia’s eternally stylistic San Cisco have just released another highly effervescent track – ‘Messages’ – and announced details of a new album entitled ‘Between You and Me’ due out…
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Track: The Goa Express – Be My Friend
‘Be My Friend’, the new single from The Goa Express, emerges from the starting gates with such an abandoned joie de vivre that it’s exhilarating and heady. It’s a shouty,…
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Track: Future Islands – For Sure
Future Islands first gained world attention for their stunningly intense and committed performance of the single ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’ on the Letterman Show way back in 2014. This somewhat…
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Track: Vast Asteroid – Champagne Ambassadors
There has been an increasing number of references to the genre of spacegaze – a highly volatile concoction of shoegaze, psychedelia and dream pop. Vast Asteroid so describe themselves, and…
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