LISTEN: L.A.B.’s NZ chart-busting summer deep house groove
iT DOESN’T look like we’re going to have a summer to remember, at least for the right reasons; but we could all use a little musical balm right now. Stepping up to the task are New Zealand’s L.A.B, who have just released a new package of their single, “In The Air” – which was the …
NEWS: tickets on sale Friday for rearranged Lanterns on the Lake tour
BELLA UNION’S premiere Geordie shoegazers Lanterns on the Lake, whose spring tour was pulled due to the covid-19 virus, have announced the rearranged dates for February and March 2021. And this has given the band a chance to expand the dates. The band said: “We have upgraded some of the venues that had sold out, …
LISTEN: Heavenly unveil cosmic new addition
JEFF BARRETT’S always reliable and inspiring Heavenly Records imprint has added another string to its bow with the signing of Australian four-piece Mildlife – and their first LP for the label is slated for a September 18 release. And a taste of what to expect from down under comes in the shape of “Rare Air” …
Track: Swansea’s Mojo Jnr make hazy bedroom pop with Miles Away
SWANSEA’S Josh David-Read might just be Cymru music scene’s latest little treasure. The nation that brought us Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Cate Le Bon will have a new songster to embrace with the debut track from Josh, who records as Mojo JNR. He said: “My goal is to make great …
Track: Pheonix-style fun from Oslo’s Divest – Coming Around
IF smiley, knowing guitar pop with a bit of bite is your thing, you could do worse than make a little time in your life for up ‘n’ coming Oslo outfit Divest. After a brace of singles in 2019, which picked up support from the Norwegian national broadcaster NRK, “Coming Around” is the first track …
LISTEN: raging brilliance from Algiers
MATADOR’S eclectic, forward-thinking Atlanta outfit Algiers have released a two-track new single via Bandcamp, “Can The Sub Bass Speak”/ “It All Comes Round Again”. A powerful brace of songs, “Can The Sub Bass Speak” is a raging, righteous declamatory text in the great tradition of The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron, over a free …
LISTEN: new wave shimmer from Leeds’ Eades
LEEDS’ five-piece Eades have premiered their hook-laden, shimmery new single “Forget What You Want” on Soundcloud. The punchy track has echoes of the Velvets, Television, Parquet Courts and even a little of Vampire Weekend in that twisting lead guitar line. “Forget What You Want” is culled from their forthcoming EP Microcosmic Things, …
See: Travis get animated on new single
A QUARTER-century since they first gathered in a Glaswegian rehearsal room, Fran Healy and the boys from Travis are preparing to release their ninth studio set – and have teased what’s in store with an animated video for new single “A Ghost”. And with lockdown biting partway through conception, Fran had to fall …
EP: BARBE ROUSSE – FACTORY SETTINGS
DESCRIBING themselves as “psychedelic slop-pop”, Edinburgh’s Barbe Rousse (it’s French for ‘ginger beard’) are to these ears, conversely, a rather neat proposition. Their digitally released five-tracker, the Factory Settings EP, is the brainchild of Leith home recording magician Alasdair Kelly, and is a paisley treat. Following on from a full-length debut for Double A-Side Records …
TRACK: hear sweet new ballad from Dublin’s Milk
DUBLIN quartet Milk have made new track “Always On Time” available on SoundCloud as a taster for their six-tracker 1, The EP, which goes on sale on June 19th. “Always On Time” is dreamy and languid, building to a brass-laden crescendo as the guitars shift up. It’s a delicate ¾-time sweetheart, wrapping you up warm, …