indie interviews
Meet: Leeds witch-rock duo Faux Machismo, and listen to their new single ‘Artemisia’
We’ve long been in thrall of Leeds’ stoner-witch-doom-rock duo Faux Machismo (even the description makes us shiver with excitement), and they’re releasing their new single Artemisia today, February 5th, via Muzai Records. The pair, singer/guitarist Maeve Munro and drummer Anna Ridley, have based their track on a painting from the early 1620s by Italian painter …
Rising: We meet LANKS, and listen to his recent single, Cold Blood
After we heard the new song from NYC via Melbourne artist LANKS, Cold Blood, we knew we had something rather special on our hands. Glittering electro, soaked in melancholy and with this strumming guitar adding to the realism were enough to draw us in. It was these impossibly catchy melodies, as well as his soaring …
Rising: We meet Tom Wells aka Fast Trains
Portsmouth songwriter and producer Tom Wells has been on our radar for a while, since last November in fact when he released his single ‘The English Way’, taken from his forthcoming EP, out later in the year. Focusing on men’s mental health, and encouraging people to speak out about their feelings instead of suffering in …
Rising: we chat to Mint Eastwood about his new single ‘Man From Atlantis’ and more
We happened upon the glorious fuzzy pop of Man From Atlantis a few days ago, written by Mint Eastwood – a person we were previously unaware of. The tracks takes the lo-Fi melancholy of Grandaddy, a hint of Teenage Fanclub and a healthy dose of synths and synth-pop and you have this intimate little comfort …
Meet: We talk to Stephen Lawson of Bluenose B, listen to their new single ‘Another Place’
Out on December 11th is the new single from indie rockers Bluenose B, titled ‘Another Place’. The band, formed way back in the 80s by songwriter Stephen Lawson, have gone through various line-up changes and crossed through different genres in their lifetime, but this feels like a new start for the band, albeit with a …
MEET: London based psychedelic-cumbia band Los Bitchos
THE WORLD is a gloomy place (albeit there has been a glimmer of hope with the recent US elections and some sound news of the vaccine as of writing this), along with the autumn weather truly kicking in, but either way, one of the finest bands on the planet, Los Bitchos, are here to brighten …
Meet: We chat with Jez Williams from Doves about Northern Soul, getting the band back together and the new album, plus we review ‘The Universal Want’
The new album from Doves, ‘The Universal Want’ is a blistering rebirth from the Mancunian band. It’s much more than a return to form – their previous albums were uniformly brilliant – but there is a sense of identifiable development and growth in the intervening eleven years since ‘Kingdom of Rust’ was released. Songs such …
Meet: Lincolnshire shoegazers Corasandel
Corasandel are an ambient-shoegaze band from Lincolnshire, England. They’re signed to independent label Shelflife Records in Portland, Oregon and have a new single out called ‘Cracked Light’. I caught up with the band to ask them about influences, lockdown, Shoegaze and how a band from Lincolnshire ended up on a label in Oregon… First of …
Meet: We speak to Hinds about new album ‘The Prettiest Curse’ and more
We adore Hinds’ third album The Prettiest Curse. The Madrid-based quartet (Carlotta Cosials, Ana Perrote, Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen) have released their most complex and candid work to date, while retaining the grin-inducing exuberance that has become synonymous with this band. It has also come at a perfect time – just when we all …
Meet: 80s Mod/Punk band The Reply, and their Complete Collection release
Ever heard of The Reply? No? If you were ensconced in the D.C. Mod / Punk scene of the mid-80s you will have done, for that’s where The Reply found their natural habitat. The band – bassist-singer Gary Roth, guitarist Ted Riederer, drummer John Lyons, and keyboardist Mark Thorp were active between 1984-1989 after meeting …