indie news
Track: Sonic Youth – Bull in the Heather, plus Battery Park NYC: July 4 2008 reissue news
Matador records have announced they are releasing Sonic Youth’s live album Battery Park NYC: July 4 2008 on June 7th. Initially sold as a bonus alongside the bands final album – The Eternal, this new version will be available on streaming services and as a stand-alone package for the first time ever. Taken from a …
See: Garrett Kato releases video for Where the Vampires Hide, plus tour dates
Canadian-born, Australia-based singer-songwriter Garrett Kato has released his latest single ‘Where the Vampires Hide’, which is out now via Nettwerk “This story follows me on tour last year,” says Garrett. “It’s about the lines being blurred between being a touring artist and a father. Having spent countless days on the road I began to lose …
See: Feeder release new video for Youth, plus new album announcement
Feeder have released new single ‘Youth’. The new track from the iconic rock band is Feeder at it’s best. Massive crunchy guitars, sing along chorus and soaring melodies. It’s festival material in spades and sure to continue their top 10 album run since 2016’s ‘All Bright Electric’ and the 2017 ‘Best Of’. This …
Track: Horror In Clay – Heck Cattle Grazing
“Heck Cattle Grazing” is the first work to be released by Auckland art-folk/experimental group Horror In Clay. The group, featuring former members of popular group Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing, recorded the work with local engineer Rohan Evans and revealed the track last week with little-to-no warning except for a post on their label MUZAI Records‘ …
Preview: Long Division 2019 (29th May – 2nd June)
It might not be number one on everyone’s visit list, but there’s more to Wakefield than the Wildcats and the Hepworth Gallery, as independent festival Long Division once is once again back spread around the city’s venues and with an enviable cast of players. They’re well sourced with musical acts, but the event is really a …
See: Sebadoh reveal video for Sunshine plus tour dates.
Sebadoh, the once lo-fi side project of Dinosaur Jr. bass player Lou Barlow, are to be on our stereos/streaming from our mobile devices (delete as appropriate) once again. Act Surprised looks to make up for the near six-year absence since the group last released music (2013’s Defend Yourself) with the latest single from the album, “sunshine“, released this …
See: Primal Scream – ‘Velocity Girl reissued for the first time since 1986, gets new video
It took just 82 seconds for Primal Scream’s ‘Velocity Girl’ to become a landmark moment in the nascent indie scene and ignited a band who would become a pivotal part of British music culture. First released as the b-side to their second single ‘Crystal Crescent’ in 1986, ‘Velocity Girl’ reached a wider audience as the opening track on NME’s highly influential ‘C86’ compilation. Despite the track’s renown, Primal Scream have …
Track: Doomsquad – ‘Let It Go’, plus UK/US tour dates
Toronto’s electro-psych, dance-rock sibling trio DOOMSQUAD have shared entrancing new single ‘Let It Go’, the third track to be shared from their forthcoming LP Let Yourself Be Seen, out May 10th via Bella Union. “The song is kind of an inner debate between two opposing voices of a conflicted self-conscience over how to cope through these chaotic times. One side balances a …
See: ALDO release new video for Trembling Eyelids, sign to Full Time Hobby
The Brazilian duo ALDO, formed of brothers Andre and Mura Faria, release their new single, ‘Trembling Eyelids’ via Full Time Hobby. The track is the first from an upcoming EP. ALDO was formed by the Faria brothers in honour of their Uncle Aldo. A once wayward character, Aldo lived an edgy lifestyle in 1990’s Brazil. He …
Track: Cate Le Bon – The Light, plus tour dates
Cate Le Bon is preparing for the release of her forthcoming album, Reward, with the third taster from the record in the shape of a single, The Light. It’s a swooning slice of loungey indie pop, Le Bon’s vocal almost like a folk song in the verse before it flowers into this enchanting singalong chorus. …