Indie pop
Album Review: Passion Pit – Kindred
‘Nineteen-eighty five was a good year’ sing Passion Pit on the opening track of the new album ‘Kindred’. Is it me, or is there an enormous amount of nostalgia at the moment for the decade that fashion forgot? Well if it’s good enough for Swifty, then it’s good enough for me. The track I’m speaking …
Track: Florence and the Machine “St. Jude” and “Ship to Wreck”
As Florence Welch (and her Machine) prepares for Glastonbury greatness, she has also been tantalising her audience with nuggets of her new, third album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”. First we had “What Kind of Man” which has a slow, typically-Florence ethereal build up, but after a minute kicks in with the fiercer ‘rock’ …
Live Review: Circa Waves, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 10.4.2015
Circa Waves are the kind of new band it’s possible you could have totally missed, but it’s highly probable you’ve heard at least one of their summery, catchy songs being belted out on heavy rotation on Radio 1. Having been together only a couple of years and just releasing their debut album this April, it’s …
Interview: San Cisco – Jordi Davieson
Australian four piece San Cisco make a brief stop over in the UK to play a single date at The Dome, Tufnell Park in London at the tail end of a string of European dates in promotion of their second album “Gracetown”. I’m lucky enough to have scored interview time with band’s lead singer, Jordi …
Live Review: San Cisco, The Dome Tufnell Park, London, 9th April 2015
San Cisco are a band you need to see live, but being the busy bees they are and the fact they hail from Fremantle in Western Australia, it’s difficult to track them down for a gig. They’re recently completed a successful tour of Europe which ended with a solitary UK appearance at The Dome, Tufnell …
Album Review: San Cisco – ‘Gracetown’
I need to give full disclosure straight away here. I love San Cisco. My love affair began back in Barcelona last August when their infectious “Awkward” was on heavy rotation on my hotel music channel and it’s only grown stronger in the months between. I’d barely got to grips with enjoying their debut eponymous album …
Live Review: Catfish and The Bottlemen and Little Comets, O2 Academy Sheffield, 4.4.2015
Around Valentine’s Day last year, I was sent to the Leadmill to review two indie bands mid-way through their UK tour. Little did I know I would be reviewing those same two bands, together, as they tour once again in 2015 – just bigger venues this time. Catfish and the Bottlemen began as support for Little Comets, …
Gallery: The Gorgeous Chans at Plug, Sheffield, 3.4.2015
In anticipation of Mosborough Music Festival, taking place on Saturday 6th June this year, Plug hosted a special warm-up gig featuring 4 unique bands that drew in a crowd from various corners of the UK. First up was Nottingham-based band the Gorgeous Chans. I last saw these boys at Y Not festival in the summer …
Track: Lorna – Wayne Mills
Out on record store day (April 6th) is the latest single from prolific Nottingham indie poppers Lorna. The six piece release the three track release, Wayne Mills, ahead of their sixth album ‘London’s Leaving Me’, which is due out later in the year on Minnesota record label Words On Music. Recorded in the bands home …
Track: Lisbon – “I Don’t Know”
Lisbon are Matthew, Joe, Alex and Gaz, hailing from the North East and are on the verge of breaking through into the big leagues. Their music is infectious, euphoric and fits neatly into the current trend of upbeat, melodic, synth-driven pop alongside Two Door Cinema Club, the 1975 and Foals. I caught them as support …