Indie pop
Premiere: Sean McVerry’s TELECOMS take ‘Two Steps’ forward on exhilarating new single
The whole ‘deconstructed live performance as a music video’ idea lives and dies on how well you can pull it off, and pairing it with a song this good is half the battle. Which is to say we’re big fans of both the new song and video from Brooklyn’s Sean McVerry. The TELECOMS project only …
Premiere: Kit Major embarks on new era with two new singles and a video for ‘Break Up Again’
She’s not been off radar for long, but it’s clear from her new material that Los Angeles-based Kit Major is gearing up for a big year. Last we heard from her, she was putting a bow on 2022 with the Vampire Saturday EP, and 2023 will bring more music, like the alt-pop double header we’re …
News: The Particles assembled – Chapter Music announce the release of album ‘1980s Bubblegum’, collecting the recordings of legendary Sydney pop punk outfit The Particles.
The absolutely brilliant ‘The Trumpet Song’ by eighties band The Particles made me, a dour pseudo goth draped in black and misery, realise it was ok to like uplifting exuberant pop songs. This hyperactive blast also made me appreciate the pure beauty of the trumpet as an instrument in a rock band (confirmed by The …
Gallery & Set-list: Birdy / Nell Mescal – 3Olympia, Dublin 25.04.2023
Birdy finishing of her Young Heart tour at Dublin’s packed out 3Olympia with support from Irish singer Nell Mescal. Nell Mescal photos: Birdy photos and set-list: Raincatchers Voyager1901 (Phoenix cover)People Help The People (Cherry Ghost cover)SurrenderYoung Blood (The Naked and Famous cover)Deep EndLonelinessNot About AngelsYoung HeartSilhouette – Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush cover)Ruins IIAutomaticQuietly YoursSkinny …
Gallery & Set-lists: Teleman / 7ebra – Button Factory, Dublin 24.04.2023
London indie pop band Teleman played Dublin’s Button Factory an from the minute they hit the stage everyone was dancing.Support came from twin sisters from Sweden, 7ebra (not a typo, its pronounced Zebra but the girls spell it with a 7!) 7ebra photos and set-list: Secretly BadLeanI Like To PretendIf I Ask HerLighter BetterRude BodyDone …
Premiere: Homeschool trails new EP with self-acceptance banger ‘My Only Enemy’
You may remember back in February when we premiered New Yorker Tom D’Agustino’s most recent single as Homeschool, ‘Bound to Be’. At the time, all we could say was there was more to come from them this year, with no indication of what form that might take. Well, it turns out there’s a new EP …
News: Indie pop duo Arliston release single today
South London indie pop duo, Arliston, release ‘Pisco Sours’ via the band’s own label Sob Story Records. ‘Pisco Sours’ arrives alongside a wistful, beautifully shot, music video directed and produced by Bo Morgan. The new track follows ‘How In Heaven’ and is the second instalment from Arliston’s forthcoming EP set for release in the early summer of …
Live Review: Milk – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 03.03.2023
Words and Photos, David McEneaney The Dublin based alternative pop fab foursome have been making a lot of noise of late, and if their show on Friday is anything go by, it is very well deserved and will only get louder in the not too distant future.Before the band even walked on stage I could …
News: The Ramona Flowers announce EP and release new single ‘Hey You’
Fresh from a jam-packed Winter of touring supporting both Circa Waves and Reverend and the Makers, The Ramona Flowers are back with the announcement of their upcoming EP, Hey You, out 4th May, and the title track, out now via Distiller Records. Listen to the new single here and pre-save the EP here. The 5 …
Live Gallery: Laura Jean at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 24.02.2023
Laura Jean live at the Factory theatre Sydney 24.02.2023