indie rock
Track: Ascendo – Something Sweeter EP
Wakefield indie rock quartet Ascendo hit the ground running with their debut release Something Sweeter – a two track EP featuring tracks Pixie Dust and Pink Gin and Lemonade. The former – Pixie Dust takes the spirit of that wave of Sheffield bands – the Arctic Monkeys, Milburn and the like with this jagged singalonga-indie …
See: Kidbug release new video for Together
Fusing together members of Eerie Wanda, Dumb Numbers, Best Coast and Shearwater, Kidbug make this almost heavy Grunge/alt-rock. Buzzsaw guitar lines permeate the latest single to be taken from their upcoming Self-titled debut album, out on May 22 via Joyful Noise, as it moves sedately along. Over the top there’s these ethereal harmonised vocals that …
See: Young Knives Reveal new video for Sheep Tick
Young Knives, brothers Henry Dartnall and The House of Lords have announced their fifth album, and first in seven years since 2013’s acclaimed Sick Octave., and ahead of it they’ve released a video for lead single Sheep Trick. A mixture of synth-pop and indie rock along with elements of post-punk and krautrock, it’s almost chanted …
Track: Yakima – Thanks
Following on from the engaging ‘It Helped’, an ode to giving up smoking, Yakima have returned with a brand new single – ‘Thanks’, taken from their debut EP ‘Go Virtually’, out on April 3rd. It’s this wistful, rather lovely slice of alt-rock, with something of the Pavement about it, and sprinkled with a good amount …
News: Manic Street Preachers announce ‘Gold Against the Soul’ reissue
After many hints and teases MANIC STREET PREACHERS have confirmed the re-issue of a deluxe edition of their 1993 second album ‘GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL’on 12th June 2020 for Columbia/Sony. Available as a 120 page A4 book featuring unseen images from the bands’ long time photographic collaborator Mitch Ikeda, many personally annotated by Nicky Wire and original typed and handwritten lyrics from the bands own archive. …
RSD 2020: The Murder Capital live 12” release
The Murder Capital are already a band famed for the intensity of their live shows and for this year’s Record Store Day they will be celebrating this with a limited edition 12″ recorded at 2019’s sold-out show at The Dome, in Tufnell Park. A breakthrough performance for the band, the record will feature incendiary live versions of “Love, …
See: Perfume Genius Release video for new single ‘Describe’
Perfume Genius have announced that their new album, titled Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, that will be released 15th May on Matador. From it the band have released a new video to go with the single ‘Describe’. Noisey, but at the same time dreamy, J Mascis-like scuzzy guitar riffs wash over the song, with …
Live: The Lost Tapes/ Reservoir, Le Garage, Liège, Belgium
Local duo ‘Reservoir’ open tonight’s show with a lush guitar-driven set, oozing post-punk Manchester. With left-handed bass and right-handed guitar they even evoke that visual Beatles symmetry, and throwing in a cover of New Order’s ‘Ceremony’ is a smart move and beautifully executed. No-one else is mining that rich seam of indie bliss in these …
Track: Archers of Loaf – Raleigh Days
90s indie rock legends Archers of Loaf have returned with their first new music since 1998. ‘Raleigh Days’ is an infectious, power pop-infused song that pays tribute to the capital of North Carolina, the quartet’s home state. The infectious lead guitar line from Eric Johnson and the song’s summery, shiny production values were a tonic …
Not Forgotten: The Magnetic Fields – Realism
The level of self-imposed pressure that Stephin Merritt must have put on himself following the release of The Magnetic Fields’ four hour masterpiece, 1999’s 69 Love Songs, must have been immense. He smartly sidestepped the issue with the next album, 2004’s i, with its beautifully simple concept and alphabetical sequencing, however, where to go after that? I …