indie rock
Premiere: Chayse Porter announces new album for January & shares ‘Lead Pipe Cinch’
It’s always good to hear from San Francisco’s Chayse Porter, especially when he’s got a new record on the way. It’s shaping up to be a record you better make time for when it arrives early next year, and the lead single pings in so many different dimensions at once it’s quite difficult to pin …
News: Mary Middlefield moves on with self-examining new track ‘Sexless’
Back in February, Lausanne-based Mary Middlefield released her impressive debut album Thank You Alexander, a record with its roots in mid-pandemic ennui and uncertainty yet radiating confidence from every note. Not one to rest on her laurels for too long, the Swiss songwriter is already planning to release more new music next year, with her …
News: The K’s announce UK debut album tour for 2024
One of the North’s fastest rising indie bands of 2023 – THE K’S – will return in 2024 with a fresh wave of UK shows. The tour will coincide with the arrival of their hugely anticipated debut album ‘I Wonder If The World Knows’ – slated for release March 22nd. A 12-date run that will see the …
News: Car Seat Headrest announce new live album ‘Faces From The Masquerade’
On March 28th-30th 2022, Car Seat Headrest played three consecutive sold out nights at Brooklyn Steel in New York. An air of celebration, community and showmanship was present, made all the more palpable as the shows were far from a certainty – they took place amidst a year which saw the band having to postpone …
News: Spring Silver preps new album with the sprawling ‘Gold Star’
If the new song from Marylander Spring Silver seems like a lot, then that’s the point. K Nkanza could have kept it relatively simple and pared things down to, oh, maybe 3 minutes of the actual song. They didn’t, instead letting all the various versions of the track exist within itself. The result is a …
Premiere: salamander prep debut album & share ‘the label’
Ready for a new song from New York trio salamander? Duck yeah we are. The band announced their debut album [container] back in August, and we’re now just a fortnight away from its release. Yes, they’re releasing it on a Wednesday – good idea because then everyone gets to take it in before the absolute …
Live Review: The National / Soccer Mommy, 3Arena Dublin, 21.09.2023, plus gallery
Following the release of two surprise albums this year, First Two Pages Of Frankenstien and Laugh Track, The National played the first show of their European tour in Dublin’s 3arena. They played a whopping 28 song set, comprising of never before played songs and of course some classics. Supporting them was Nashville native indie rock …
Live Review: Delilah Bon / Valerie Rose – The Academy 2, Dublin 23.09.2023, plus gallery and set list
At a packed Academy 2 in Dublin this week, Delilah Bon worked the crowd into a frenzy from the get-go with her brand of bratty riot grrrl punk. All three members of the band seemed to give it everything, not once letting up the pace. Well, almost. For a brief moment in the set Lauren …
Premiere: Stream Careful’s first new music in a decade, the ‘Promise/Practice’ EP
Back in June, Eric Lindley resumed releasing music as Careful after taking a hiatus from the project following 2014 album The world doesn’t end. His first new release since then picks up where he left off nine years ago as if no time had passed. Of course, a lot can happen in nearly a decade, …
Gallery: The Wedding Present / Lucy Gaffney – Limelight, Belfast 07.09.2023
The Wedding Present are currently on their 24 Hour Songs tour and taking in a number of Irish venues, one such venue was Limelight in Belfast with Lucy Gaffeny in support slot and David McEneaney was there catching the action. Lucy Gaffney photos: The Wedding Present photos: