indie tracks
Track: Two Door Cinema Club release cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’
In these lockdown times we all need help with a lot of things, from the mundane and everyday to the life-saving and life-changing. So it’s heartwarming to see Two Door Cinema Club do something practical about that, and re-record John Lennon’s Isolation to help raise money for Ireland’s leading social justice charity, Extern. Money raised …
Track: Squid – Broadcaster
Following their galvanizing single Sludge, and the accompanying lockdown influenced video, Squid have unveiled next track Broadcaster. The track will sit alongside Sludge as a “10 vinyl release on new their new label Warp Records, currently available to pre-order here. In comparison to Sludge, although an incredible contrast, Broadcaster is also exceedingly complimentary to it; …
See: Dehd release new single/video – ‘Loner’
Chicago trio Dehd – aka Emily Kemp on vocals and bass, Jason Ball on vocals and guitar and drummer Eric McGrady have announced their new album ‘Flower of Devotion’ is out on July 17th via Fire Talk, and ahead of it they’ve released a new track/video for lead single ‘Loner’. “It’s okay to be lighthearted …
Track: Crack Cloud – OUSTER STEW and announce release of new album
Vancouver collective Crack Cloud have announced their new album ‘Pain Olympics’ due July 17th via Meat Machine. The follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2018 EPs – Crack Cloud and Anchoring Point. The band hit UK and Irish shores for a run of shows in November in support of Pain Olympics. Dripping with an 80s attitude and featuring a drum …
Track: Pizza Daddy – Too many boyfriends
Pizza Daddy is the new project of London dream-pop band BOYS founding members Ross Pearce & Mike Stothard who are taking a break after 5 years, and doing something different instead. The band has a new single Too Many Boyfriends on May 15th, about which the pair explain “The song was written about a friend …
Track: Deerhoof – Damaged Eyes Squinting into the Beautiful Overhot Sun
The band’s latest track continues their string of singles, “Farewell Symphony” and album title track “Future Teenage Cave Artists” included. Their forthcoming album will be released May 29th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The visceral nature of the track’s title is oh-so similar to the commanding presence of the track’s instrumentation. A repeated, mathy guitar riff …
Track: Thiago Nassif – Plástico
Rio de Janeiro-based musician and producer Thiago Nassif has shared his new single ‘Plástico’ from his upcoming album Mente to be released July 3rd via Gearbox Records. “Plástico” gives context to the interdisciplinary alternative scene of Rio De Janeiro as well as Thiago’s vocation as visual artist as well as musician. Arhythmic guitars and sporadically timed synth …
Track: James Holt – Pendulum
James Holt has just released a new single, Pendulum, a life-affirming little slice of indie pop, produced by The Coral’s James Skelly, and invoking the spirit of the likes of Johnny Marr, Crowded House, Squeeze and Jeff Lynne. It’s an uplifting and satisfyingly melodic track, full of the lineage of indeed all the above mentioned artists, and …
Track: Lazarus Kane – Night Walking
Lazarus Kane is weird. That’s all I can get from his press release which alleges he’s a musician, a philanthropist, a successful American businessman recently relocated to the West Country, And that his latest single ‘Night Walking’, was originally written as a Bond theme for ‘Live And Let Die’ back in 1973, however it lost out to …
Track: Katie Von Schleicher – Brutality
Out on May 22nd via the ever brilliant Full Time Hobby label is the new album, titled Consummation, from NYC guitarist and songwriter Katie Von Schleicher. From it, she’s just shared a new track, Brutality, available for streaming right now. It comes off the back of her recent singles ‘Wheel’, ‘Caged Sleep’ and ‘Nowhere’. Slow …