indie tracks
Track: Rev Magnetic – Yonder (Là-haut), plus album news
Rock Action Records are proud to release the debut album from Scottish quartet Rev Magnetic, who include in their number Mogwai’s Luke Sutherland. Combining elements of R&B, shoegaze and post rock into their singular, blisfully spacial dream pop. ‘Versus Universe’ reflects a plethora of transformative sound references ranging from My Bloody Valentine to Teebs, Hawkwind to ABBA …
Track: The Cosmics – Eyes
Birmingham scuzz/garage rock upstarts The Cosmics have heralded the release of their debut vinyl EP, due out on June 13th, with a single, Eyes. Think that sort of echoey hollow 60s sounding production, over this track that buzzes between swathes of buzzsaw, shoegaze guitars and these eerie rockabilly riffs. Over the top its got a …
Track: BEAK> – Life Goes On
Inspired apparently by a recent trip to Mexico City for a festival, Life Goes On is the new track from BEAK> taken from what we are told is ‘a forthcoming EP’. Evidently the band were rudely awoken by the screams of a young girl, which turned out to be a recording used by scrap-collecting carts …
Track: The Dream Syndicate – The Way In, plus tour news
The new single from The Dream Syndicate, ‘The Way In’, is out now. Fresh off a US tour with Mott The Hoople ’74, The Dream Syndicate have shared the new single taken from their forthcoming album ‘These Times’. “It’s the leadoff track, kind of a Rosetta Stone, decoder ring, instruction manual to light the way,” Lead singer and …
Track: Barrie – Geology
Ahead of thw release of te=geur debut album ‘Happy to be here’, out next Friday (May 3rd) via Winspear, Brooklyn five piece Barrie have released a new single ‘Geology’. Of the track, he band’s frontwoman Barrie Lindsay commented: “I wrote this song in 2015, a few months after I bought my first guitar. I was listening …
EP: Kúlu – Quiescence
Celebration Records are about to release the debut EP from Danish band Kúlu, titled Quienscence. The band are not complete newcomers though, having their names littered through the great and the good of Danish indie rock – Asger Techau (Asger Techau, Kashmir), Daniel Buchwald (Arbirk, Deerborn, Danger of Men), Dennis Winterskov (Ave, Deerborn) og Søren …
Track: Simon Bonney – A sweeter kind of pain
Taken from his forthcoming compilation album Past, Present, Future, out May 3rd on Mute Records, former Crime and the City Solution frontman Simon Bonney has shared a previously unreleased track, A Sweeter Kind of Pain’. About the track, Simon explains: “A Sweeter Kind of Pain is about the loved one you will always be with, …
EP: Little Winter – Little Winter
Danish five piece Little Winter have just released their debut self-titled EP via celebration records on digital and on vinyl in multiple editions, and featured five songs about loneliness and love. Opener Mt. Egmont sets the tone for the EP. Thoughtful and emotive, it gradually unfurls to reveal this sort of Foals meets Keane (yea, …
See: Tindersticks release new video for Willow
Taken from Stuart A Staples soundtrack for film maker Claire Denis’ film High Life, Tindersticks have released a new video for lead single ‘Willow’, before the soundtrack receives a physical release via City Slanf on May 3rd. The film itself stars Robert Pattinson & Juliette Binoche & focuses on a group of criminals who are …
Track: The Soft Cavalry – Dive
The Soft Cavalry is the new project of husband and wife duo Steve Clarke and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, and July 5th sees the release of their debut self-titled album on the stamp of quality that is Bella Union. From it, the pair have shared a first track ‘Dive’, which pairs the swooning lapping layers …