indie tracks
Track: Beck – Saw Lightning, plus new album news
Musical chameleon Beck returns with a new track ‘Saw Lightning’, co-written and produced by Beck and none other than Pharrell Williams. It’s the first track taken from his forthcoming 14th album, Hyperspace, due out later this year on the Captiol Records label, and its also been chosen to the new Beats by Dr. Dre film – …
Track: Among the Citizens – Next Time
Peterborough four piece look, at least from their grainy press shot, as if they are not long out of short trousers, but that hasn’t stopped them making swirling, jagged, jaunty, and (dare I say it) interesting indie rock, epitomised by new single Next Time. Drawing in influences from the likes of Two Door Cinema Club, …
Track: Celestial North – The Land, The Sea, The Human Race
The Land, The Sea, The Human Race is the latest addition to Celestial North’s clutch of tunes. Adding a bit of brooding oomph to its predecessors’ more delicate charms, it’s a nifty bit of pastoral goth. Something get those of us who properly remember the 80s digging out a paisley shirt and indulging in a …
Track: Steady Hands – Indifferent Belushi
Taken from their forthcoming debut album Truth in Comedy, out October 19th on Lame-O Records, Steady hands have released a new track – Indifferent Belushi. Essentially the project of ex-Modern Baseball man Sean Huber, he says of it “Since the very beginning, Steady Hands has been more of a social club, a collective, and a …
Track: Steven Page – White Noise (+ tour dates)
The heyday of the protest song is in the distant past, but given the political landscape at the moment, it’s long due a revival. Okay, so who had the former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page down as one of those destined to spearhead that revival? I certainly didn’t. With the righteously angry “White Noise” Page …
Track: Catalan! share new single – Espionage
Northern Ireland’s CATALAN! have shared a new single ‘Espionage’ ahead of two big shows in late July. ‘Espionage’ Having been busy releasing records since 2010, musician Ewen Friers now operates under new alias CATALAN!, creating world influenced music with an experimental and eclectic edge. Having spent the last seven years exploring the open road, with …
Track Review: Saltwater Sun – Hot Mess
Reading’s guitar maestros Saltwater Sun share exhilarating new track ‘Hot Mess’, providing another example of their limitless potential and firmly re-positioning the quintet at the heart of the indie landscape. Having returned with the tenacious ‘The Wire’ earlier this year, attracting widespread press coverage and hitting the BBC Radio 1/Radio X airwaves (Huw Stephens, John …
See: Sam Evian shares new video for ‘You, Forever’, plus UK tour dates
Sam Evian — AKA New York-based musician, songwriter, and producer Sam Owens — will release his new album You, Forever on 1st June 2018 via Saddle Creek. Following the release of lead single “Health Machine” and album opener “IDGAF”, today Sam presents two new songs: the fleeting, nimble driving “Country” and slow burning “You Forever” …
Track: Christine and the Queens release new single “Girlfriend” and announce tour
Christine and the Queens have made their return with new single “Girlfriend”, as well as announcing an extensive tour of Europe, Canada, and the United States. “Girlfriend” shouldn’t disappoint her fans; it stays true to her roots of mixing indie-pop and 80s synth that made her debut album so popular. What’s interesting, though, is that …
See: My Pleasure releases new video for ‘Fluorescent Jacket’, plus tour dates
MY PLEASURE is from Hull, UK and describes his music as “almost pop”. Mostly Happy is the title of his second album, out Friday 1st June. My Pleasure says of the single: “Fluorescent Jacket is a ode to the feeling you get when you put on any kind of uniform, and instantly become part of …