indie tracks
Track: Augustines – When things fall apart, plus UK tour dates
When things fall apart is the new single from Brooklyn’s Augustines, and is taken from their forthcoming This Is Your Life LP, the bands first new material since their self-titled debut, which dropped in in 2014. The band recorded the album with Joe Chiccarelli and Peter Katis at studios in New York and Los Angeles. …
Track: Sam Cartwright Johnson – Submerged
Drowning hasn’t been such a strong look since Radiohead in the ‘No Surprises’ video. That’s how Sam Cartwright Johnson has chosen to represent himself on the cover of his new EP ‘Submerged’ (you see what he’s done there?) The singer-songwriter has returned from a stint in Australia back to his UK base in Bristol. Well …
Meet: United Fruit, and listen to their track Where the Sun Beats down
We’ve long been taken with the punky alt rock of Glasgow based four piece United Fruit. When we heard the heavy riffs and blistering, driving vibe of their new single Where the Sun Beats down, we fell for them completely. There’s a sort of wobbly brilliance about the track, perhaps eminating from the jumpy, joyous …
Track: Youth Hostel – Out of my Mouth
Liverpool three piece Youth Hostel have dropped a three minute slice of indie pop heaven in the shape of their new single, Out of my mouth. Its obvious some of the regions favourite sons have bestowed their influence on the boys, with the catchy and upbeat melody and driving indie shuffle sitting comfortably somewhere between …
New Music: Ranch Ghost : Turfin’
One of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world is currently East Nashville. The combination of rebellion against the mainstream bro-country scene and the presence of so many musicians in one city has led to a scene combining punk rock, alt-country and serious musical chops. And straight out of East Nashville are garage and beat band …
Track: Dream Lake – Blueness of the light
Stockholm dream pop duo Dream Lake (the clues in the title I guess) are back with a new single, Blueness of the night. The pair, professional dancer and lead vocalist Isabella Svärdstam and multi-instrumentalist and producer Niklas Willar Lidholm have already been releasing their own brand of Beach House / 80s influenced music since 2013. …
Track: Quiet Hollers – Broken Guitar
Even before listening to Quiet Hollers, just the name conjures up this image of dusty americana, and sure enough new single Broken Guitar – taken from their eponymous album that dropped back in in October, has that unmistakable indie/americana vibe about it. There’s these almost static organ chords, as the piano adds these little melodic …
Track: Band Of Skulls – So Good
Southampton three piece Band of Skulls follow on from their recent track Killer in offering a new insight into their forthcoming ‘By Default’ album (out 27th May) with a new single, So Good. It begins with echo soaked atmospherics before the vocal lands, and it turns out to be something of a surprise with bassist …
Track: Stillwave – “What have you”
Opening with what has become their distinguishing trademark, Marcel Jongejan’s vocals lead us in and sweep us away into three minutes of synthetic bliss. “What Have You”slowly builds in intensity as its many layers unravel to reveal hidden depths of power and emotion that Stillwave so easily and skillfully turn over, and over again… “What Have You” is …
Track: Vulgarians – ‘Lost sanity smiles’ + Live Dates
Right from it’s ominous intro, ‘Lost Sanity Smiles’ is beautifully uncomfortable throughout as it drags you through the mire into a world where things are far from orthodox. Thankfully not for the mainstream, Vulgarians latest track takes a big heavy hammer and smashes a long rusty nail right into your heart… ‘Lost Sanity Smiles’ is out …