Indie
See: The brilliant Sydney post punk exponents Johnny Hunter release powerful video for the single ‘Life’
I’ve waxed lyrical about the genius that is Johnny Hunter – one of the most exciting acts in the world at the moment. Their glam theatrical approach is mesmerising and exciting and their songwriting recalls the best of post punk movement with sonorous vocals, icy, edgy guitars and anthemic choruses. Jonny Hunter have just released …
Track: New Zealand Dream Pop/Shoegaze maestros Mild Orange releases the shimmering ‘Time Of Our Lives’ and announce northern hemisphere tour.
The warm sunshine glow emanating from New Zealand band Mild Orange‘s new single ‘Time Of Our Lives’ is blinding and reassuring. The glitchy syncopated percussion trickles under a hazy array of guitars and the melancholic vocals that float over the surface reflect the nostalgic themes. The track was inspired by singer Josh Mehrtens memories of …
Premiere: Simon Robert Gibson unveils his reflective new single ‘Laying Low’ and announces new album ‘Shined Bright The Day’
On the day his other band The Aerial Maps releases its majestic ‘Intimate Hinterland’ album (reviewed by me here), Maps’ sticksman and brother of singer Adam Gibson, Simon Robert Gibson today unveils for us his new single ‘Laying Low’. Low key and low-fi, Gibson shares his brother’s ear for capturing snapshots of life in a …
Album Review: The Aerial Maps unveil the poetic beauty of ‘Intimate Hinterland’: a shining beacon of sunlight emanating hope and love across an endless landscape. Plus launch gig announced.
The poetry of Adam Gibson is raw and intimate. It reflects the harsh sunlit terrain of Australia through his epic widescreen portrayal of the environment and the compelling forces of nature, while somewhat antithetically delving into the minutiae of everyday life with crystal clear observations grounded in hope, love and compassion. In the company of …
See: Foxx Bodies’ excellently fiery punk pounder ‘Room’ ahead of their November album
EMERGING from the scene down in Tucson, Arizona, when singer Bella Vanek, guitarist Bailey Moses, bassist Matt Vanek, and drummer Adam Bucholz got together and began to move in musical lockstep they knew they had something beautifully, caustically special. They named themselves Foxx Bodies, and they brought caustic six-stringed catharsis out to the wider world. …
News: Beirut to release a double set of early and rare material, ‘Artifacts’, in the spring; delight in ‘Fisher Island Sound’
ZACH CONDON’s gorgeous Beirut are set to release an overview of their early years next spring – a project whch has burgeoned from a collection of early EPs into a full-on, 26-track set. The collection, Artifacts, began to grow in ambition as Zach went digging through the archives. He picks up the thread: “When the …
See: Mystic Peach howl towards their debut EP with ‘It’s Not Their Future’
QUITE literally roaring out of the blocks with guitar shimmer and a satisfyingly British take on that Black Francis sccreeeeeaaam, Southampton’s Mystic Peach are making shapes for next month’s debut EP, M? for Hampshire’s buzzin’ promoters Honeymooner with “It’s Not Their Future”; backflip in below. It comes armed with spooky visuals just in time for …
Premiere: Rural France release new video for the charming indie pop of Hosepipe Ban
Rural France, aka Tom Brown and Rob Fawkes, began life in 2017 shortly after both left London for the greener climes of Wiltshire. They released their first album ‘Two Drink Maximum’ a year later, and followed it with an EP, Damp Spirit. A new album ‘RF’ is out on October 29th via Meritorio Records, and …
Live Review: Maximo Park – Leadmill, Sheffield 5.10.21
Photos: Steve Barnes “Ooh, girls in the band”, says someone in front of me as Maximo Park take to the stage. And so it is, with bass and keys/backing vocal slots both taken with female musicians, although over the next hour or so, if there was any winning over to be done, it’s done with …
Premiere: It’s time for Anatomy Class and the unveiling of their super new video for ‘Reflector Shield’.
Last July we premiered Anatomy Class‘s single ‘Reflector Shield’ – a classical indie pop anthem replete with undulating waves of sparkling guitars, a thundering percussion and passionate vocals burnished with some gorgeous harmonies. This is a band that perfects a royal wielding of jangling guitars and celestial melodies that superglue their way into the head. …