Indie
ALBUM REVIEW: Indigo Sparke – ‘echo’: a jaw-dropping country-folk debut
You can hear Indigo’s very essence shot right through echo. It’s never less, at any point, than extremely lovely; at many points its genuinely bloody stunning. You know when someone has that alchemical it, and boy: Indigo incontrovertibly does.
It’s not an album to have on in the background, because it’s far too arresting and enveloping, commanding. She’s royalty in waiting on the leftfield folk scene. Astonishing; buy
Album review: Alberteen’s sparkling analogue voyage of discovery ‘Lowenva’ is a refreshing beacon of light.
In ‘Lowenva’, Alberteen have created a mesmerising, organic album that crinkles with visceral instruments – melodic crunchy bass, pounding percussion, rumbling guitars, riffing horns and deep laconic cool vocals. It is a sound that seems to encapsulate the recurring nautical and natural themes in the album – deserted coastal towns, windswept beaches and pounding waves. …
See: Cornish trio William The Conqueror release new video for single, Move on
Cornwall trio William The Conqueror have recently released their new single Move On, from their forthcoming third album Maverick Thinker, out on March 5th via Chrysalis Records. “I found the riff and the hook on an old Dictaphone recording of a soundcheck,” says frontman Ruarri Joseph of the track. “The guys are jamming along and it …
See: Major Murphy releases new video for ‘In The Meantime’
Following on from lead single ‘Access’, Grand Rapids MI indie quartet have returned with a new single, ‘In The Meantime’, which comes ahead of the album also called Access), out on April 2nd via Winspear. Written in the aftermath of a terrible experience for the bands Jacob Bullard and Jackie Warren, where their young son …
Track: Du Blonde drafts in Ezra Furman for the brilliant ‘I’m Glad That We Broke Up’
Beth Jeans Hiughton is back in her Du Blonde guise with a new album, out Ron April 2nd 2021 on Beths own Daemon T.V. label. She’s drafted in some stellar guests including Shirley Manson, Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis), Ezra Furman, The Farting Suffragettes, and members of Girl Ray and Tunng. She’s released a track off the record, featuring Ezra …
Album Review: Kilbey/Kennedy release the spectacular album Jupiter 13 – a sci-fi journey cloaked in a psychedelic indie shimmer.
If there was any doubt about the ability of The Church’s Steve Kilbey to eat, sleep and dream brilliant music without limit, this new album with long time collaborator Martin Kennedy is proof. Kilbey is without doubt the hardest working musician in the business – but extraordinarily there is absolutely no dilution of quality. One …
Album Review: ‘Save Our Hearts’ – superb jangling indie debut from Madisyn Whajne
Madisyn Whajne (pronounced Wayne) is a member of the Whitefish River First Nation (Manitoulin District of Ontario) and her debut album ‘Save Our Hearts’ is a scintillating slice of pop sunshine – jangling summery indie pop that fizzes and sparkles with a joie de vivre that belies her difficult childhood. Taken from her parents as …
Album review – Seasurfer’s Zombies is an electrifying dream pop blast in a gothic cloak
Hamburg duo Seasurfer have released an extraordinary double album called ‘Zombies’, packed full of stupendous anthemic dream pop songs that are differentiated from the pack by an electronic spine and dark-tinged gothic attack. Singer Apolonia’s voice is absolutely ethereal and angelic – creating a tension between her dulcet, soaring, velvet tones and the electronic thrumming …
See: Flight Attendant release new video for new single, ‘Dogs’
Nashville based indie band Flight Attendant are back with a new song, Dogs, their first new music of the year, following last years Man of Chaos and Comedy Show, and comes ahead of the bands debut album – out later in the year via Moraine Music in association with Membran. Of the new track, vocalist …
Album review: MOAT’s new album Poison Stream is a glorious collection of hybrid indie/folk vignettes that shimmer and shine.
MOAT is a fascinating collaboration between Marty Willson-Piper, founding and former member of iconic Australian band The Church and member of goth band All About Eve, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Niko Röhlcke (Weeping Willows). The former comes from an English/Australian jangling guitar pop background, the latter a composer and Swedish indie band member, and they meet somewhere …