Indie
Track: Mock Suns reveal new track, Nobody’s Watching
Philadelphia indie / dream pop project have shared a new single, Nobody’s Watching from the forthcoming self-titled album, out 10/23, Bandcamp pre-order. Now essentially the solo project of Greg Puglese, it’s a follow on from previous track ‘Enchanted Forest’. If you can resist the warm chords, persuasive synth and piano lines and frankly gorgeous backing vocals, you’re …
Track: Pet Grotesque Share Psychedelic-Funk Banger ”Pingin Alone”
Hailing from South London by the way of Yorkshire, comes psychedelic-funk tinged bedroom popster, Pet Grotesque. A busy chap, Pet Grotesque also combines time playing in Speedy Wunderground outfit Tiña as well as having been a Goat Girl’s touring keys player. Despite the busy times, following up from the balearic banger ‘Scratch’ Pet Grotesque has …
SEE: HighSchool – ‘New York, Paris And London’: another jangly cracker from the scene Down Under
HIGHSCHOOL, the Melbourne trio known to their friends as Rory, Lilli and Scotty, have signed to British indie Dalliance (home already to Wilsen and Gia Margaret); and in celebration they’ve dropped a first tune for their new label this morning, in the shape of “New York, Paris And London” – another cracker from the Southern …
Track: PVA – Talks
London’s PVA arrive today with the announcement of their signing to Ninja Tune’s taste-maker label Big Dada. In celebration they have also released a new track – ‘Talks’ taking from their debut EP ‘Toner’ due November 20th Ella, Josh and Louis said of their decision: “We are really over the moon to be joining the …
Track: Jellies announce news of new EP and share single – ‘So’
California-Sheffield bedroom musicians Adam Van der Veer (Chillian Murphy) and Tommy Wilson announce the release of their new EP Jackie due 9th October via Delicious clam. Having self-released their debut EP ‘Daunt’ in early 2019, the pair collaborate digitally, taking turns on guitar, bass and drums to lend their take on basement noise pop. Tommy says of new single, …
Track: Bought it for the Bottle release new track, Statues
After coming together for an explosive performance in a Cocktail bar in Cookham, Bought it for the Bottle have been scattering releases here and there since 2019, and are back now despite everything 2020 has put in their way with a new track, Statues out via Not Yet Records It’s smart and sassy indie rock, …
TRACK: Tamar Aphek – ‘Show Me Your Pretty Side’: introducing a new Israeli swamp-blues guitar talent
SHE HAS a smokey caress of a voice, she has clear sight, passion and direction, and she can wield six strings with the best of them; ladies and gentlemen, get ready to make some room in your heart for Tamar Aphek, coming at you with the dark, sultry reverb noir of “Show Me Your Pretty …
NEWS: Billy Bragg announces tour dates for autumn ’21
THE BARD of Barking, conscious songwriter and lyricist extraordinaire, provider of mushroom biryanis to John Peel, and a steadfast political commentator: national treasure Billy Bragg has announced an 22-date tour of Britain and Ireland for autumn 2021. It’s a way away, but that’s got to be something to look forward to. Billy says: “In these challenging …
Premiere: Jo Meares – Reasons
It is with great delight we premiere the amazing new video for artist Jo Meares‘s spectacular new single ‘Reasons’. There is such a haunting quality to both the song and the perfectly matched video that seems to capture the cyclical nature of life – natural processes that are disturbing, intimidating yet so breathtakingly beautiful. Meares …
SEE: The Lathums – ‘I See Your Ghost’: a ska-psych grenade lobbed over pop’s wall
WIGAN’S THE Lathums? I mean, they’re sweet, thoughtful lads (see their recent, very neat plan to raise funds for beleaguered hometown football club by raffling off a one-only vinyl pressing of their cover of northern soul classic, “The Snake”- and there’s still time to enter the draw). But appearances can be deceptive; they’ve followed up …