Indie
Not Forgotten: Blur – 13
At the peak of their success I was distinctly unimpressed with Blur and their run of chirpy-chappy chart toppers. Parklife and the Great Escape both sold by the lorry full, yet I struggled understand their appeal to my generation, or quite their press-derived rivalry with Oasis was considered newsworthy. Two decades later and I can …
News: Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves announce Autumn UK tour
Most will look back on Sheffield’s The Long Blondes with a fair degree of fondness: It’s be easy to trot out the “female fronted Pulp” cliché but they were so much more than that, and promised great things until their untimely split in 2008 following guitarist Dorian Cox’s illness. Front woman Kate Jackson has been …
Track: Let’s Eat Grandma – ‘Sax In The City’ plus tour news
Following a captivating set at Latitude festival, Let’s Eat Grandma share beguiling new single ‘Sax In The City’. This multi-instrument toting Norwich-based duo of Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, both 17, released their debut album ‘I, Gemini’ last month to critical acclaim. In ‘Sax In The City’, the latest single from the album, Let’s Eat …
See: Ladyhawke releases video for ‘Wild Things’
Ladyhawke’s joyful electropop skates into ballad territory with new single ‘Wild Things’. Following the release of her synth-fuelled and sugar coated new album in June, Pip Brown (aka Ladyhawke) is sharing the video for title track ‘Wild Things’. The video, like the song, is full of 80s sparkle – all neon colours and youthful exuberance. …
Track: Acrylic – ‘Overrun’
Acrylic share their atmospheric sound with summery new tune ‘Overrun’. This indie-rock five-piece are all students currently residing in Glasgow’s west end. Their intricate sound has already caught the attention of Amazing Radio, BBC Scotland and XFM Scotland and 2016 began with them supporting The View on New Years Day. New single ‘Overrun’ begins with …
Not Forgotten: Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
Rings Around the World was released to no little fanfare and received widespread acclaim back in 2001. Fifteen years after its release, it remains one of the key releases in the Super Furry Animals discography. Having signed to Sony / Epic following the collapse of Creation Records, SFA took full advantage of much-increased production and …
Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Small Change
Sometimes you dismiss an entire era of an established artist’s career for what you convince yourself is a good reason. As much as I love Tom Waits’ debut, Closing Time, and the albums he recorded since joining Island Records in the early 80s, I dismissed the rest of his 70s material for one reason alone. …
Track: Pixies – Um chagga lagga, plus new expanded European tour dates
Some things change and some things stay the same, both in the real world and in the world of Frank Black and co’s Pixies. Take Um Chagga Lagga, taken from their recently announced second ‘post-reunion’ album Head Carrier, out on September 30th via Pixiesmusic/Play it again Sam. It’s got all those things we love about …
See: The Kitchen Sink Drama release video for debut single Idiot
Belgian based The Kitchen Sink Drama, formed around singer Claire Wilcock have released a new video for their debut single, Idiot. Veterans of the pop game, and boasting (among others) a former member of Poisoned Electrick Head (now there was a band) they describe their sound as being “cautionary tales of domestic bliss gone sour, …
See: Fews release new video for 10 things, plus UK tour dates
Swedish/US quartet FEWS have accompanied the announcement of their first UK headline tour, with a video for their new single 1q0 things, which has already proved its popularity in the bands live shows. Citing influences, apart from musical, including Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy, surrealist painter Rene Maigritte and Swedish football idol Zlatan Ibrahimovic, immortalised …