Indie
Track: Holy Esque – Hexx
Glasgow quartet Holy Esque have announced their long awaited debut album will drop on February 26th 2016 via Beyond The Frequency. From it the band are streaming a brand new single, Hexx – released as a double a-side along with ‘Silences’ on the flip, which is out on December 7th. It bursts into life, with …
Track: United Fruit – Nightmare Recovery
United Fruit announce their (very welcome) return with a dream single. The Glaswegian quartet will release their latest EP, Nightmare Recovery, on 13 November (via Ditto Music) and this title track is the melodic but explosive teaser for what’s to come. The band have been experimenting with post-punk, post-rock and shoegaze influences for the new …
Meet: Liela Moss from The Duke Spirit interview
The Duke Spirit are back, with fourth album ‘KIN’, and this time it’s personal. You could say that The Duke Spirit have been taking some time away from the spotlight except, to my ongoing surprise, they’ve never really been in it. Formed in 2003 in London they’re arguably one of the UK’s most underrated rock …
Track: Graces – Hepburn
Graces is Steve Harrison, frontman of Cumbrian alt. rock band Over and Out. Since moving to London he’s branched out into new musical pastures, specifically electro-indie project Graces. He’s taken elements of post-rock and swathed it in synths and atmospherics. The first glimpse of this comes in the shape of a single, Hepburn, out on …
Film Review: The Survivalist
We’re used to experiencing the post-apocalyptic world: explorations on both big and small screens have taken us through countless interpretations. But as I began to watch The Survivalist, playing at this year’s London Film Festival, I struggled to recall to mind one that combined a verdant environment and isolation. What we have become used to …
Track: Lanterns on the Lake – Faultlines
I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that slight twinge of trepidation when one of your favourite bands releases new material – will it meet expectations or be a let down. Happily, I can report that it’s a definite case of the former from Newcastle quintet Lanterns On The Lake. I’ve been a fan since …
News: Villagers announce new album and tour news
Releasing three great albums since forming in 2008, Villagers (a stage name for Conor O’Brien) have not had a big breakthrough to a mainstream audience, but those of us that have followed them so far know that it is only a matter of time. Following this year’s stripped back Darling Arithmetic, Villagers have distilled their …
Track: Neon Atlas – Get Up
Cork indie pop quartet Neon Atlas have announced the details of their new single, Get Up – the follow up to the highly regarded ‘I never felt so good’. It’s taken from their second album, which saw the band attract attention from both sides of the atlantic, and gain nominations for several awards in Ireland. …
See: The Spook School release video for “Binary”, announce November Headline Tour
Edinburgh quartet The Spook School not only have one of the best names around at the moment – it could, after all, be some kind of 70s cartoon rather than the Glasgow modern artists of the victorian age it (presumably) references, but they also make joyously DIY pop-punk. They’ve just released a new album, Try …
Meet: Lucy Rose
Manchester welcomed Lucy Rose Parton back in its bosom and Backseat Mafia was there to catch her on the first night of her Autumn, U.K. dates. The venue’s Lucy’s dressing room backstage at Academy 3. We’re nervous but also excited about meeting her. She released new album “Work It Out” in July to generally favourable …