Indie
Track: Clean Cut Kid – Vitamin C
Liverpool four piece Clean Cut Kid, aka Mike Halls, Evelyn Halls, Saul Godman and Ross Higginson, make music best described, at least to Halls, as “Soulful pop ballads, washed in Mersey water”. After spending so much time in the studio that Saul ended up living in it (Mike and Evelyn being on the same road) …
Track: Telegram – Aeons
It seems almost laughable that Telegram only formed just over eighteen months ago, given everything they have achieved since, but so it is that Matt Saunders (vocals/ guitar), Matt Wood (guitar), Oli Paget-Moon (bass) and Jordan Cook (drums) came together – moulding their love of Roxy Music, krautrock and proto-punk into something rather special. Coming …
Track: The Gorgeous Chans – By the highway
Nottingham six piece the Gorgeous Chans started out riffing on Paul Simons seminal Graceland album, and to an extent it still references their melodic indie music today, with their slightly tropical, brass heavy twists on the run of the mill. The band have just revealed the b-sde to their debut single, out on July 6th. …
Album Review: The Fratellis “Me And The Devil”
It’s been over two years since “We Need Medicine” but Glasgow’s favourite indie trio The Fratellis are back! They’ve got a brand new song “Me And The Devil”, an upcoming album “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied” and have just announced a few live dates in the UK followed by a US tour in September. It is …
Video: The Riptide movement speak and record an exclusive session track
A couple of weeks ago we hauled ourselves over to Live at Leeds where amongst many others Lucan quartet The Riptide Movement we’re performing. Bonding over the likes of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Ryan Adams, Rory Gallagher and The Rolling Stones after meeting in 2006, the band – Mal Tuohy (lead vocals/guitar) and …
See: Kytes release new video for Inner Cinema
Munich indie poppers Kytes, aka Michael Spieler (Vocals/guitar), Timothy Lush (Drums), Kerim Öke (Guitar/synths) and Thomas Sedlacek (Bass), mark their arrival with a debut single ‘Inner Cinema’, self released on June 15th. Written last summer and recorded earlier in the year, drummer Lush describes it as “an uplifting song, with a driving beat, one that …
Tracks: The Strypes – Get Into It, plus Autumn tour dates
After the stir their debut album ‘Snapshot’ caused back in 2013, Irish four piece are back with a new album ‘Little Victories’, out later in the year. Currently in the midst of a 30 date ‘Flat Out’ UK tour, the band have announced the first single to be taken from the album, ‘Get into It’ …
News: Jesus and Mary Chain – ‘Live at Barrowlands’ 10″ + LP + CD
Just over thirty years ago brothers William and Jim Reid, emerged from the East Kilbride dole queue in a wave of feedback, distortion and attitude, the likes of which had never before been seen or heard. Early gigs were notoriously short, amphetamine fueled affairs and would often descend into violence, and chaos. Coming in at …
Track: Leeds’ Trudy release new video for ‘All My Love’
What do you suppose would happen if Dr. Dog, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and The Fratellis morphed together into a three-piece from Leeds? Well, I’d suspect they’d sound a lot like Trudy. The Leeds trio have given us a new song in “All My Love”. It’s a lovely, wobbly little pop song that’s sweet at its …
See: Hooton Tennis Club reveal video to Kathleen Sat on the arm of her favourite chair, plus tour dates
We’ve written about Chester/Ellesmere Port quartet Hooton Tennis Club before, and they’re certainly a band on an upward curve. Named after (suprisingly enough) a Tennis Club in nearby Little Sutton, then band grew up together and played in a number of similarly improbably named bands. Whilst studying at college they met up to record some …