Indie
News: Shed Seven + Inspiral Carpets announce 2015 tour dates
For what has now been established as one of Decembers finer traditions, albeit on a biennial basis, this year Shed Seven are pulling out all the stops to bring a Brit-pop/indie overload to their fourteen date tour. Accompanying them as support will be none other than one of the bands that helped turned Manchester to …
Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Flood
As the 90s dawned, things were restless in the musical firmament. In the UK, we were coming to terms with the fact that we were still suffering from the hangover of terrible pop songs and even worse production methods that the 80s had blighted us with, and across the Atlantic folks were taking a long …
Track: Lisbon – “I Don’t Know”
Lisbon are Matthew, Joe, Alex and Gaz, hailing from the North East and are on the verge of breaking through into the big leagues. Their music is infectious, euphoric and fits neatly into the current trend of upbeat, melodic, synth-driven pop alongside Two Door Cinema Club, the 1975 and Foals. I caught them as support …
Track: Furs – I Wanna Know
If you’ve been out to see Gaz Coombes on tour recently, the likelihood is you’ll have seen London quartet Furs as well. Certainly Coombes has been lavishing praise upon them as they go. Ahead of the release of their debut album later in the year, the band are back with a new single, I Wanna …
Track: Spies – Sea Creature
Dublin alt-rockers Spies have followed up last years much admired Moosehead single with a new forthcoming EP, titled Sea Creature. Ahead of its release the band are streaming the EP’s title track. The track opens with these stark sounding guitars and pianos over a shuffling drum line. There’s something slightly dark and brooding about the …
New Music: Gosh Pith – Prints
Detroit duo Gosh Pith return with their unique and intoxicating mix of blissed out stoner / synth rock (yeah, you heard right). Their previous singles Window and Smoke Below showed that these boys could make things seem at one turn intricate, at another stripped back. The pair utilise their musical skills to play a multitude …
Track: Black Honey – Madonna
So far Black Honey have impressed with their debut EP and a series of outstanding live shows around the UK, and Brighton’s best continue to raise the bar with latest song ‘Madonna’. Officially released via their record label Duly Noted on April 6th as a double A side along with surf guitar fuelled live favourite …
Meet: Swervedriver interview
The Stone Roses famously took five years to make their woeful second album but Swervedriver must have set a new record taking a staggering 18 years to produce a new record. They are now back with their fiercesome new album ‘I Wasn’t Born To Lose You’ complete with their trademark woozy psychedelic guitars, but according …
Album Review: Bombay Heavy – Bombay Heavy
Reinvention of the self in the music world is nothing new. It’s been done, ad infinitum. Lennon, Bowie, Bono and Beyonce have all adopted alter egos at some stage in their careers. Reasons vary, as do results. Blur’s Damon Albarn was the unmistakable voice behind Gorillaz’ frontman “2D”, an inspired direction for Albarn heralding a …
Live Review: Wire – Unity Works, Wakefield 20.02.2015, plus gallery
I see plenty of live gigs, but I was especially excited about the prospect of seeing Wire in Wakefield last Friday. For starters, it’s been a while since I’d visited Unity Hall, (or Unity Works , as its now known) in Wakefield. Infact it’s been almost 30 years since I last made my way upstairs …