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Track: Lazarus Kane continue headspinning experimentation with ‘Williston, ND’
Like numerous other, similarly diverse acts, Lazarus Kane’s emergence through hallowed label Speedy Wunderground – via the vibrant bewilderment of Narcissus, a refreshing exploration into the superficiality of modern life – sent earthquake-like jolts through alternative music. The arrival of the gripping ‘Night Walking’ further illustrated the blurry space the band occupied between sincerity and …
Track: Haiku Hands drop the hectic banger that is ‘Eat This Bass’ (IPON remix)
Rapturously defiant alt-dance trio Haiku Hands have shared an IPON remix for their aggressively danceable track, Eat This Bass. About the remix, the group say: “I remember listening to the ‘Eat This Bass’ remix for the first time in a festival transport van on our way to Groovin the Moo in Perth… Mad Decent had …
Track: ‘Chorusing’ shares the unplugged ambience of new single ‘Midday Sun’ with debut album ‘Half Mirror’ due August 13
North Carolina based songwriter/producer Chorusing has shared atmospheric new track, Midday Sun, the second single from his forthcoming debut album, Half Mirror, which will be released on 13 August via Western Vinyl. And in the artist’s opinion the song is a moodily stripped back ode to Nirvana Unplugged, with “stripped-down drums and bass providing a …
Album Review: ISQ – ‘Requiem for the Faithful 2.0’ – The Remixes
There’s something to be said about the mere act of dancing, post-covid. Let’s just start with that. Whether you’re into club culture or not, we’ve all had a burning desire to dance, with other people. That free flow ecstatic waltz into movement, that enables us to feel human again. Enter ISQ. A powerhouse of a …
Album Review: Saint Sister dazzle on ‘Where I Should End’
When Where I Should End found its way to my email, so to speak, I welcomed it with a huge smile. I feel compelled to share my own personal connection, if you will, dear reader, with the talented duo. I first heard Saint Sister live in London, in a small but perfectly intimate setting of …
News: Faye Webster’s new album ‘I Know I’m Funny Haha’ is out now – see the video for latest single ‘A Dream With a Baseball Player’
The witty, genre-defying, Queen of sad girls Faye Webster has delivered her highly anticipated new album I Know I’m Funny Haha for our listening pleasure, via Secretly Canadian. Continuing to break barriers with her engaging songs of love, loneliness and the mundane, Webster’s ability to give profundity to matters of the heart and the everyday …
ME REX announce debut album ‘Megabear’ and share single ‘Galena’
Relatively speaking, it hasn’t been too long since we last heard from Brighton band ME REX, the solo-project-turned-full-band spearheaded by Myles McCabe and filled out by Kathryn Woods, Phoebe Cross and Rich Mandel – all current or former members of Fresh, Cheerbleederz and Happy Accidents (seriously, those three are in so many bands) – as …
Track: Cosmic Crooner’s ‘Popsicle Place’ comes highly recommended as a slice of doowop space pop
AMSTERDAM-based singer-songwriter Cosmic Crooner is back in his own Willy Wonka-esque dreamworld of sleazy cool with his new single, “Popsicle Place”. Following the release of his debut, Nouvelle Vague-inspired single “Deep Down In Jazz”, Cosmic Crooner hits all the notes when it comes to bringing the quirks and charm of 70s’ psychedelic lounge music. I …
Album review: Fightmilk – ‘Contender’
Contender, the second album from South London four-piece Fightmilk follows on from their 2018 debut, Not With That Attitude, and could well be their breakout moment. Formed in a beer garden in 2015, Lily Rae and Alex Wisgard used the energy of relationship break-ups to fashion an indie pop soundtrack indebted more to the Britpop era, …
See: Lime Cordiale release official video for ‘No Plans to Make Plans’ + Australian Tour
Gearing up for their biggest ever Australian tour this October, Lime Cordiale have unveiled the official video for new single No Plans to Make Plans via Chugg Music. A visually vintage jaunt, the Leimbach brothers – accompanied by Summer Kane – go up against their alternate, evil selves ‘Oscar and Leroy Slimebach’ in the clip, directed …