alternative
Track: Seneca – The Ventriloquist
Seneca are a new, alternative rock band from Devon, UK. They have just released their debut single ‘The Ventriloquist’. A three and a half minute blend of math rock guitar over an indie backing topped with some cracking vocals create a great funky rock track from this talented group. It’s an impressive debut and only …
ALBUM REVIEW: Braids soar on ‘Shadow Offering’
“YOU want me to love myself, more than I love anyone else / I tire of myself sometimes, just like I tire of you … do I need you, do I want you, do I hate you … I’m here for you, even if you don’t want me to be”. So offers Raphaelle Standell-Preston during …
TRACK: Karima Francis – Orange Rose
Making a welcome return to the spotlight, the singer-songwriter from Blackpool delivers an atmospheric and elegiac single for the soul, that emerges as her first new material of 2020. Offering wistful rumination on how mental health can send shockwaves through even the most intimate and entwined of relationships, ‘Orange Rose’ sees Karima strike a masterful …
Track: We Are Scientists – I Cut My Own Hair
New York’s indie cult band We Are Scientists are back with a new single, ‘I Cut My Own Hair’ due 22nd May via 100% Records. The track is the first official release since 2018’s Megaplex album. It arrives at just the right moment, with people in lockdown around the world taking matters into their own hands and …
Track: Crack Cloud – OUSTER STEW and announce release of new album
Vancouver collective Crack Cloud have announced their new album ‘Pain Olympics’ due July 17th via Meat Machine. The follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2018 EPs – Crack Cloud and Anchoring Point. The band hit UK and Irish shores for a run of shows in November in support of Pain Olympics. Dripping with an 80s attitude and featuring a drum …
Track: Emery Heights – Wildflower
Brand new alternative post hardcore 4 piece band from Houston Texas. have released their debut single ‘Wildflower’ taken from their EP ‘Clarity’ out now. Fans of ‘Captives’ and ‘The Word Alive’ will straight away love the combining catchy, pop-inspired verses with upbeat riffs and heavy breakdowns. The verses may be pop-inspired but these guys aren’t …
Track: prettything – One More July
Bella Venuti has form as part of Melbourne band IV League and prettything is another avenue for her work – expressly not a side project but a separate outlet. prettything has just released a dream pop single ‘One More July’ and it is a luminescent delight. ‘One More July’ has at its a heart a …
TRACK: ENTER SHIKARI – DREAMERS HOTEL
It’s hard to comprehend that Enter Shikari are on their 6th album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’ is set for release on the 17th April 2020 Prior to the album release the guys have dropped the single Dreamers Hotel which was Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In the World on 10th February. “I think it has …
See: Christian Death reveal new video for ‘Forgiven’
I have a long-standing but distant relationship with Christian Death. One dark 80s night, I found myself alone at Goth Night. My bleached perm was a beacon of light among the sea of jet black weave. I asked John the Goth what music he liked, and he declared his love for Christian Death. Intrigued, I …
Video Premiere : The Vera Jonas Experiment’s “Last Song”
Today we’re premiering the new video from The Vera Jonas Experiment. The song is called “Last Song” and you can check it out below. Also, check out Vera at one of her upcoming tour dates. About “Last Song”: Last Song is the first officially released song and music video of Vera Jonas Experiment since its …