indie albums
EP Review: HotKid – Downtown
HotKid is the creative vision of Canadian producer, songwriter, and guitarist Shiloh Harrison. Along with Harrison, the EP features Jesse Bellon on guitar, Andrew DeVillers on bass, and Mike McKeever on drums. The full-band tracks were recorded live off the floor at the National Music Centre’s Studio Bell in Calgary. This new EP has a …
EP Review: Balancing Act – Tightropes and Limericks
The second EP from these guys continues the great work they demonstrated with Malice In Tone (read our review here). Recorded across multiple studios, the band self-recorded sections at Studio Alouette in France, some parts with Joshua Rumble (Gang of Four, Black Country, New Road) at Big Red Studios in Cheshire, and also spent time …
Album Review: Charly Bliss – Forever
It’s been five years since Charly Bliss graced us with an album. Exhausted from touring their second album, it took a while for the band to pick things up and deliver another batch of tracks. The break has done them well, though and with ‘Forever’, they have delivered an album thats fun, fresh and, more …
EP Review: Victory Lap – Torch Songs
Sometimes, an act comes along that does things their way instead of following the crowd. Victory Lap is such a band, and their noir-infused genre seems like a breath of fresh air from a band that goes alone when it comes to songcraft. Even their name has an older-world feel and a stiff-upper-lip English world, …
Album Review: The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know: The Lemon Twigs Shine Bright with Retro Pop Brilliance
I mean, it’s obvious when you think about it. Pull together the best bits from mid-term Beatles, the sunshine pop of The Beach Boys, baroque elements beloved of The Left Banke, Love, the psych pop of bands such as West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and elements of Todd Rundgren, Nick Lowe, and the likes, …
EP Review: Melanie Baker – Burnout Baby
Newcastle-based indie newcomer Melanie Baker has released her new EP ‘Burnout Baby’ via Daemon T.V. the EP follows on from the recent singles ‘All My Plants Have Died’, ‘I Don’t Cry Like I Used To’, and anthemic latest effort ‘Double Decker Death Machine’ that announce the EPs arrival. Detailing the origins of ‘Burnout Baby’, Baker revealed: “This EP is about …
Album Review: The Clockworks – Exit Strategy; London based indie rockers sparkle on long awaited debut album
Irish raised – London based band The Clockworks have absolutely nailed it on their long awaited debut album. Produced by Bernard Butler (Suede, McAlmont & Butler), who also has Irish roots being London born of Irish parentage, and recorded partly at Abbey Rd, this is an album which has ‘breakthrough’ written all over it. It …
Album Review: Flamingods – Head of Pomegranate; London based psych indie quartet return with a delicious slice of fuzzy, summery fun
Bahrain born but London based psych infused quartet Flamingods return with their sixth album, ‘Head of Pomegranate’ out now on the Liquid Lable. It takes the listener on a euphonic world tour, starting in Los Angeles with the psychedelic dream pop delight ‘Dreams (On The Strip)’, we then head to the coast for current single Adana. …
Album Review: Soft Covers – Soft Serve; charming Australian jangle purveys debut long player
If an indie pop record with a DIY aesthetic is the sort of affair that floats your boat, then you need to jump on the debut record from Melbourne based Soft Covers, out right now via Hidden Bay and Little Lunch cassette and vinyl respectively. After homing skills in bands such as Dumb Things, People …
EP Review: Opus Kink – My Eyes, Brother!
The Brighton music makers Opus Kink have released the follow-up to their debut EP ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry‘, with the doubly impressive ‘My Eyes, Brother!’ Speaking ahead of their EP release, frontman Angus Rogers stated: “Our new EP ‘My Eyes, Brother!’ is a loose collection of dream and nightmare sequences. The narrators, proudly unreliable, don their various …