Indie pop
Track: Lisbon – Tyler
After huge indie pop anthems like “I Don’t Know”, “Khaleesi” and “Vice”, Lisbon began to head in a slightly darker direction with music industry commentary track “Shark” and a long winter hiatus. The band find themselves back together (although one member light) on a UK this tour this spring, debuting their newer, more sample-driven material. …
Track: San Cisco – Hey, Did I Do You Wrong?
San Cisco release their 2nd new cut from their forthcoming third album “The Water”. The laidback summery track “Hey, Did I Do You Wrong?” finds the band in a contemplative mood, bringing dreamy strings and nostalgic, wistful lyrics. It’s a return to their more organic, folky origins and a real change of pace after the …
Track: Bayonet – Call Me When it’s Over
The boys from Bayonet are back with another immensely satisfying slice of indie pop, sounding beautifully retro and yet fresh all at once. “Call Me When it’s Over” begins with a gripping drumbeat and ice cream van -catchy melody which all echo the 80s stylings of the song and video. I’ve often complimented Bayonet on …
Track: Sprinters – Figure it out, plus tour news
Is it possible to do melancholy and good time indie pop? Yeah, course it is, just check out ‘Figure it out’ the new track taken from Manchester’s Sprinters self-titled debut album, which drops on May 5th on vinyl & digital platforms via Icecapades (Slowcoaches, Sex Hands, Joey Fourr etc..). The brain child of Wigan born, …
Album Review: Tennis – Yours Conditionally
‘Yours Conditionally’ the new album from Tennis was ceremonially launched from the jetty of their own label, ‘Mutually Detrimental’ on the 10th March. This finest of Riviera deserts is made up of ten tracks that are like dollops of whipped ice cream, dazzled in crystal sugar, lathered in unctuous sauce and flaked in nearly the …
Live Review: Be Charlotte – Attic at The Garage Glasgow 17.2.2017 Plus Gallery
Half way through their short tour of Scotland, Be Charlotte enthral a packed Attic with a set of stunningly artistic and irresistibly catchy anthems. As we’re waiting for Be Charlotte to take to the stage, I’m told by a fellow photographer that I should prepare myself for something special and when the band – made …
Album Review: Dutch Uncles – Big Balloon
Dutch Uncles return with a triumphant fifth album, their fourth on the Memphis Industries label and first since 2015’s “O Shudder”. It’s remarkable that the Marple band (Duncan, Pete, Robin and Andy, formerly also Daniel) are still making their delightfully catchy and quirky brand of indie pop which has been labelled as “math pop”, “art …
See: White Lies release video for Don’t Want To Feel It All, ahead of UK tour
White Lies whet the appetite of fans hungry for their tour with the video for ‘Don’t Want To Feel It All’. Taken from their current album ‘Friends’, released late 2016, ‘Don’t Want To Feel It All’ is a dream for all fans of the 80s new romantic bands. The track has a minimal but catchy …
Track: Half Waif – Severed Logic
Half Waif’s exploration of home inspires wandering soundscapes and restless lyrics on new single ‘Severed Logic’. Brooklyn-based Nandi Rose Plunkett – joined by Zack Levine and Adan Carlo as Half Waif – is continually seeking a sense of place and it is this ongoing search that runs through her forthcoming EP, ‘form/a’ (due for release …
Album Review: The Suncharms – The Suncharms
Sheffield five piece The Suncharms were one of those bands, in more ways than one. You know the sort I mean – we all have them. They made the sort of tracks that, if you knew them, you loved them, pestered your friends about them, included them on all the cassettes you made that probably …