Indie pop
Meet: The Wired interview
The Wired sit down for a chat with me ahead of their headlining Leadmill gig in mid-December. I’ve seen the band on quite a few occasions, sometimes supporting, sometimes topping the bill themselves and I’m looking forward to meeting them properly. Backstage at the Leadmill, I’m greeted by lead singer Caleb, guitarist Jacob and bass …
Meet: Bayonet interview
I sit down to interview Bayonet ahead of their sold out headline gig at Sheffield’s The Leadmill and spend an honest and often hilarious hour and a half chatting with the four local friends who are going from strength to another in terms of their profile and most importantly, their output. Latest single “Heart Attack” …
Live Review: Bayonet, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 02/12/16
Bayonet have good cause to be in a celebratory mood tonight as they take to the stage at the Leadmill in Sheffield. Having bounced around the Sheffield scene playing many a venue and taking their infectious blend of indie pop on the road to other lucky towns and cities, they’re playing a sold out gig …
Track: Bayonet – Heart Attack
Bayonet are back with yet another catchy indie pop single and this time “Heart Attack” channels a little bit of the 1975 and early 90s shoegazing indie. Bayonet are a teenage dream band, making music to fall in love with and to. I can imagine many a shy indie couple shuffling along to their upbeat …
Track: San Cisco – SloMo
San Cisco are possibly the most exciting thing to come out Australia in years, balancing pure indie pop with some cooler electro sensibilities and a sense of fun, sunshine and joy which is often offset with some darkly delicious lyrics. They debut their brand new single “SloMo” and it’s an instantly singable slice of goodness …
Live Review: The SSS / The Vellas / Sundance, Sheffield City Hall, 26/11/16
The SSS have got good reason to feel proud tonight. Having last seen them play a double bill alongside fellow Sheffield upstarts the Wired at the iconic Leadmill, tonight I am witness to them sell out Sheffield City Hall’s cavernous ballroom in their own right. Ahead of them we get two slightly-further-down-the-queue-to-fame support acts in …
News: Tegan and Sara announce a string of UK dates in the new year.
Following on from their much lauded album ‘Love you to death’, Tegan And Sara will be hitting the UK for a string of dates in February 2017. Born in a glittering sheen of intelligent pop music, Tegan and Sara’s recent 8th album ‘Love you to death’, saw the group once again working with producer Greg …
See: Girl Ray share the video for ‘Where Am I Now’
Girl Ray get all nostalgic in the video for new song ‘Where Am I Now’. This north London four-piece – of Poppy Hankin, Iris McConnell, Sophie Moss and Emily Craste – play wistful indie-pop that is ridiculously easy to fall for, as I did when I saw them support the equally breezy-sounding Tuff Love last year. …
Album Review: Honeyblood – ‘Babes Never Die’
Honeyblood haven’t just survived second album syndrome – their triumphant sophomore record, ‘Babes Never Die’, proves they’ve thrived on the challenge. The follow up to the 2014 eponymous debut album from the Glasgow-based duo, of Stina Tweeddale and drummer Cat Myers, has been eagerly awaited. Having appropriately fallen for Honeyblood around thirty seconds into ‘Fall …
EP: Braver Than Fiction – The Fool
Braver Than Fiction can take their comparisons with the mighty Fleetwood Mac as more than just a flattering musical connection as the Sheffield outfit have a bumpy road behind them involving line up swaps and health problems. The five piece describe themselves as “dark loungey swagger” on their Facebook page and combine diverse backgrounds and …