Indie pop
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 …
Track: The SSS – The One You Need
The SSS have unveiled a brand new single due for release in early November. Following on from their “Love, Lust, Loss” EP which featured the cracking “Eighteen”, “Calm Before the Storm”, “Pirati” and “Into the Sun”, the band release “The One You Need” which sets the bar even higher. The band have been previously compared …
Live Review: Teleman / Katie Pham & the Moonbathers, Queens Social Club, Sheffield, 21.10.2016
Teleman are having a great night. They’ve sold out the Queens Social Club in Sheffield alongside a number of other venues on their tour, including a few which have been upgraded in size due to popular demand. Here in Sheffield, the crowd are going wild, fervently singing along and even interrupting a mid-song pause with …
Live Review: The Divine Comedy / Lisa O’Neill, The Foundry, Sheffield, 15/10/16
I last saw Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy under the banner of “An Evening with Neil Hannon” (rather than the full band line-up on show tonight) back in 2010 at Sheffield’s Leadmill. He gave a tour de force performance almost entirely alone, taking up instruments as and when required and giving an incredibly high …
News: The Spook School announce tour dates with PWR BTTM
With the news that they’re heading out on a European tour with PWR BTTM in December, The Spook School share a video that’s all about getting home. The Edinburgh quartet – of Anna Cory (bass and vocals), Adam Todd (guitar and vocals), Nye Todd (guitar and vocals) and Niall McCamley (drums) – have followed up …
Tracks: Bayonet – Weekend
Bayonet are Vince, Lewis, Danny and Sam – a dashing group from Sheffield who I once described as being “an indie band designed for posters on teenage girls’ bedroom walls” (see review here!). Their previous single “Everything” was a mean and moody slice of indie pop comprising raspy vocals, melodious guitars, percussion to bounce along …
See: Bitter’s Kiss reveal new video for My God
“My God is my reaction to the irony in religious conflict” says New Jersey singer-songwriter Bitter’s Kiss, aka Chloe Baker of her new single, “Religious beliefs are most often promoted as ways to make us better people, but can also be used to justify violence against others, with both sides believing that God is on …
Album Review: Bastille – Wild World
Bastille took the country by storm with the resounding “Pompeii” way back in 2013 after a slowly slowly catchy monkey approach of releasing a series of limited edition singles and EPs from the band’s formation in 2010 and then a whopping YouTube assaulting campaign where the track seemingly played before any video you tried to …
Album Review: Drugdealer – The End of Comedy
I really didn’t know what to expect when I was asked to review the new album by Mike Collins, the man who is Drugdealer, all I knew was that Collins had been on the LA music scene for a number of years and that he had a reputation for his Carole King-esque piano playing. I …
Track: Magic Trick share two tracks from forthcoming album Other Man’s Blues
Ahead of the release of their forthcoming album Other Man’s Blues, out on August 26th via Empty Cellar, San Francisco’s Magic Trick have released a couple of tracks from the record, ‘Forest of Kates’ and ‘First Thought’. The record is a loose, largely improvised affair, written by the bands songwriter Tom Cohen, and features a …