indie rock
News: Embrace Get Their First Vinyl Reissues For Albums ‘Out Of Nothing’ And ‘This New Day’
Embrace, one of the most successful UK bands of the ’90s and ’00s, are set to reissue their chart-topping albums Out of Nothing and This New Day for the first time on 180-gram vinyl this October 30th on Craft Recordings. This New Day will be available worldwide and Out of Nothing will be available worldwide excluding North America. The long-sought-after reissues were cut at London’s Metropolis …
Track: Black Honey – Run For Cover
After recently releasing single ‘Beaches’, Black Honey return with a new single ‘Run For Cover’ On writing ‘Run For Cover’, Izzy says – “’Run For Cover’ is about the nuances in sex. It’s fun but on a bit of a knife edge of risk and weird. Sex can be clumsy, emotional and complex. There’s so …
See: Plants and Animals share video for new track Le Queens
Plants and Animals have shared a brand new single and video for ‘Le Queens’. Featuring Adèle Trottier-Rivard on vocals, the theme was inspired by an evening spent in Queens, NY. Taken from their new album ‘The Jungle’, set to be released October 23rd via Secret City Records. The band shares the inspiration behind the song : “Woody got this machine …
Track: Crime Spree In Candyland – Fatalism
LA Based Indie rock band ‘Crime Spree In Candyland’ have shared their new single Fatalism. Drawing inspiration from bands like Glass Animals, Bloc Party and No Knife, Crime Spree create fresh and instantly nostalgic anthems with their take on moody Indie Rock. Bass driven rhythms and summer vibes dominate this track. Sharp punctuated guitars and …
SEE: Francis of Delirium’s ‘Equality Song’: a righteous roar for parity
ONE of the bands of 2020 who’ve really got fire in their collective belly, Canadian-American duo Francis of Delirium have blazed back with a dance-your-Docs off plea that we need gender equality; like, right frickin’ now. The twosome, who call Luxembourg home, set out their stall with their debut release back in January, “Quit Fucking …
TRACK: Cults share new single, ‘No Risk’
MULTI-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, better known as Cults, have shared their third single “No Risk”, taken from their fourth studio album Host, which is out on September 18th via Sinderlyn. Speaking on the new release, Cults say: “Antithetical to the title, the song is all about the benefits of taking risks, and how difficult …
Album Review: Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec
Having formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1983, Guided By Voices are nearly as old as the author of this album review. They were responsible for my favourite indie rock album of last year, ‘Sweating the Plague’, which they followed up earlier this year with the rather less impressive ‘Surrender Your Poppy Field’. The band have …
SEE: Damn Vandals – ‘Into The Light Of Love’: rock ‘n’ roll with the lockdown monkey
LOCKDOWN monkey – now there’s a cool concept. I wonder if he’s a distant, cross-channel of Mr Oizo’s Flat Eric, sold not on deep techno squelch but the eternal blessings of good ol’ scuzzy rawk ‘n’ roll. Damn Vandals, who crawled up and into our heads toting proper sleazy and squealy axe abuse are following …
NEWS: The Wytches Announce New Album ‘Three Mile Ditch’, release video
Peterborough bred rockers The Wytches have announced their third album Three Mile Ditch, which will be released by Cable Code Records on Friday, October 2nd. The collection of ten tracks is bursting at the seams with hard rock screamers, with hooks and riffs so infectious they burrow deep into the brain. The tracklisting announced is as follows: …
Track: L.A. Witch share the heavy grunge of ‘Gen-Z’
Taken from their forthcoming ‘Play With Fire’ album, out on August 21st on Suicide Squeeze, Californian trio L.A. Witch have released their latest single, Genn-Z. Of the track, the bands guitarist and vocalist Sade Sanchez said “‘Gen-Z’ is inspired by a series of articles mentioning the high rates of suicide amongst the Gen-Z due to …