indie rock
See: Desert Mountain Tribe announce new album, release video for ‘Wide Eyes’
The London based alternative/indie rock trio Desert Mountain Tribe will release their second album on 1st June. ‘Om Parvat Mystery’ is co-produced by the band with James Aparicio and was recorded in London and the Faroe Islands. Najma Akhtar, the well known British singer of Indian ancestry who has previously collaborated with the likes of …
See: Arctic Monkeys reveal new video for Four Out of Five
The Arctic Monkeys newly released single, ‘Four Out of Five,’ is as startling and captivating a listen as their sixth album – ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino’ – from which it is taken. Alex Turner croons the opening lines like ‘Young Americans’ era Bowie covering ‘Happiness is a Warm Gun’ over a sinewy, claustrophobic rhythm …
Live Review: Hush / The Kaleidoscopes, Record Junkee, Sheffield, 05/05/18
It’s always a pleasure when a live band are as good as their recordings and with Hush, the latest pop rock offering from Sheffield, the band are not only as polished and professional, but also as raucous and fun and insanely catchy as their music suggests. Off the back of their latest single “King and …
See: LUCAS reveal new video for Anne Marie
Manchester three piece Lucas have released a new video for their single ‘Anne Marie’, taken from their upcoming EP, High Wire. Produced and co-written by Cage the Elephant’s Lincoln Parish, its a heady mix of Brit-Pop, a sort of shoegaze psychedelia, and a little dash of Marc Bolan. “Anne Marie was a turning point for …
Track: The Rare Occasions – Physics, plus US tour dates
Los Angeles four piece The Rare Occasions are preparing for the release of their new album ‘Into the Shallows’ which drops on May 25th. Ahead of it, they’ve released a new track from the album ‘Physics’ and announced a string of US tour dates. Physics is this twisting Arctic Monkey-ish indie rock affair, spewing out …
Track: Celestial North – Illuminate Yourself
One song at a time, Celestial North is slowly quietly building a lovely collection of heart-liftingly elegiac and pastoral indie-rock tunes. Illuminate Yourself is the third of them and well worth a listen. Find it and its equally ace predecessors (Winter Circle and Hey Völva) at Bandcamp
Track: HOO HAs – Rantra
The HOO HAs‘s new single, ‘Rantra’, is an angry, loud, swaggering beast with a sneer and a studied pose. It’s a brilliant. Think of the shouty side of The Fall mixed with the bluster of Blur and a whole swag bag of attitude mixed with a pint or three of lager and stomping Dr Martens …
See: Editors reveal new video for Darkness at the door, plus US tour dates
Editors have announced ‘Darkness At The Door’ as the next single to be taken from their critically acclaimed UK top 10 album, ‘Violence’. Filmed at the band’s sold out headline show at the 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, the video merges electrifying live footage with more intimate, close up shots of singer Tom Smith. …
Track: Manic Street Preachers – Liverpool Revisited
In anticipation of the release of the new Manic Street Preachers album ‘Resistance is Futile’ on 13 April 2018, the Manics have released a classic track entitled ‘Liverpool Revisited’, which is about the Hillsborough Justice Campaign efforts to get some legal accountability for the death of 96 supporters in the 1989 stadium crush in Sheffield. …
Album Review: mastersystem – Dance Music
‘Dance Songs’ is the fantastic debut album from mastersystem, an indie supergroup of brothers. The band consists of Scott Hutchinson and Grant Hutchinson from Frightened Rabbit, Justin Lockey from Editors and his brother James Lockey from Minor Victories who have come together to produce something that has its own unique identity. ‘Dance Music’ is far …