indie rock
See: The Blend release new video for ‘Don’t Waste My Time’
Taken from their recently released album ‘All Departures’, South East Coast indie rockers The Blend have released a video to accompany their track ‘Don’t Waste My Time’. Drawing comparisons with the likes of The Who, the band certainly revel in a sense of the anti-establishment, and backed up with splashes of keys infiltrating the driving …
Live: The Enemy Farewell Tour – Manchester O2 Ritz – 07/09/16
A soundtrack of classic songs from local bands plays over the speakers of the O2 Ritz in Manchester. The walls are already sweaty and crowd lively from the great opening sets from Orphan Boy and Prose. The Enemy are embarking on their final tour of the country after a successful ten years in the business; …
See: Watch the new video from Ben Millburn for his track ‘I’ll Go’
If his first EP, Part One – Strange love and consequence, was about a recurring dream, then the latest in a set of EPs entitled ‘The Balance EP’s’ from Louisiana born and Austin based singer-songwriter Ben Millburn is about dealing with them. Whereas it’s predecessor was a loud affair, so this new EP, Local Honey …
Track: Fire Fences – Eastern Avenue
For an unsigned quartet hailing from Bridgend, South Wales, Fire Fences have some pretty impressive names behind the recording of their new song, Eastern Avenue. Recorded in Los Angeles at 4th Street Recording, it was produced by Sejo Navajas, engineered by Chase McElhaney and mixed by Jose Alcanter (Interscope Records) before being mastered by Brian …
See: Brama-Loka reveal video for new single, Noble Savage
Mossley, Greater Manchester four-piece Brama-Loka are about to release their Bill Ryder-Jones produced single, Noble Savage on September 5th. It’s a follow up to last years debut EP, and has already been attracting quite a bit of interest, including Phil Taggart dropping it on his Radio One show. It’s easy to see why. Noble Savage …
Track: Honeyblood – ‘Ready For The Magic’ Plus UK Tour News
Honeyblood make a magical return with the spellbinding first single from new album ‘Babes Never Die’. The Glasgow-based duo of Stina Tweeddale and drummer Cat Myers have announced that the wait is over for their eagerly anticipated second album, ‘Babes Never Die’ (out 4 November on Fat Cat Records), and have shared the video for …
Album Review: Viola Beach – Viola Beach
Valentine’s weekend this year. I was on my way home from British seaside town Scarborough, where Backseat Mafia had just finished a triumphant weekend hosting a stage at the town’s Coastival festival; a fantastic weekend for live music. Or so I thought. It was then that I heard the sad news that Cheshire born indie …
News: Kate Jackson & The Wrong Moves announce Autumn UK tour
Most will look back on Sheffield’s The Long Blondes with a fair degree of fondness: It’s be easy to trot out the “female fronted Pulp” cliché but they were so much more than that, and promised great things until their untimely split in 2008 following guitarist Dorian Cox’s illness. Front woman Kate Jackson has been …
Track: Acrylic – ‘Overrun’
Acrylic share their atmospheric sound with summery new tune ‘Overrun’. This indie-rock five-piece are all students currently residing in Glasgow’s west end. Their intricate sound has already caught the attention of Amazing Radio, BBC Scotland and XFM Scotland and 2016 began with them supporting The View on New Years Day. New single ‘Overrun’ begins with …
Meet: Gangs, and listen to their new single, Theives
When we first heard Scottish quartet Gangs, we were a little intimidated. Despite the fact that we loved the driving, hard edged indie/punk rock of their new single Thieves, there was this sense of malevolence and anger about it that just kept us, as it keeps the track, on edge. It’s a pulsating affair, that …