indie rock
Track: Hooded Fang – Tunnel Vision, plus new album news
Toronto four piece Hooded Fang have announced their new album ‘Venus On Furs’ is to be released on 13th May via Daps Records. To whet the appetite a little further the experimental indie rockers have released a slice of what we can expect in the shape of a track, Tunnel Vision. It begins with this …
See: The Sherlocks release new video for ‘Last Night’
Forged from the same Sheffield steel as the Arctic Monkeys, four piece The Sherlocks have made an impressive fist of following their indie rock path to stardom so far, gaining support from the likes of Annie Mac and Huw Stephens, who eulogised about the bands live performances. Before heading off for the BBC introducing stage …
Track: Witching Waves – Pitiless
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Crystal Cafe’, out on February 26th via HHBTM Records (US)/Soft Power (UK), London trio Witching Waves have released a second single, Pitiless – aka Emma Wigham, Mark Jasper, and Ed Shellard. Opening with this twisting guitar line, it soon unfurls into this driving indie rock gem, mixing up elements of …
See: Heavy Heart Release video for Time will stand still
From the smoggy streets of Southeast London comes a scintillating new sound which in no way reflects the location of their inception. After releasing their initial EP, winning a competition to perform at a festival in Spain and playing shows in New York for CMJ Music Marathon 2015, the newly founded band Heavy Heart have …
News: DIIV announce Spring European Tour
Brooklyn based shoegazers DIIV are gearing up to the release of their second album, Is The Is Are, a 17 song double album out this Friday (5th Feb) via Captured Tracks. Ahead of that, the follow up to critically acclaimed debut Oshin,they’ve announced a mammoth European tour this Spring taking in a handful of dates …
News: Fatherson announce sophomore album ‘Open Book’
Scottish trio Fatherson have announced details of their new album Open Book, which will be released on 3rd June 2016. Their latest single ‘Lost Little Boys’ premiered on Huw Stephen’s Radio 1 programme this week, introducing fans to tales of friendship, growing up, and the band’s journey through the music industry. Fatherson have managed to …
See: Last Shadow Puppets release video for Bad Habits, announce June live dates
There’s two ways of looking at it I suppose. Either that the waits nearly over, or alternatively the anticipations almost at boiling point. It’s those Last Shadow Puppets, ostensively Alex Turner and Miles Kane, and there second album that’s causing all the talk. Turns out ‘Everything you’ve come to expect’ is coming out on April …
Track: Cullen Omori – Cinnamon
By Ryan Jameson Weaver Not many people know this, but Smith Westerns were an incredibly special band. They crafted delectable teenage gospel in a way that was almost purposefully harking back to their past but proud and boastful enough that it lived on its own. They were snotty Chicago kids encapsulating the hype machine of …
Track: Yuck – Hearts in Motion
London based quartet Yuck return with their third album, titled Stranger Things, due to drop on February 26th via Mamé Records. From it the band are showcasing the first new music in the form of a track, Hearts in Motion. Yuck singer Max Bloom explains the track saying: “”Hearts In Motion” is a song about …
News, Sonic Youth 180g vinyl reissues
USM are embarking on a re-issue programme of some of Sonic Youth’s key albums as part of its ‘Back to Black’ series, all to be available for the first time on 180g vinyl, and with high quality downloads. First up, later this this month, (January 22nd) are ‘Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star’, ‘A …