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HAILING from the shores of Boulogne-sur-mer, on the French north coast, Pastel Coast are on land, looking out over the waves; as the Cocteau Twins once said with dreamy ecstasy, “Sea, Swallow Me”. Led by Quentin Isidore, the band have one maritime-inflected album under their belts, 2019’s Hovercraft, which is bookended by the title track …

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THE KILLERS’ founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning has released another taster of his June solo album, A Mild Case Of Everything, with the video for the anthemically synthy “Time & Fury”. You can’t deny Dave has a way with a tune, his writing at the heart of The Killers’ incredible success down the years. …

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FOLLOWING bdrmm into the annals of East Yorkshire’s new wave of dark, glamorous guitar royalty in waiting are Hull’s Low Hummer, who’ve finally announced their much-anticipated debut album, Modern Tricks For Living, to be released as the leaves began to fall and the fruits ripen. Ahead of that album they’ve released a new single, “The …

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Come gather round and hear this latest lovely; it’s a yearning folk-rocker, paced placidly, harmonies lofting with an ethereal glow – and it’s not afraid to kick out the guitars on that anthemic finish either. Chloe drops the single, which is very much about the joy and the communing of going to gigs and the …

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CO-FOUNDER of the lovely Dear Life Records, home to rootsy talents such as Josh Halper and Wes Tirey, and also the musique concrète stylings of Bolomite Jr. (see our recent Dear Life coverage here); drummer in the indie four-piece Friendship, Philly’s Michael Cormier makes a potent contribution to the beating heart of the US underground …

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TAPE WAVES are a rather lovely dream pop duo hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, who are leading a slow and sleepy dance for us towards their June album with a lovely, airy single, “Tired”, which you can play right here. It does all the correct things for a shoegazey tune; Kim Weldin’s voice is breathy, …

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EN ROUTE to Come Play With Me’s new compilation album, Side By Side, which is out in a month, the grassroots Leeds organisation which is doing the good work in tending to the West Yorkshire music scene has dropped another teaser track, which you can come play right here. It comes from Leeds’ own dream …

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NOW THERE’S a good match between two of these isles’ loveliest indie-folk musical forces. Lost Map, the cottage caravan industry label run by Pictish Trail’s Johnny Lynch from his fastness on the Inner Hebridean island of Eigg (pop: 87 or thereabouts), thus proving you can do lovely musical things far, far away from the capital …

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Douglas Von Irvin’s Carnival (DVIC) (a Toronto/LA based collective) has released a shimmering and haunting new track – ‘Vampire Lovers’ – a melodic ballad infused with a melancholic delivery and a hint of gothic horror. ‘Vampire Lovers’ has elements that reflect fellow US artists like The National, Grandaddy and Band of Horses: impassioned intelligent lyrics …

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BASED in the Granite City, Aberdeen, Craig John Davidson is a singer-songwriter and producer who reveals a softer side to the oil-rich, quartz-heavy surrounds of the city. He’s just released a lovely, piano and fingerpicking-led baroque-pop ballad, “Down At Dawn”, which you can hear below. Plaintive and with a gentle freshness like summer dawn rain, it’s graceful …

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