indie tracks
See: Paper Kites release new visuals for Electric Indigo
In anticipation of their forthcoming album twelvefour, due out on 28 August, Melbourne indie-folk outfit, Paper Kites, have released a video of the song ‘Electric Indigo’. The song itself is a luscious, sleepy, melancholic song, fitting perfectly into the theme of the album based around the creativity felt after the hours of midnight. The video …
Track: Miles Brown – Apparition
We enthusiastically reviewed a release from Melbourne band Night Terrors late last year – describing it as beautiful, haunting and gothic. Now, one of their members, Miles Brown, has released a solo single entitled ‘Apparition’ and it is a joy to experience. There’s a cold front moving through south eastern Australia, and you can wear …
Track: Copywrite – Philophobia
Australian alt-indie four piece Copywrite are preparing for the release of their debut single, Philophobia. The band started to record when they were just 16 at high school, and it was completed a year later. They describe Philophobia saying (it is) “a taboo but common fear of love. I found it interesting that it was …
Track: Love nor Money – Shake Me
Exciting and thrilling, the British girl trio Love Nor Money have released the colourful and energetic “Shake Me”. With winding riffs on the guitar and layered voices at the introduction, the song soon takes off, driven by the talent of Bess Cavandish’s vocal line, which leads the listener on a sound trip full of crazy …
Track: Sextile – ‘Flesh’
We introduced you to LA post-punk-noir outfit Sextile a few weeks back (click here for interview) after we were instantly blown away by their debut release ‘Can’t Take It’. Well in no time at all they’re back with another number from their forthcoming debut album ‘A Thousand Hands’. Again it’s a beautiful, dark, slice of …
Track: Seapony – Let Go
Seattle’s Seapony are back after nearly two years with new album A Vision due to be released on 31 July. Let Go is the second single from the album and is just under three minutes of breezy surf pop perfection. Jen Weidl’s dreamy vocals and Danny Rowland’s jangling guitar combine with a touch of synth …
Track: Mercury Rev – The Queen of Swans
We’ve been waiting a long time for a new Mercury Rev album – since 2008’s Snowflake Midnight – and, if first single and album opener The Queen Of Swans is anything to go by, The Light In You will have been worth the wait when it is released on 18 September. This is a sparkling …
Track: Frog Eyes – Joe with the Jam
It’s been almost two years, but Carey Mercers project Frog Eyes are back with a new album, Pickpocket’s Locket, which drops on August 28th via Paper Bag Records. Despite featuring contributions from Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake), Jesse Zubot, John Paton and Paul Rigby, Mercer wrote the album on his acoustic guitar, …
Track: Wild Ones – Show Me islands
We’re not quite used to heat waves here in the north of England, so when we get one, like today (the hottest July day on record, apparently) we get all giddy, kicking back in the garden and drinking beer. I’m sat between work and work, in a supermarket cafe (with no air conditioning) so I’m …
Track: The Retrospectives – Confusion
Sheffield duo The Retrospectives, aka guitarist Tom Galton and bassist Will Stocks, are back with a new single, Confusion, out tomorrow (June 29th). Taking inspiration from the classic rock of Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams and The Rolling Stones, the band make very definite guitar music, but judging by previous singles Insane and Gold …