indie tracks
Track: Algiers release expanded reimagining of Cleveland (20/20)
Taken from their 2017 album ‘The Underside of Power’, Algiers have released a hugely expanded version (to 50 minutes no less). On the original, vocalist Franklin’s James Fisher names the black people killed by police or who died in extraordinarily suspicious ways and who’s deaths were explained away as ‘suicide’. In this new version, the …
Track: New London trio Regressive Left share debut single ‘Eternal Returns’
FORMED by Georgia Hardy of Spilt Milk alongside Will Crosby and Simon Tyrie, Regressive Left is a new outfit from the depths of London who’ve just released their debut single, “Eternal Returns”. Having only played their debut show last year with PVA, Scalping and Porridge Radio, the trio have wasted no time in getting into …
Track: Maxïmo Park – Baby, Sleep
Maxïmo Park have announced details of their forthcoming new album ‘Nature Always Wins’, that will see release on February 26, 2021 via Prolifica Inc. Alongside this news they have shared the new single ‘Baby, Sleep’. Frontman Paul Smith comments: “I’m so happy we were able to make this album during lockdown, as it’s been a challenging time for everyone. After almost …
Track: The Nagging Doubts release double single Berlin/Marine ahead of EP release
Sydney band The Nagging Doubts are developing quite a reputation fresh out of high school – they have worked with Nic Dalton from the iconic Half a Cow Records and have now collaborated with the legendary producer Wayne Connolly (Underground Lovers, The Vines, You Am I, Youth Group) on their forthcoming EP entitled ‘Autocalm’. As …
Track: Catastrophe & Cure – Another Wave
Indie band Catastrophe & Cure are sharing their latest single, ‘Another Wave’, taken from their album ‘Somewhere Down the Line’ out now via Töchtersöhne records. The band comments: “’Another Wave’ was one of the first songs we recorded for our new album. It almost wrote itself. We had a couple of chords, the lead guitar …
Track: Django Django release new track, The Ark
Following on from event single ‘Spirals’, which marked the return of the ever brilliant Django Django, the band are back with a new track ‘The Ark’, previously only available As a b-side on the vinyl version of the Spirals single. Glittering, cascading synths and sprawling electronics make up instrumental The Ark, with these acid sounding, …
Track: Anna McClennan shares new single, ‘Raisin’, from forthcoming full length
Taken from her forthcoming album ‘I saw the light’, out in 20th November via Father/Daughter records, Raisin is the new single from Omaha singer-songwriter Anna McClennan. Of the song, Anna says: “I have long romanticized the idea of jumping off a cliff, and categorized it as the perfect metaphor for letting go. If I could only …
Track: Mock Suns reveal new track, Nobody’s Watching
Philadelphia indie / dream pop project have shared a new single, Nobody’s Watching from the forthcoming self-titled album, out 10/23, Bandcamp pre-order. Now essentially the solo project of Greg Puglese, it’s a follow on from previous track ‘Enchanted Forest’. If you can resist the warm chords, persuasive synth and piano lines and frankly gorgeous backing vocals, you’re …
Track: Pet Grotesque Share Psychedelic-Funk Banger ”Pingin Alone”
Hailing from South London by the way of Yorkshire, comes psychedelic-funk tinged bedroom popster, Pet Grotesque. A busy chap, Pet Grotesque also combines time playing in Speedy Wunderground outfit Tiña as well as having been a Goat Girl’s touring keys player. Despite the busy times, following up from the balearic banger ‘Scratch’ Pet Grotesque has …
Track: Bought it for the Bottle release new track, Statues
After coming together for an explosive performance in a Cocktail bar in Cookham, Bought it for the Bottle have been scattering releases here and there since 2019, and are back now despite everything 2020 has put in their way with a new track, Statues out via Not Yet Records It’s smart and sassy indie rock, …