indie tracks
Live Review: Kitty Fitz – Third Man Records, London 25.7.2024
Third Man Records’ Blue Basement simulates what it would be like if you crossed a TED-talk stage with a laserquest. There’s a big yellow Smeg fridge with the word Literarium printed on it that spits out coffee-table paperbacks if you slot magic tokens near a hole labelled: ‘Try a Lucky Dip!’. It’s compact but mercifully …
Track: Poor Effort – HMRC
Under the moniker Poor Effort, Salford native Matty Dagger has shared his second single titled ‘HMRC’. A “tongue-in-cheek account of moving around questionable working environments.” His first single, ‘You’re Wrong, I’m Right (Symphony)‘, unpicked the ignorance that lies within polarised opinion with acerbic understatement, cutting into the toxicity of unhearing social media users and decrying …
News: Karan Aujla Announces Australian Tour
Punjabi sensation Karan Aujla is set to return to Australia
Track: Ladylike – Horse’s Mouth
Brighton quartet Ladylike share their first new music in 2024 with new single ‘Horse’s Mouth’ via Something Records. Produced by the band’s own Spencer Withey at Brighton’s Farm Road Studios, this latest cut sustains the band’s intention to offer sparkling illuminations on the benign drudgeries of everyday twenty-something life via an enigmatic stream-of-consciousness approach to …
Track: Efterklang – To A New Day (ft. Sønderjysk Pigekor)
Efterklang have shared ‘To A New Day’, the fourth single from their forthcoming album, ‘Things We Have In Common’, which will be released on September 27, via City Slang. The track is dedicated to new life and new beginnings and, like most of the songs on the new album, was written in collaboration with Rune Mølgaard. In addition to Sønderjysk Pigekor, …
Live Review & Gallery: The Last Dinner Party Cook Up a Storm at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 23.07.2024
Sydney Savours a Night of Musical Indulgence with The Last Dinner Party!
Track: Red Telephone release new single, Delay The New Day, ahead of October album release
Red Telephone’s new single, “Delay The New Day,” is an engaging, slow-moving slice of scuffed-up indie rock with a notable nod towards the psychedelic. Guitars shimmer and chorus’ mesmerise as the track shuffles its way through, coaxing the listener along with it. Following their acclaimed debut album “Hollowing Out,” this Cardiff-based quintet continue to explore …
Track: Deadletter – Relieved
Deadletter have shared the video for their new single, ‘Relieved’, the latest track from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Hysterical Strength,’ due out on September 13th via SO Recordings. Lead singer Zac Lawrence says about the song: “Ever been collared by the most bizarre person in a smoking area and wondered how to escape? Too polite …
Track: ELLiS·D – Carousel
Following the announcement of several UK headline tour dates capped off with an appearance at the Tim Burgess-curated stage at Kendal Calling Festival. Brighton’s ELLiS·D (Ellis Dickson) shares his new single titled ‘Carousel’. With all parts written and recorded by Dickson himself at Hackney Road Studios with producer Shuta Shinoda (Hot Chip, Jenny Beth), ‘Carousel’ …