indie tracks
Track: Owen – A New Muse
American Football’s Mike Kinsella is gearing up for the release of a new album, The Avalanche in his Owen guise on June 19th. Recorded with producer Sean Carey (Bon Iver, Peter Gabriel) and engineer Zach Hanson (The Tallest Man on Earth, Waxahatchee), he’s also shared a new track ‘A New Muse’, available to stream right …
Track: Evening Hymn – My Drugs, My Dreams
Evening Hymns is the project of musician, composer and producer, Jonas Bonnetta. Along with news of his new track ‘My Drugs, My Dreams’ he also share news of his new album Heavy Nights which is due for release on June 26 via Jonas’s own label Shuffling Feet. “I wrote this song in my living room right after my …
Track: YNYS- ‘Aros am Byth’
Those champions of the Welsh indie scene Libertino Records bring us yet another gem from ‘Ynys’, the sumptuous ‘Aros am Byth’ (Waiting Forever). The quality, invention and songcraft on show should come as no surprise. ‘Ynys’ revolves around the many talents of Dylan Hughes (ex Race-Horses/Radio Luxembourg) and on ‘Aros am Byth’ you get the …
Track: Pottery – ‘Hot Heater’
Firing out from Montreal once again comes the wired post punkers Pottery with ‘Hot Heater’ the final taster from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Bobby’s Motel’. Following the pumping afro- disco of‘ ‘Texas Drums Pt 1&11’, the electro speed hop of ‘Take your time’ and the jangling Postcard warmth of ‘Hot like Jungle’ , ‘Hot …
Track: Ariel Pink – Iron Worrier
Mexican Summer last week launched a new digital singles project under the title of Looking Glass, looking At familiar names on its label to celebrate discovery, diversity and collaboration. To that end, this week has seen a new single on there from Ariel Pink – Iron Worrier. It’s has this almost overbearing nature to it, …
Track: Silverbacks – Muted Gold
Quirky and bubbly, angular and slightly off-kilter: Dublin’s Silverbacks have released a fantastic new single ‘Muted Gold’ that is eccentric, bold and highly enjoyable. Think of Talking Heads (maybe more Tom Tom Club), Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend with the slightly unhinged singing and idiosyncratic guitar picking style that I always associate with the late …
Track: PLÅSTIC- Bled
After being on the scene for just over a year, picking up attention as they go around London, PLÅSTIC have just released their new single Bled. Bled starts out with this energetic, early The Cure type thing going on, but it soon lets the shackles off, shakes out its hair and instead rumbles uncontrollably down …
Track: The Berries – Ancient Steel
“I’ve always been attracted to pop sensibilities and I was interested in making music that leaned more towards that instead of volume and distortion,” said Matt Berry, of The Berries about their last album. The former Big Bite and Happy Diving member and his band have released a new stand along single ‘Ancient Steel’, via …
Track: Coastal elite – Runaway
Essentially a collective stemming from Sydneys Personal Best label, Coastal Elite have released a new track, runaway, which this time features Moody Beach and ex-Porsches frontman Carl Fox. Like an indie comfort blanket, Runaway, with its glorious double bass lines, eases itself into your mind with its earworm melody, chiming synths and vocal harmonies, nodding …
Track: Meadow Meadow – Bonzo
Meadow Meadow are a collaborative project between Peter Darlington and James Green, split between Manchester and London. They’ve released their debut single Bonzo, via Practise Music. Peter says of the track Peter on the track: “Bonzo was the first song we wrote together that we felt captured the direction of where we wanted to go creatively. …