indie tracks
Track: Mark Lanegan Band – Playing Nero
Following on from Stick It Up, which we fell for previously, the Mark Lanegan Band have released a new track, Playing Nero, in the run up to the released of the band Somebody’s Knocking in October. It’s Lanegan at his introspective best, his lived in voice offering up a rather melancholy tale. As he says “Sietse …
Track/Video: Haiku Salut – Loves / Going Back
Written over a two month period in their studio on the edge of the Peak District, Haiku Salut have written a new soundtrack to Buster Keaton’s 1926 comedy classic ‘The General’, and from it they’ve released a new double a-sided single, Loves / Going Back, ahead of the albums release on August 2nd via Secret …
Track: Crumb – Fall Down
With their self-released debut album Jinx only a couple of weeks away, Brooklyn’s Crumb have released a new track in the shape of Fall Down. It follows the release of Ghostride and Part III, and follows similar paths of being this stripped back woozy slice of psychedelic pop. Full of drop dead gorgeous synth chords …
Track: New Order – Sub-Culture (live) plus Manchester live concert album news
Indie legends New Order have announced that their gig from July 2017 that took place in Manchester’s Old Granada Studios (where Joy Division had made their television debut on Tony Wilson’s So It Goes programme) is going to be released on triple vinyl, double cd and download/stream on July 12th, titled ‘∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + …
Track: Neutrals – Hate the Summer of Love
Bay Area jangle punks (I mean its self described but I liked them before I even heard them given that) Neutrals have released a new single, ‘Hate the Summer of Love’ ahead of their debut album Kebab Disco, out on June 6th via Emotional Response Records. Part Television Personalities, part postcard records, it’s this 100% …
Track: Crushed Beaks – Honesty Box
London-based Crushed Beaks return in a confident mood with a new album ‘The Other Room’ and new single up their sleeve. A taster of whats to come in the album is ‘Honesty Box’, a blast of pure energy powered by a driving motorik beat and drenched in layers of warped distortion. The Other Room was …
Track: Broken Chanter – Wholesale
Broken Chanter has released debut single ‘Wholesale’. Broken Chanter is the new solo project from David MacGregor principal songwriter of Scottish Alt-Pop darlings Kid Canaveral. Last year MacGregor isolated himself in spots around the Highlands and Islands, recording skeletal demos before decamping with long-term collaborator and engineer and producer Gal (Chvrches, Man of Moon, Frightened …
Track: Ice Baths – Clusters
Ahead of tomorrow’s (31st May) release of their Decadent Sprinter EP via Blank Editions, London post-punks Ice Baths have revealed the last single to be taken from it, Clusters, following on from previous singles, Auster and Simulation. It’s a taught slice of post-punk/art rock, with these shards guitar shattering over the accompaniment in the verse …
Track: Drab Majesty – Long Division, plus European Tour Dates
LA duo Drab Majesty have just announced their new album, Moden Mirror, is set to be released on July 12th via Dais Record. From it, the band have shared a second single, Long Division, and have also announced a string of UK dates as part of their European Tour that takes in Birmingham, Nottingham and …
Track: Pinky Pinky – Mr Sunday
Out on June 14th via the ever brilliant Innovative Leisure label is ‘Turkey Dinner’, the debut album from LA-Trio Pinky Pinky. From it they’ve released a new track, Mr Sunday. The track is a swooning slice of warm indie rock. There’s something faintly sad about the song, with the vocals leaving us in no doubt …