indie tracks
Track: Dinosaur Jr. – Hold Unknown
Ahead of their return to the UK for a string of shows this month, the mighty Dinosaur Jr. have returned with a brand new single, ‘Hold Unknown’, released as part of the Adult Swim singles series. As soon as the song hits you with the frantic drums and wild guitar solo you know this is another high …
Track: Iceage – Painkiller feat. Sky Ferreira
Iceage have announced their new single ‘Pain Killer’, taken from their just-announced new album ‘Beyondless’, released May 4 on Matador. Featuring backing vocals from Sky Ferreira ‘Pain Killer’ roars to life with a blast of Bond-esque horns, galloping drums and wriggling guitars, showcasing the augmented and widescreen sonic palette found on the new album. ‘Beyondless’ …
Track: Gang of Four – Lucky
Legendary post-punks Gang of Four are back with new material, their first since 2016’s acclaimed ‘What Happens Next’ album. It comes in the way of an EP, Complicit, out on April 13th and ahead of that they’ve released a new track – Lucky. Written by guitarist Andy Gill and frontman John ‘Gaoler’ Sterry, with the …
Track: Stephen James Adams and the French Drops – Bad Apples, plus album and tour news
The rather ace Stephen James Adams has recruited a new band to back his wearily tuneful songwriting. His first collaboration with the French Drops will see the light of day with an album Virtue Signals and tour at the beginning of May. The first song emerging from the album – Bad Apples – can be …
Track: Jack White releases new single “Over and Over and Over” ahead of new album and tour
Jack White has released “Over and Over and Over”, his latest single from upcoming album “Boarding House Reach”. A music video directed by acclaimed duo Us, consisting of Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor, was filmed in London this week and is due to be released soon. Fans of Jack White won’t be disappointed by this …
Track: The Double Happiness – City
Those who remember the heady days of the Australian indie music scene in the eighties will remember the incredible range of bands playing every night on every pub on every corner – including bands that epitomised a certain charming innocence and simplicity while crafting indelible pop songs – bands like The Go-Betweens, The Particles, The …
Track: Yo La Tengo – For You Too, plus tour dates
With the release of their new album, There’s a riot going on, imminent, NJ trio Yo La Tengo have released a new track from the album, For you too. It’s brooding and hypnotic, this effect laden guitar line buzzing away in the background while Ira Kaplan sings quiet words of assurance: “For you / whenever …
News: Gomez to release 20th anniversary reissue of Bring It On, plus tour dates
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gomez’s Mercury Music Prize winning debut album, Bring It On will be re-mastered and reissued (20.04.18) as a super-deluxe 4CD with an accompanying remastered double LP release. The 4CD 20th Anniversary edition of Bring It On contains the original, classic album remastered by Frank Arkwright @ Abbey Road studios …
Track: The Magic Numbers – Sweet Divide, plus UK tour news
Returning after a three year hiatus, The Magic Numbers have revealed details of a new album, Outsiders, due on May 11th, and the first track to be taken from it – Sweet Divide. Of the album, frontman Romeo Stodart says “I never wanted to be a part of anything, the cool kids at school, the …
Track: Bilk – Give Up
Young Essex three piece Bilk hare about to released their debut single Give Up, produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Coral) in Parr Street Studios, Liverpool. Lead singer Sol Abrahams described the track as being about “The idea of not giving up your aim when you’ve got your surroundings and other things going on in …