Indie
Live Review: Starsailor – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 08.04.24
I’ll be honest, it’s been a long time since I’d thought about Starsailor. They’d briefly punctuated the beginning of my working life in the early 2000s, but then had faded into the background. Not so for the completely packed out Brudenell crowd, bursting at the seams with 400 devoted fans. The band had continued to …
Premiere: Iain T McKelvey exclusively reveals the anthemic rush of new single ‘There Goes Hollywood’.
We are very pleased to premiere the new track ‘There Goes Hollywood’ from indie rocker Iain T. McKelvey, who, in the interests of change and brevity, has shorn the Midnight Tangoes as an appendage to his name but keeps the same jangling rock’n’roll sound and swagger (with the old band members still contributing). McKelvey says …
Live Review & Gallery: The Legendary Holy Holy Brings Latest Album ‘Cellophane’ to Enmore Theatre – Gadigal/Sydney, 13.04.24
Saturday night, amidst the bustling streets of Enmore, Gadigal/Sydney, something magical unfolded within the walls of the iconic Enmore Theatre. It was a night where time seemed to stand still, and the world outside faded as Holy Holy took the stage, captivating the hearts of new and longtime fans. Fresh off the triumph of their …
EP Review: Melanie Baker – Burnout Baby
Newcastle-based indie newcomer Melanie Baker has released her new EP ‘Burnout Baby’ via Daemon T.V. the EP follows on from the recent singles ‘All My Plants Have Died’, ‘I Don’t Cry Like I Used To’, and anthemic latest effort ‘Double Decker Death Machine’ that announce the EPs arrival. Detailing the origins of ‘Burnout Baby’, Baker revealed: “This EP is about …
Album Review: Rowan Smith unveils songs ‘in the key of kintsugi’ – an assemblage of exquisite sonic treasures framed in gold.
Rowan Smith is songwriter and founding member of Melbourne bands Macguffins and Barefoot as well as writing a series of solo albums. The MacGuffins played between 1988 and 1992 before recently reforming and have links to the Underground Lovers with Philippa Nihill a member. Smith has just released a solo album entitled ‘in the key …
Live Review: Vivas / Chatfield / Lunarca – The Leadmill, Sheffield 06.04.2024
Vivas rocked the Leadmill in Sheffield on Saturday night, wrapping up a successful seven-date spring tour with a sold-out performance and capping off a series of standout shows. Kicking off their set with “Don’t Wanna Be in Love,” and treating the crowd to a strong fifteen-song show. Noteworthy was their cover of Harry Styles’ “As …
Album Review: (strangely)(emotional) sees Dave Graney and Clare Moore paint a vivid portrait of life on a whimsical canvas.
Surely the coolest couple in the antipodean music scene, Dave Graney and Clare Moore have today released their new album ‘(strangely)(emotional)’ and it is a journey into the magnificently astute and erudite world of Graney’s fervent imagination. And yet this world is firmly grounded in reality as song titles such as ‘I’m Already Missing The Lockdown’ and …