Indie
Meet: We speak to Hinds about new album ‘The Prettiest Curse’ and more
We adore Hinds’ third album The Prettiest Curse. The Madrid-based quartet (Carlotta Cosials, Ana Perrote, Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen) have released their most complex and candid work to date, while retaining the grin-inducing exuberance that has become synonymous with this band. It has also come at a perfect time – just when we all …
Track: Seneca – The Ventriloquist
Seneca are a new, alternative rock band from Devon, UK. They have just released their debut single ‘The Ventriloquist’. A three and a half minute blend of math rock guitar over an indie backing topped with some cracking vocals create a great funky rock track from this talented group. It’s an impressive debut and only …
SEE: Van Dammes’ garagey plea for a ‘Tax Free World’
HELSINKI’S bubblegum garage punks Van Dammes are, like most of us, making the best of a bad situation in midsummer 2020. With the cancellation of their European tour – during which the band were pencilled in to perform at the opening of Euro 2020 in Copenhagen – the guys have settled with making and releasing …
ALBUM REVIEW: McCarthy – ‘The Enraged Shall Inherit the Earth’
IF YOU’RE an old-skool, proper indie kid (and full disclosure, I count myself among that number), with campaign medals from the C86 wars – you saw action on the Creation, Midnight Music, 53rd & 3rd and Subway front lines, clutched fanzines with the finest, sipped snakebite during a set by Mighty Mighty – then Optic …
TRACK: Long Faces bring the Canterbury vibe on ‘Sail Away’
SOMETIMES the musical DNA of a city seeps into your bones. At first listen the fourth release from London-Leeds-based alt-rock quintet The Long Faces, “Sail Away”, would seem to give no clues. Big, strong, theatrical vocals with a hint of vibrato sit atop complex guitar figures, spiralling away over a twelve-string. That’s until you learn …
Track: Moscow Apartment – New Girl
We were highly impressed by Moscow Apartment‘s single ‘Halfway‘ released last month and their new release, ‘New Girl’ is a clear indication of the songwriting strength and sustainability of this talented Canadian duo. While ‘New Girl’ continues the same delicate musical vulnerability of ‘Halfway’, it incorporates within itself a muscular spine with its heartfelt themes …
See: The Beths new single ‘Out of Sight’ and 2021 tour
The Beths do power pop and they do it very well with the pizazz, attention to detail and inventiveness that hints at their jazz past. The foursome from Auckland, NZ have ridden through a heady couple of years ever since their debut LP ‘Future Hates Me’ gained what seemed to be unstoppable but worthy momentum. …
Track: Dream Wife – Temporary
London based trio Dream Wife release their explosive second album So When You Gonna next month and have just released an emotional new track ‘Temporary’ about the often unspoken struggles of miscarrying “It’s about the heartbreak of repeatedly putting your body through the transformation and danger of pregnancy, and it’s about holding space for dreams of creating …
Album Review: The Spitfires – Life Worth Living
In my formative years I was madly in love with what is termed as the second wave of ska – bands like The Specials, Madness and The Beat. There was a third wave which didn’t move me much, but if The Spitfires represent a fourth wave, then welcome back. ‘Life Worth Living’ is quite frankly …
Track: Eskobar – Behind the Sun
Our favourite Swedish retro rockers Eskobar are back with another anthemic thundering single, ‘Behind the Sun’, off their forthcoming album ‘Chapter 2’. And what a jolly enjoyable cathartic piece of indie rock it is, with its fuzzy intro and cinematic entrance. Eskobar mix a studied insouciance with dedication to their craft. Crunchy guitars over a …