Indie
See: Liela Moss releases new video for Atoms At Me
Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit has announced that her new solo album, Who The Power, will be released on August 7th via Bella Union, and to celebrate she’s released a new video for lead track Atoms At Me, directed and filmed by her neighbour and IYEARA singer Paul O’Keeffe. There’s a certain angst and …
Album Review: Elvis Valentine and The Ghosts of Chance – The Book of Numbers
Out on Bandcamp is ‘The Book of Numbers’ by Elvis Valentine and The Ghosts of Chance, an offshoot of the Scottish Shoegaze band, Wozniak. This album is a fuzzy, alternative rock long-player, evoking the poppy edge of Big Star, Neil Young, Steelers wheel and Dinosaur JR. At times, there’s a Garage-Punk snarl, which can then fly …
Track: The Lemon Twigs – Moon
The illustrious alternative and classic rock influenced band, consisting of brothers Michael and Brian D’addario, recently offered yet another single from their upcoming album Songs for the General Public. This follows the album’s first single The One. Like The One, Moon is an upbeat, swiftly moving creature which oozes a lyrical message of sorrow and …
See: Connie Constance release new video for ‘Monty Python’
Watford singer-songwriter Connie Constance has just released her first new music of the year in the shape of a new track – Monty Python. The track expresses Connie’s feelings of feeling wildly out of place at dinner parties, and comes a year after much lauded debut album. Monty Python bubbles away, its indie rock stylings …
Track: Cigarettes after Sex – You’re all I want
Cigarettes after Sex has returned for their first new music since the release of their their sophomore album Cry, with a new single ‘You’re all I want’. Chronicling a new love, the track is described by the bands Greg Gonzales “Recorded in the summer of 2017 during the sessions for our second album, Cry. The …
See: Lucy and the Rats release new video for September
Formed after former Spazzy member Lucy Ellis moved from Melbourne, Australia to London, Lucy and the Rats are a three piece who have been establishing themselves in heartfelt alt-(indie) rock. Several singles and a well regarded debut album later, the band are back with a new long player, Got Lucky, out on July 3rd via …
Track: We Are Scientists – I Cut My Own Hair
New York’s indie cult band We Are Scientists are back with a new single, ‘I Cut My Own Hair’ due 22nd May via 100% Records. The track is the first official release since 2018’s Megaplex album. It arrives at just the right moment, with people in lockdown around the world taking matters into their own hands and …
Track: Whitney – Country Roads/Rain
Whitney are a band whose music creeps up on you. The Chicago based group, led by guitarist Max Kakacek and vocalist/drummer Julien Ehrlrich, have always drawn lovingly from the ‘Windy City’s’ classic soul heritage but that’s only part of the Whitney thing. Ehrlich’s effortless falsetto, Kakacek’s warm fluid guitar, rich horn arrangements, a folk- rock …
See: Cut Worms release new video for Castle in the Clouds
Max Clarke, alias Cut Worms, is a musician who needs to look back to move forwards. Not that the Brooklyn based singer songwriter is any sort of revivalist. He takes ingredients from the fringes of early sixties pop, country and doo-wop before stirring them up into intriguing mixes of contemporary low-fi tunefulness. Now, following his …
Track: The Brave Faces – Lots of Nights Out
Brighton’s The Brave Faces follow up their impressive debut ‘In The Dark’ (premiered by me earlier this year) with ‘Lots of Nights Out’, another pure pop indie delight. The song captures the ennui of being out with people you don’t particularly like, with a sly sense of humour and a witty turn of phrase: Lots …