Indie
Premiere: Man & The Echo – Vile as you want
We’re delighted to be able to premiere the new single, Vile as you want, from Warrington agit-indie rockers Man & The Echo. It follows on from a busy 2015 from the band, who released three singles – two of which garnered decent amounts of AirPlay, the third, largely due to the 25 ‘fucks’ contained within …
Track: Wildhart – Fantasy
It’s been a bit of a wait for those people who loved Gothenburg trio Wildhart’s debut single ‘Stuck in a Second’, release petty much exactly a year ago. But now their back with a refined sound (one that’s been soaked in fellow countrymen Niki & the Dove and Little Dragon and a new single Fantasy, …
Track: Paves – Take me while I’m here
London quartet Paves follow last Novembers debut single ‘Til the end of time’, with a new track ‘Take me while I’m here’. Taking at least a little bit from the likes Blossoms but mixing it in with a good dose of good time blues rock, the band do a neat line in lovable ruffian like …
News: PJ Harvey to release new album, watch trailer
Journeys seems to be the thing that has inspired PJ Harvey to write her new album, The Hope Six Demolition Project, which comes out April 15th through Island Records. Recording for her ninth album took place at Somerset House, where, during her resisdency there, members of the public could view what was going on through …
Track: Deep Sea Diver – Creatures of Comfort
Creatures of Comfort, the new single from former Shins guitarist Jeqssica Dobsons new band Deep Sea Diver, comes from their forthcoming album Secrets, out February 19th on the High Beam label. It has this rather lovely listlessness about it, these little synths flourishes and picked guitar chords contrasting the melancholy of the melody. It ebbs …
News: Smiths legend Mike Joyce pledges signed vinyl to record fair to help flooded record store
The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce has donated some very rare signed vinyl to a special record fair that will help save Muse Music who lost their stock after floodwater ripped through Hebden Bridge on Boxing Day. Mike’s signed records form a unique retrospective of Britain’s greatest indie band that is just one of the star …
Album Review: Tuff Love – Resort
If you’ve already been seduced by Tuff Love’s fuzzy indie pop, you probably own the three EPs they released between 2012 and the end of 2015. If so, you can stop reading this review. Go and listen to those EPs back to back and congratulate yourself on having great musical taste. Everyone else please read …
Album Review: Savages – Adore Life
It is rare that I will just sit down and write an album review after my first listen. I like to give my brain some breathing space, to come to terms with what I’ve heard and collect my feelings. Not so this time.The new album from London post-punk four-piece Savages has compelled me to start …
Not Forgotten: Aimee Mann – Whatever
I have always kept an eye open for new female singer-songwriters. In general I am a huge fan of the genre (if you can call it a genre in its own right). But for every good one, there are a handful of bad ones. For every Tori or Alanis, there is a Sandi Thom or …
Album Review: Eleanor Friedberger – New View
“Oh Eleanor, it’s going to be alright. Things may seem down right now, but I promise things will get better. People come and people go out of our lives, but we will always have the memories of those people to put a smile on our face. Or, bring a tear to the eye. Regardless, you …