Indie
Album Review: The Besnard Lakes – A Coliseum Complex Museum
The Besnard Lakes sound like a cloudburst in the middle of an emotional breakdown. Absolute beauty in the midst of some psychic turmoil. Towering melody and cavernous harmonies ride on psychedelic riffs and proper rock and roll drum bashing. Ever since the very beginning back in 2003 the Montreal-based husband and wife team of Jace …
Not Forgotten: Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Love Bad News
There are times when a band hits a point in their career where everything is just right, where they make that quantum leap forward that they’ve been threatening to make for years. Such are the vagaries of music fandom that point isn’t recognised by all their fans immediately and there are inevitably those that feel …
Track: Cullen Omori – Cinnamon
By Ryan Jameson Weaver Not many people know this, but Smith Westerns were an incredibly special band. They crafted delectable teenage gospel in a way that was almost purposefully harking back to their past but proud and boastful enough that it lived on its own. They were snotty Chicago kids encapsulating the hype machine of …
Album Review: King Charles – Gamble For A Rose
Things are changing for singer-songwriter Charles Costa AKA King Charles. His 2012 album ‘LoveBlood’ was a bouncy and quirky collection of pop gems. But January sees the release of its follow-up, and it couldn’t be further removed. Those big pop hooks have been replaced with something else; something more honest, and raw. After his collaboration …
Track: Field Music – Disappointed
Sunderland avant rockers Field Music first heralded their forthcoming album Commontime before Christmas in the shape of The Noisey Days Are Over. If that vibrant slice of progressive indie pop wasn’t enough to tickle your musical taste buds, they’ve followed it up with the equally brilliant Disappointed. Described by David from the band, who takes …
Track: Yuck – Hearts in Motion
London based quartet Yuck return with their third album, titled Stranger Things, due to drop on February 26th via Mamé Records. From it the band are showcasing the first new music in the form of a track, Hearts in Motion. Yuck singer Max Bloom explains the track saying: “”Hearts In Motion” is a song about …
New Music: Native People – Don’t Save Me
Kent indie four piece Native People have unveiled a new single, titled Don’t Save Me which comes out on January 22nd as part of Killing Moon’s January Compilation Album. The band are still very much in their youth, boasting two 18 year olds amongst their ranks, but have managed to craft something that is actually …
Track: Polyenso – 17 New Years
“Everyone has a light and a darkness inside them. For us it comes out in our music,” reflects Alex Schultz, of Florida trio Polenso about their forthcoming second album.. “Dichotomy is a huge theme in this record. Head and heart, gluttony and apathy, and love and hate are some of the obvious ones.” The St. …
See: The Shimmer Band release video for ‘Shoot Me Baby’
The Shimmer Band pack a psychedelic punch with new single ‘Shoot Me Baby’. The Bristol five-piece – Tom Newman (singer), Willz Hatcher (drums), Tom Smith (guitar/synths), Tom Kuras (bass) and Babsy (guitar) – are set to make heads spin with their pounding and twisting blend of psych-rock and pop. This reflected in a particularly trippy, …
Album Review: Hinds – Leave Me Alone
With the release of their highly anticipated debut album, ‘Leave Me Alone’, Hinds melt away the January blues with twelve songs full of attitude, charm and Spanish warmth. The Madrid quartet started out as a duo called Deers in 2011 before Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote were joined by Ade Martín and Amber Grimbergen …