Indie
Track: Tindersticks – We Are Dreamers
2013 was something of an anniversary for notoriously gloomy indie rockers Tindersticks, turning 21 years old and releasing their Across Six Leap Years album. Doesn’t look like they’ve any intention of stopping there though, announcing a new album, their tenth. Titled The Waiting Room and out on Jamuary 22nd next year via City Slang, the …
Not Forgotten – PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Sometimes heading for more calmer, more easily accessible waters is a good thing. Take PJ Harvey for instance, for years she had been known as a lady with a penchant for the shouty, confrontational and vitriolic. The trouble was she always seemed to possess an unfulfilled desire to create music that one day may get …
New Music: No Hot Ashes – Easy Peeler / Smooth
Manchester indie funk four piece No Hot Ashes have followed up last years debut single, Goose with a AA-side single Easy Peeler / Smooth (no bits), Produced (as was that highly regarded opener) by Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Ocean Colour Scene,The Twang, JAWS) the band released it with a sold out gig at the Kraak Gallery …
New Music: London post-rock band Nonta release new single, Pulse
London post-rock indie band Nonta make the kind of atmospheric music that has you screaming Daughter and Sigur Ros (well, maybe not screaming, more fervently whispering). Ahead of their forthcoming debut EP Pulse, the band have shared the title track. It cracks through the silence, layers of intertwining guitars, glockenspiel and cello, its woody beauty …
News: The Lemonheads head to the UK next week
Legendary alt-rockers The Lemonheads return to the UK and Ireland this October, their first dates in almost three years. Led by 90’s magazine pin-up Evan Dando, the band formed way back in 1986 but found success hard to come by until Dando met Tom Morgan and Nic Dalton in Australia in 1991. It was essentially …
Not Forgotten: Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Every now and again you encounter an act whose entire aesthetic appeals to you. From his gorgeous gatefold CD artwork, to his live presence, Father John Misty’s combination of classic singer songwriter stance and soulful rootsy vibe strikes a chord with those of us who would really like them to make albums like they used …
Album Review: Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m goin down
Kurt Vile comes off as a bit of a mystery at first. You listen to the guy as he mumbles and shrugs his way through a song, surrounded by some really great music. You wonder is this guy for real? You listen some more and little details, shaded nuances, and sly phrases begin to make …
Track: Rebecca Everett releases the yearning torch song, Sting Of A Kiss
Rebecca Everett is set to unleash her new album ‘Seven Shades’ and she promises it will be “dark, moody, melodic”. Well, if “Sting of a Kiss” is any indication then she looks to make good on that promise. This is a classic torch song with shades of early James Bond and a southern twang.
News: Universal to release Sparks box set – The Island Years
Aside from being (approximately) half of pop supergroup F.F.S. it shouldn’t be forgotten that Sparks, aka Ron and Russell Meal, were a rather brilliant group before their latest collaboration. For in those halcyon days of the 1970s, Top of the Pops and other popular cultural establishments were, if not awash with then certainly not unfamiliar …
See: Victories At Sea release new visuals for Sirens
Some say that you become your surroundings. Surround yourself with simple, pleasant things and you’ll have a simple pleasant life. That’s the theory anyway. But what if your surroundings are a bit bleaker than that? What if all around you is urban sprawl and derelict industry? Victories At Sea come from such surroundings, and rather …