Indie
Track: Happyness – ‘A Whole New Shape’ and ‘Weird Little Birthday’ Reissue news
If you were lucky enough to have caught South London trio Happyness in one of their support slots for Slow Club in February or JAWS at the start of March then you’ll know what a great band they are. I managed to catch them at their gig at Queen’s Social Club in Sheffield and they looked …
Live Review: Slow Club / Happyness – Queens Social Club 28.02.2015
A sold out show at Queens Social Club was always going to be special. Slow Club have been one of Sheffield’s favourite bands for years now, playing coveted slots at Tramlines and releasing a new album in the summer of last year. The cool February night felt warmer as I approached the Queens Social, knowing I …
Meet: Lola Colt – A Psyched up interview
Lola Colt provide such a rich deep vein of sound and vision to tap into that it’s almost too tempting to overdose the adjectives and comparisons. It’s Psych-edged, carefully honed and sculpted from a widely-sourced spectrum, before being transmuted into seductive new forms. So while you’ll find evidence that their inspirations are pulled from a diverse repertoire: …
Track: Cannibal Animal release carnal new single, ‘Followed’
Sirens call out the new song from Hull trio Cannibal Animal until rhythmic drumming and a fraught, frantic utterly filthy bass line start off proceedings. Previous track ‘Pavement Jungle’ set out their intentions early on, as chainsaw guitars ripped through a sleazy rhythm section it redefined New Wave sensibilities marking them out as ones to …
Meet: Champs talk new album, influences and the Isle of Wight
We recently reviewed Vamala, the fabulous new album from Isle of Wight duo Champs, giving it a deserved 9 out of 10. You can see that review in full here. It looks like we are not the only people impressed by Vamala as the album continues to collect overwhelmingly positive accolades from the music press. We managed …
News: Shed Seven + Inspiral Carpets announce 2015 tour dates
For what has now been established as one of Decembers finer traditions, albeit on a biennial basis, this year Shed Seven are pulling out all the stops to bring a Brit-pop/indie overload to their fourteen date tour. Accompanying them as support will be none other than one of the bands that helped turned Manchester to …
Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – Flood
As the 90s dawned, things were restless in the musical firmament. In the UK, we were coming to terms with the fact that we were still suffering from the hangover of terrible pop songs and even worse production methods that the 80s had blighted us with, and across the Atlantic folks were taking a long …
Track: Lisbon – “I Don’t Know”
Lisbon are Matthew, Joe, Alex and Gaz, hailing from the North East and are on the verge of breaking through into the big leagues. Their music is infectious, euphoric and fits neatly into the current trend of upbeat, melodic, synth-driven pop alongside Two Door Cinema Club, the 1975 and Foals. I caught them as support …
Track: Furs – I Wanna Know
If you’ve been out to see Gaz Coombes on tour recently, the likelihood is you’ll have seen London quartet Furs as well. Certainly Coombes has been lavishing praise upon them as they go. Ahead of the release of their debut album later in the year, the band are back with a new single, I Wanna …
Track: Spies – Sea Creature
Dublin alt-rockers Spies have followed up last years much admired Moosehead single with a new forthcoming EP, titled Sea Creature. Ahead of its release the band are streaming the EP’s title track. The track opens with these stark sounding guitars and pianos over a shuffling drum line. There’s something slightly dark and brooding about the …