Indie
Track: Eora/Sydney-based Fvneral defrost for our delectation the single ‘Frozen Lasagne’ – a haunting, delicious paean to reciprocation of kindness
Fvneral are an Eora/Sydney band with impeccable credentials. Co-produced by member Tim Blunt (Stand Atlantic, Birds of Tokyo), and Phan Sjarif (Middle Kids, Cry Club, Velvet Trip), their new single ‘Frozen Lasagne’ is a delicate and moving ballad that has all the hallmark ingredients of tasty pop – a golden thread of melancholia running throughout …
Live Review: The New Pornographers/Wild Pink – Wall Street Theater, Norwalk, CT 14.05.2023
Sunday night’s performance marked 20 years “and a few days” since the release of The New Pornographers’ second album Electric Version. A gentle reminder that it’s been over two decades since this indie supergroup led by Carl (AC) Newman first came into being and still continues to evolve. I recently listened to a Sirius XMU interview …
News: Wide Awake Festival 2023 Full Line Up
Wide Awake Festival, situated in Brockwell Park, has established itself as one of London’s most distinctive festivals in recent years. Taking place on May 27th 2023 the festival will welcome the likes of Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, Daniel Avery, Coucou Chloe, Blondeshell, Arooj Aftab, Enumclaw, Jockstrap, Joy Orbison, Molchat Doma, Oneohtrix Point Never, Optimo (Espacio), The Bug Club, The Underground Youth and VTSS, Osees, …
Track: Wade Jackson’s ode to ‘The Sweetheart’ is a heartfelt torch song that smolders with intensity.
With a Las Vegas late night velvet lounge delivery replete with sweeping strings and a Burt Bacharach sixties-fringed tone, the new song from Wade Jackson is dramatic, theatrical and bold. The bold statuesque delivery carries lyrics that are yearning and romantic, yet tempered with a sobering dose of self-deprecating reality: Sweetheart, I woke up from …
Track: Sydney’s Fallon Cush return with the slow burning fuse of ‘Grain of Salt’
It’s been three long years since we’ve heard from Sydney outfit Fallon Cush and two years since main singer/songwriter Steve Smith released a single on his own (‘Runnin Red Lights‘), and it is great to see the band back in the saddle with new single ‘Grain Of Salt’. Labelled as Americana, I prefer to see …
Album Review: Esben And The Witch Release Some Atmospheric Brilliance With New Album ‘Hold Sacred’
Esben and the Witch — comprising Rachel Davies, Thomas Fisher and Daniel Copeman have been going since 2008, flirted with gothic, electronic-tinged dream pop and exploring heavier post-punk and metal textures over their run of albums. They have returned now with their new album ‘Hold Sacred’ a collection of brooding, gentle, ambient staked compositions. “We wanted to create a softer, …
News: The Royston Club share new single ‘The Deep End’
Hotly-tipped, emerging outfit The Royston Club have shared the huge new single ‘The Deep End’, listen here. Hailing from Wrexham, North Wales (arguably the most talked about town in the country right now) the four piece have fast become one of the country’s most hotly-tipped new acts – selling out UK headline tours and dominating huge festival stages, and now the band …
Track: Esben and The Witch – A Kaleidoscope
Today Esben & The Witch share the latest single ‘A Kaleidoscope’ from their stunning new album, ‘Hold Sacred’ out tomorrow on Nostromo Records. “Everything’s changed and nothing’s changed,” says vocalist Rachel Davies of their sixth album, Hold Sacred. “This kernel is the purest essence of Esben and the Witch since our inception.” It’s a product of the trio’s deeply important, 14-year-spanning friendship. Together, they shut themselves away to …
Premiere: The Burma unveil the cinematic atmospheric single ’23’ ahead of album and UK/Irish tour dates.
Irish band The Burma‘s new single ’23’ is a glittering jewel of a track: a widescreen cinematic pop anthem that positively glows, and we are honoured to premiere this sonic ray of light. A flowing pace set by a pattering percussion and shimmering guitars combine with velvet vocals to create something with a stately presence. …
Track: Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters are guided by the ‘Northern Star’: a smooth, poetic and eloquent journey from the new album.
Mark Lucas and his band the Dead Setters are a bit of a Sydney institution: exquisite purveyors of an alt country tinged style of troubadour folk rock that has flowed though the inner west for decades like a vein of treasure. The new single ‘Northern Star’ is a liquid gold river of music, with Lucas’s …