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See: Zoax release new video for Roses all the way
London five piece Zoax frontman Adam describes Roses all the way, the bands new single as being “one of our favourite songs that we have ever written and probably one of the most straightforward for us. The whole aim was to capture a track that everyone can jump around to from the word go.” It …
Track: Arrows of Love – Toad, plus UK tour dates
London art-rockers Arrows of Love follow up their highly regarded debut album, ‘Everything’s F*cked’, with a new single ‘Toad’, out on May 27th via the bands own Handspun Records and on limited edition vinyl and tape via Strong Island Recordings.The five piece, led by co-writers Nima and Nuha take a lead from the likes of …
Track: Two Another – Shouldn’t have done that
Following on from debut track Hogher, which showed they could handle Dilla-esque 70s soul/funk, and Keeping me Under, which raise expectation levels even further, London duo Two Another are back with their debut self-titled EP. Alongside those first two singles, it also includes a new track, Shouldn’t have done that. It’s full of these shimmering …
Psych Insight: Live, Henge, Electrowerkz, London, 26.2.16
As a band Henge are well named, a unit that is strangely archaic and yet solid; a band whose music batters through to your very soul. On the evidence of its self-titled debut album Henge is also a band that is pretty difficult to categorise being just about ‘post’ everything that you might throw at …
Say Psych: Live Review, Cavalier Song, Electrowerkz, London 26.2.16
Cavalier Song are a band that are new to me this year, but one that I really rate. The band’s debut album, Blezard (read the review here) is a stark and spacious record that has its moments of noise and chaos, but leaves you with the overall impression of dark tranquility. Seeing Cavalier Song for …
Track: SHA¥ Khushrenada – 10’s
Taken from his forthcoming mixtape, The Karman Line, produced by Toby Kenobi from the Astronaut Heroics collective, 10’s is the latest track to be released by London rapper SHA¥ Khushrenada. Talking about the track, he says that it’s “…simply about the paper chase, some people see money as a want, others a need. I talk …
See: Love Buzzard release new video for Cash
Filthy riffs and sordid drums lay the foundations for Love Buzzard, a London based band that we just can’t stop listening to. The band have been going strong for three years, and after support slots with Cerebral Ballzy, Slaves and God Damn, their debut album Antifistamines (due for release 12.2.16) contains the same amount of …
News: Letlive. Announce UK Tour In April
Letlive. have announced a UK tour! This April, the post-hardcore outfit will hit four venues over here, before heading out for a short time to Europe. These include three dates in London, and one at Manchester’s Sound Control. Their new album is set for release in the summer, so this will be the band’s first …
Track: Witching Waves – Pitiless
Taken from their forthcoming album ‘Crystal Cafe’, out on February 26th via HHBTM Records (US)/Soft Power (UK), London trio Witching Waves have released a second single, Pitiless – aka Emma Wigham, Mark Jasper, and Ed Shellard. Opening with this twisting guitar line, it soon unfurls into this driving indie rock gem, mixing up elements of …
Track: The KVB – In Deep, plus European tour dates
Out on March 11th via Geoff Barrows Invada label is the new studio album from London duo The KVB, aka Nicholas Wood & Kat Day. From it, the bands fifth LP since 2010, the pair have released a single, In Deep. Described by Wood as being about longing, “there is definitely a romantic undercurrent to …