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Indie: Jungle Doctors – Settle
Despite not actually being doctors, of either the jungle or indeed everything else, London five piece Jungle Doctors have been prescribing healthy doses of indie rock to an increasingly attentive (and growing) band of listeners. That journey, such as it is, began in earnest with the release of their first EP in 2012, and began …
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 …
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 …
Album Review: Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
The Race for Space is the much anticipated follow up to Public Service Broadcasting’s May 2013 debut ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’, which reached number 21 in the UK Album Chart and garnered rave reviews and award nominations in it’s wake. Public Service Broadcasting are pseudonymous musical duo J. Willgoose, Esq and Wrigglesworth who weave samples from …
Track: London quartet Little Grim release new single, Vice
Out on February 23rd is the new and debut single from London quartet Little Grim. Called ‘Vice’, lead singer and guitarist of the band Joseph Murphy describes the story behind the record as “Vice is a song based on jealousy. Like a neon light leaves a distorted impression under your eyelids, I feel jealousy distorts …
EP: Dorsia – Bygones
London production duo Dorsia kick off the new year with their second release, out through the Chasing Unicorns label on February 2nd. It follows on from their debut single Ghana which came out on LOFT records last spring and earned them support from the likes of Bicep, Tensnake, Jaques Renault and The Magician. Title track …
Album Review: Sumner – Sumner
Two years ago, there or there abouts Kristina Sarkisova arrived in London, via Moscow and Valencia with one suitcase and a guitar. Her intention, beyond seeing out the little money she had for a couple of months, was to give the ‘music thing’ a try. If she didn’t get a sign that it was worth …
EXCLUSIVE! : Pusher – ‘10,000 Hours’ – Exclusive first stream + interview.
Think back to the first time you heard your favourite band. You could probably tell in a few heartbeats that you were going to like them, and before the first song had ended, you were in love and wanted more. Well get ready, because if you haven’t yet, you’re about to meet your next favourite …
Track: Alex Burey – Inside World
I’m at the age now when I can just about begin to organise the important aspects of my life, such as generally being in the right place at the right time for whats needed – work, food, sleep and suchlike. But there again, I’m staring down the barrel of middle age, so I damn well …
EP: Pierre Codarin – Seconds to Go
We missed this when it dropped right at the end of last month, but it was too good to miss out completely. Fresh from his Waifs & Strays ‘Keep Pushing’ EP, which saw the label get support from the likes of Groove Armada and Tensnake, London based producer Pierre Codarin came back with a new …