pop
Track: Alisa Xayalith (from New Zealand’s The Naked and Famous) unveils anthemic and powerful debut solo single ‘High Fidelity’.
One of New Zealand’s most fabulous exports, The Naked and Famous, exploded on to the international scene with some stunning indie pop singles and albums and some blistering live shows (see video for ‘Young Blood’ here). While the band is currently in hiatus, singer Alisa Xayalith (now based in Los Angeles) has just released a …
See: Beans on Toast leads us in a celebration of what it means to be ‘Humans’; he’s on tour, too
WITH his new album of acoustic optimism, Survival Of The Friendliest, out as of Friday gone and the first leg of a tour crisscrossing the islands already under way, London troubadour Beans on Toast has brought us one final single of homespun warmth, with a video starring Beans, his wife Lizzy Bee and daughter Wren …
Track: Principe Valiente – Porcelain
Swedish dark pop act Principe Valiente announce their return with new track ‘Porcelain’, taken from the bands forthcoming album entitled ‘Barricades’, due mid-March which will be their first album for new label Metropolis Records. The single ‘Porcelain’ is also available as a remix package with treatments by Agent Side Grinder, Ash Code and TRAITRS. An …
Track: Arliston – Mountaineer
Arliston are a trio comprising three completely different music backgrounds and personalities; Jordi, Jack and George all provide genre influences ranging from metal to indie, from all corners of the UK and beyond. This has resulted in a sonically diverse alternative-pop sound and since their forming back in 2018, Speaking more on new track ‘Mountaineer’ …
Live Review: Jessie Ware – o2 Academy, Birmingham 01.12.2021 plus gallery
Wednesday brings a very different event to what was experienced 2 days before in the same venue. Jessie Ware’s support act comes in the form of a drag queen DJ set from the one and only Jodie Harsh. Anyone walking into this already packed venue, is a little confused at what’s happening at first but …
Track: Josephine Sillars – ‘I’ll See You When I See You’: heartfelt songwriting from a rising Highlands talent
THE LATEST instalment in the singles club run by Leeds grassroots organisation Come Play With Me – the label, zine, promoter and all round caring body active on the West Yorkshire scene – comes from a fine female singer-songwriter, now resident in the capital of God’s Own Country, but who came south from the Highlands …
Premiere: Robotikus is ‘Out Of Love’ – a shimmering disco pop collaboration with KOWL and Calypso from the outer reaches of the world.
Like rays of sunshine filtering through gum tree branches, the new track ‘Out Of Love’ from Robotikus, collaborating with fellow Hobart residents Cal Young (KOWL) and vocalist Calypso, is a celestial shining beacon of light, leavened with shades of melancholia and tristesse. The inherent sense of yearning provides a delicious counterpoint to the euphoric choruses …
Track: Melbourne’s Hooper Crescent are ‘Best In Town’ – a superb slice of angular post punk joy.
‘Best In Town’, the new single from Melbourne outfit Hooper Crescent, is a thoroughly satisfying slice of post punk joy – angular fuzzy instrumentation with blushes of saxophone and a delightful swaggering poise and attitude. The lilting pace and thundering bass under the surface make for a vibrant dynamism, with the dissociated vocals and choruses …
Premiere: Sydney’s Marveline serves up a darker dose of pop with the synth buzz of ‘Evil Worm’, and announces launch gig.
The solo work of Pete Marley (from The Nature Strip) under the name Marveline, has always delivered the most exquisite, intelligent and articulate pop, and we are honoured to be able to premiere his new track ‘Evil Worm’. It’s been a while since Marveline released ‘Fly By Instruments’ back in June (reviewed by me here) …
Track: Piel break out of LA with the sleek, filmic funk pop of ‘Custodian’
AFTER taking part in one of NPR’s essential Tiny Desk Concerts last week, which’ve hosted pretty much anyone who’s anyone in indie music, Los Angelino quartet Piel have released the elegant, dreamy, whisper of “Custodian”, which rolls forward on choppy funk guitars and finely-honed crescendos. To me it sounds like it could have come from …