Sunderland
Live Review: IST IST / Wax Heart Sodality – Independent, Sunderland 06.05.2022
By Hazel Littlemore It was my first time seeing wax heart sodality and as the show began with the lights down low the lead singer took the stage wearing a mask and a headscarf. The lights came up and the act began and he slowly removed his mask through the act to reveal who he was. I …
Live Review: Pip Blom / Mt Misery – Independent, Sunderland 29.04.2022
By Adam Littlemore Misery as they first open up the night with their amazing music spinning Lo-fi romantic songs in their live performance with their ambient atmosphere sounds. This was the third time Mt. Misery have played at the Independent, and they are one of my favourite bands. I missed their set when they performed …
TRACK: Sunderland’s Sly Hand’s fiery debut, ‘Big Pharma’
FORMED just last year, Sunderland duo Sly Hand’s sound was forged in the fire of family trauma, which brought two hitherto estranged cousins = Andrew (vocals and guitars) and Paul (drums) – together to make cathartic music. And the first fruits of this consanguinous collaboration is single “Big Pharma”, which is available now at Bandcamp. …
Track: Roxy Girls – Dirtier
with the release of their EP ‘A wealth of evolution’ due to drop on June 5th via Moshi Moshi Records, Sunderland post-punks Roxy Girls have released ‘Dirtier’, taken from that release. After this drum led opening that sets Dirtier as something a bit left of the field, it bursts into action, not so much hanging …
Track: The Futureheads – Jekyll, plus UK tour dates
Sunderland indie rock quartet The Futureheads have revealed ‘Jekyll’, the lead single from their sixth studio album which drops on August 30th. Describing the track as, “a monstrous, preposterous riff for monstrous preposterous times,” Barry Hyde says ‘Jekyll’ is, “a violent song about my childhood disgust at the grinning, jeering faces of certain fellow primary school students …
Track: Frankie & The Heartstrings – Save it for Tonight, plus new album news
Frankie & The Heartstrings return following their much lauded 2013 album ‘The Days Run Away’ with their third long player, Decency – which comes out on 10th July via the Pop Sex imprint. Recorded at the back end of last summer in Leeds with (you guessed it) Hookworms MJ at the helm, Decency also sees …