Rating: Jake Evans, formerly of alternative rock band Bad Lieutenant alongside Bernard Sumner, strikes out solo with bold and energetic experimental rock roll, with his new album Day One. Taking his talented penmanship as co-writer of Bad Lieutenant’s works, Evans…
Rating: Teen Men seem to beautifully reflect on youth through mature sound craft with their blissful indie-pop debut. The name Teen Men spouts from an advert in an early 1960s Playboy. The term funds ideals of irrational self-confidence and risk…
Having been described “rock meets electronic realms of Krautrock”, Liverpool’s The Vryll Society look set to be making their mark on the UK music scene in the very near future. Signed to Deltasonic Records, the label behind The Zutons and…
Four-piece indie rock outfit Profumo, from Newcastle, unveil their debut EP Brutalism. Signed to the North East label Forgotten City Records, the six-track works are of sweet shuffle-pop. Blossoming from 60s pop with elements of skiffle-beat, Profumo add a flare…
The indie-poptastic US trio Strange Names recently released their debut album Use Your Time Wisely. The Minneapolis threesome bring the classic New Age sound of the 80s into the contemporary, with meaningful pop. The band came together at The Univeristy…
Teenage Movie Soundtrack is the perfect title for Heyrocco’s debut album, as it certainly would not sound out of place as the soundscape to a ’90s indie rom-com. It can often be argued that ’90s-deriving grunge bands are nothing short…
You may recognize Evvol as members of the former gothic-electronic trio Kool Thing. The Berlin-based group consists of Jon Dark, Julie Chance and Valentin Plessy. As the newly named Evvol, the threesome pushes forward in a new mystifying and magical…
The cordial US trio Strange Names welcome the ears with their debut album Use Your Time Wisely. Rubbing shoulders with band member Liam Benzvi’s high-school friend Azelia Banks, the band have seen rising recognition in the run up to the…
In 2007 the pop-gem filled Twilight Of Innocents was set to be Ash’s final epochal album. Yet surprisingly Ash have rekindled their 90s punk enthused creativity and titanic guitar vigor for a series of live shows and festivals in accompany…