Many bands take their time over the construction of their second or third albums – but how many dedicate nine years to the creation and curation of their debut? For lead singer Sophie Dodds and the assembled musicians known collectively…
The latest export from Australia’s booming alt-pop scene, BENT are a post-punk group in the mould of The Raincoats or The Slits, but with their own skewed style thrown in. In a recent review of a compilation of Aussie and…
Whilst groups losing members is fairly common, how often do duos become trios? Well, that’s the case for Birmingham garage band Table Scraps who, following lead singer and guitarist Scott’s recovery from skeletal surgery – clearly the rockingest form of…
The sophomore effort from London’s Desperate Journalist is that rarest of things: an album whose theme flows consistently throughout. Whether it is Grow Up‘s cover and its stark depiction of lead singer Jo Bevan as a teenager, boldly facing down her…
Having spent ten years in the business, it feels somewhat strange to term Atlanta natives, The Coathangers, as ‘ones to watch’. But, with this year bringing UK tour dates and with the release of latest EP Parasite coming hot on…
Sacred Paws are a duo, simultaneously based in both Glasgow (drummer Eilidh Rogers) and London (guitarist Rachel Aggs), simultaneously combining a light, but danceable, indie-pop sound with an uplifting edge of Highlife. And, what’s more, both members also simultaneously play…
With a name that appears to be a partial homage to Riot Grrrl, and a self-identified genre of ‘First Wave Gurrlcore’, you would be forgiven for thinking this duo from Berlin are mining a seam of Bikini Kill and Sleater…
H. Grimace are a London-based four-piece, with roots in places as far afield as Yorkshire and Melbourne; describing themselves as ‘post punk’, they may actually fit more into a rapidly emerging group of disparate DIY acts best described as post-post-punk….
Led by London-born Nigerian, Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine present a combination of the familiar and the unusual: bringing together a smattering of US/UK pop, disco and synth sounds with Highlife, the West African super-genre that dominates popular music in…
Urban mini-festivals are abound these days, and Liverpool is blessed with them. Organised by the folks at Club. The Mammoth – promoters, djs and indie label types from Brighton and London – this all-dayer is sistered with a similar mini-festival taking place at London’s…