Tag: indie

New Track: PURS – ‘Tame’

English summers are a bittersweet experience – they’re warm and bright – but they’re brief, and often overshadowed by heavy showers. Fortunately, PURS have arrived just in time to ‘Tame’ our summery tempests with their pensive, powerful shoegaze sound. The…

Discovery of the Week: Whitney

Coming to my attention through my hometown’s biggest promoters, Whitney are something of an enigma. Formed from previous members of Smith Westerns, Max Kakacek and Julian Ehrlich, Whitney remain just as exciting and divisive as their previous project. However, now…

LIVE: Man Made – Aatma, Manchester 24.03.16

The best thing about discovering a band at the start of their musical journey is the opportunity to watch them improve, grow and evolve. Man Made are back in their hometown, for what seems like the thousandth time, but I’m…

Discovery of the Week: King No-One

York based indie-rockers King No-One are back with a bang with new single ‘Stay Close’. A great track record so far sees previous singles hyped by Huw Stephens and others at 6 Music and Radio X. The five piece have been…

Discovery Of The Week: PLAZA

Genre is often hard to define these days, but Hartlepool newcomers PLAZA have pinned themselves and debut single ‘Totem’ as “post-indie”. I like it, for many the term ‘indie’ is now synonymous with generic guitar music, hipsters and dickheads on…

ALBUM: The Jezabels ‘Synthia’

Rating: After almost a decade of recording and touring together, The Jezabels have returned with their third album, Synthia – crammed full of vintage synths and observational lyricism. “What if I’m a dark, dark girl?” asks vocalist Haley Mary on ninth track…

Discovery Of The Week: New Luna

“Alternative” is a pretty broad-spanning term, whether you’re talking about fashion, art or a genre of music. Genres are designed to specify categories so as to more easily discuss and understand music, but these days it’s really not that simple….