Author Archives: Melissa Svensen

About Melissa Svensen

Melissa, 22. Editor. Student, music journalist, probably talking about Blur or Bowie

Tracks Of The Week, 03.07.15

Following their last single – 2014’s ‘What’s In It For Me’ – Astrid’s Tea Party have now released ‘Black Swan’. With a track as strong as this it’s easy to get totally distracted by the music; Astrid’s Tea Party describe…

Ones to watch: The Mynabirds

Everything you need to know about The Mynabirds can be summed up by the Jack Kerouac quote that inspired their third album. As the quote goes: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad…

Ones to watch: La Casa Al Mare

With the return of Ride, and the likes of DIIV creating a newer shoegaze scene, the latest offering comes in the form of La Casa Al Mare, an Italian three-piece from Rome, who are certainly on a mission – and seemingly…

ALBUM: Gengahr ‘A Dream Outside’

Rating: In the past few months, Gengahr have joined the likes of Superfood and Wolf Alice in becoming one of the biggest sensations in new indie music; thus, the release of their debut album, A Dream Outside, has been a…

LIVE: Field Day – Sunday 07.06.15

Mac DeMarco If you need any tips on how to completely steal everyone else’s thunder at a festival, look no further than Mac DeMarco. Bang on time, looking like an indie teenage girls dream in army print dungarees, DeMarco kicks…

LIVE: Field Day 2015 – Saturday 06.06.15

Telegram Setting the bar high for the rest of the weekend at the Jägerhaus tent, Telegram – all skinny jeans and sunglasses – owned the stage with unapologetic force. Before entering the tent the festival seemed relatively empty (as you’d…

Ones To Watch: Shiny Darkly

If you’ve been unsuccessful in looking for today’s answer to Joy Division or The Jesus And Mary Chain, you’ve clearly just been looking in the wrong places. The right place, that is, being an old underground air-raid shelter in Copenhagen……

Ones To Watch: Seazoo

Originally the bedroom project of keys player Llinos Griffiths and guitar player/vocalist Ben Trow, Seazoo are one of many bands springing up from the rather unlikely home of North Wales. The momentum for Seazoo came through good old-fashioned radio play;…