New Music

Discovery of the Week: King of Cats

Music is a strange thing. The music industry will tell you that to get somewhere you’ve got to have the “right look” or the “perfect voice”. We all know that’s not what it’s about, obviously, it’s about the music. It’s…

LIVE: BRONCHO – Oval Space, London 01.05.15

For me, US Indie band BRONCHO are one of those bands that I sometimes stumble across while browsing YouTube playlists, and for the next month or so their songs get played so much on my phone that it nearly catches…

New Track: Manatee – ‘Logistics’

Fleet based quartet, Manatee, are bouncing onto the scene with their debut indie-pop track, ‘Logistics’. In the winter of 2013 the band formed, consisting of Joe Alexander (rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist), Calum Ellison (lead guitarist), Sophie Wickham (bass) and Zach Boakes…

ALBUM: Jenny Lysander ‘Northern Folk’

Rating: Only few would disagree with the absolute satisfaction the discovery of a deliciously folky singer can bring. Every velvety, warming syllable wraps around the soul like an angelic hug. This is proven on an occasional basis when I am…

Tracks Of The Week, 01.05.15

Creating unique, Avant Garde pop, Kassia Zermon – aka Bunty – is here to greet us with her ‘Precious Sound’. With all the soulfulness of the likes of Lauryn Hill, combined with with the experimental power of Bjork, Bunty’s distinctive…

ALBUM: Chastity Belt ‘Time to Go Home’

After the unexpected success of their debut album No Regerts, Chastity Belt – four friends who met in a tiny college town in Eastern Washington, before reconnecting in Washington – are back with their new album, Time to Go Home….

Ones To Watch: The Sherpas

Sometimes, just sometimes, a band comes along so different to the current soundscape that all you can do is sit up and listen. Exeter band The Sherpas are just that. Combining charming vocals, charming melodies and energetic guitar riffs, they…

Introducing Interview: Beach Slang

Fresh from a US tour with Cursive, and labelled as “best new band of the year” by Noisey, it would seem things are going pretty well for Philadelphia three-piece, Beach Slang. Having just put out their first UK release, and about…

Ones To Watch: The Parrots

Spanish girl group Hinds (formerly Deers) stole the hearts of a million indie kids when they emerged in a haze of scruffy guitar-pop sass, red lippy and reverb-heavy, surf harmonies last year; now their close mates The Parrots have boarded…