New Music

Ones To Watch: The Lucid Dream

With one album behind them and a couple of singles, The Lucid Dream are bringing a larger, more chilling sound with them for their second record and new single, ‘Cold Killer’. Having formed eight years ago in Cumbria, the quartet…

ALBUM: Seaside Sons – ‘Out Of Time’

Seaside Sons are a 4 piece Indie-rock band hailing from the Scottish coastal town of Ayr. With vocalist Jason Skimming leading the charge, Seaside Sons also feature Pav Cathcart (guitar), Craig McGinn (bass) and Campbell Sproat on drums. I caught…

Discovery Of The Week: The Orielles

The current expectancy for great surf pop is for it to arise from the sunny highs of California and Miami, but The Orielles are knocking this stereotype on the head. Hailing from Halifax and with 2 out of 3 band…

Ones To Watch: Asylums

Remember the first time you heard the loutish aggressive indie punk of The Libertines? Remember how the timing was just right because it followed Britpop and was in direct contrast to that? Well, Asylums have the potential to be THAT band. Whether it happens…

NEW TRACK: The Jacarandas – ‘Get Her Off My Mind’

Who’s up for some high-spirited, lustful, indie-pop?! If so, you might just like Birmingham band The Jacarandas’ latest demo, ‘Get Her Off My Mind’. Whilst the band sing “I can’t get her off my mind”, I’m having a similar issue with the…

LISTEN: Tracks Of The Week Playlist, January 2015

What better way to beat those January Blues than by listening to some of the most wonderful new music from the last couple of months…?! Well, for your listening pleasure, here’s some of our faves from the last few Tracks…

NEW TRACK: Affairs – ‘Blood Science’

Hailing from the musically fruitful city of Manchester, Affairs are an alternative electronic band originally from Hull. Having migrated from the big smoke of The North, the group have recently attracted attention from Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music), John Kennedy (XFM) and…