Tag: discovery of the week

Discovery Of The Week: SPORTS

It’s the American DIY indie labels that are blowing my mind recently. There’s some key labels putting out consistently awesome bands and records, and I’m overloaded with sweet-ass tunes. I recently came across Father/Daughter Records, through their previous releases of…

Discovery of the Week: Trowler

“She wants to get so, she wants to get so far” is the repetitive but smooth and sultry chorus that will be stuck in your head after hearing Trowler’s brand new single ‘Get So Far’. Originally from Essex, Alfie Firmin,…

Discovery of the Week: Knife Pleats

Knife Pleats is the upbeat and illuminating new project fronted by Canada DIY musical veteran Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap, Gaze and Go Sailor fame. Based in Vancouver, the band formed through Melberg along with her fellow Love Cuts members…

Discovery of the Week: Juice

Birmingham’s Juice threw themselves into the indie spotlight in early 2014 with their debut track ‘Sugar’.  It was oozing with funky Brit-pop attitude and distorted guitars leading into a mighty chorus. After being featured in NME’s Radar section and gaining…

Discovery Of The Week: Shopping

If I was granted one magical wish this week (excluding the ability to remove discrimination and war from the world) it would be for the world to read this article and discover Shopping. This London three piece blew me over…

Discovery of the Week: Screaming Peaches

It seemed relevant to write about Screaming Peaches this week, as I discovered just over a week ago that they had very recently got a new drummer and changed their name from Movie. It was a cool name, but clearly…

Discovery Of The Week: The Microdance

The debut single from The Microdance ‘Making Plans For The End’ is a dramatically ethereal yet spritely track with driving guitar leads and atmospheric synths. Alex Keevill’s gruff, intrusive vocal – that wouldn’t be misplaced on a heavy metal track –…

Discovery of the Week: TRASH

Searching out and discovering great new music is a joy and sometimes a mystery. I rarely remember when I first heard a song or a band, but I know when I get a good feeling about it. I got that…

Discovery of the Week: Beach Baby

Latitude Festival this weekend was 4 days of lovely weather, lush tunes, and learning the importance of sun cream. However, the best thing I discovered over the weekend was lots of awesome new music, with The Lake Stage and The…

Discovery of the Week: Green Buzzard

Enigmas and mysteries are a rarity in the modern day music industry. Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and all the social media apps you’ve never even heard of, help the music fan and the press to find out everything they could possibly want to…