Dance to the Radio has long been one of the most respected independent labels around. They returned after a small hiatus last year and their famous compilations have previously included the likes of Sky Larkin, Three Trapped Tigers and Pulled Apart by Horses. DttR are now intent on spreading the word of some of the…
Birmingham trio Maybe Don’t have signed to the awesome Odd Box Records to release ‘At Owl Mansion’, a three-track EP which will be released as a limited edition EP (only 100 are being made!). Following on from their self-released cassette last year, it’s also available to stream and download via Bandcamp. With talk of dirty…
Megan Landry – ‘Questions (on the Cliff)’ A proudly independent Canadian artist, Megan Landry tackles a host of political and environmental issues in Questions (on the Cliff). Opening in a Regina Spektor style, the offbeat aesthetic is accompanied by lyrics covering everything from graves to ‘sleeping in the bed you made’. Falling somewhere between Fight…
As itoldyouiwouldeatyou have added more and more members (last count they were somewhere between seven and 10), their sound has progressed and evolved into something really quite special. Following a tour with Cassels, they’ve released their latest five-track EP ‘I am Not Your Fault’ via Failure By Design and Beth Shalom Records. Head over to…
Recorded in London last winter, the four tracks on Acid Tongue’s new ‘Beautiful Disaster’ EP have a surprisingly sunny disposition and offer a brief glimpse into the mind of frontman Guy Keltner. The title track kicks off the EP and it has a fine line in Pavement-esque slacker pop, but combines this with some of…
We asked Joey from the ever-growing sad kids itoldyouiwouldeatyou to write some words about Touché Amoré‘s new song, ‘Displacement’. It’s no secret that I jam the heck outta Touché Amoré. I just think they’re neat. They do hardcore real well. The screams are harsh as hell, but outline real satisfying rhythms. The guitars are kind of…
When we discovered (via a tweet from our favourites The Xcerts) there was a band called Witterquick, we couldn’t help but be very interested. One of the original Spectral Knights from the Visionaries, Witterquick had the pace to cause all kinds of problems for the Darkling Lords. With this shared love of an underappreciated ‘80s…
We’ve made it into June and the year is flying by. Before we know it, festival season will have come and gone and we’ll be looking towards Christmas and writing our end-of-year lists – and what impressive lists they’re going to be. Our inbox is yet again brimming with amazing music. Here are just a…
Norwegian punks Sl0tface have already marked themselves as one of our favourite new bands of the year and ‘Sponge State’ is an EP that has been eagerly awaited by so many. No one will be disappointed. The EP opens with ‘Get My Own’, a refreshing blast of indie-rock that has the potential to be a…
SO-CRATES (we believe that’s the right casing for their name) are a band made up of musicians you’re bound to recognise if you’ve been to a gig in Hampshire or Surrey over the past decade and a half. We fondly remember the likes of Reuben and Hold Your Horse Is so to hear about a…
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