Hawaiian artist Katie Iannitello’s Beauty Queen project featured on the recent Super Fan 99 Records compilation and ‘Sold You Out’ is the perfect introduction to her sunshine-infused and evocative sound. The song will feature on the physical (frosted white cassette) release of her EP – pre-order now. Hazy Stars-style synths meet the atmospheric stylings of…
Rachel Sermanni has shared ‘What Can I Do’, the lead single from her third album ‘So It Turns’ (self-released on 23 August). Rachel describes her sound as ‘folk noir’ it’s a fitting description for this new single that combines haunting gothic melodies with P.J. Harvey-style assertiveness before throwing in a touch of Stick in the…
John Galm’s (Snowing, Street Smart Cyclists) Bad Heaven Ltd project features fellow Snowing man Ross Brazuk on bass, ex-TWIABP guitarist Tyler Bussey on guitar and Melissa Brain on drums. ‘strength’ is a one-and-a-half-minute-long song that will introduce you to their charmingly DIY sound. Combining the heartfelt and self-depreciating style of Field Medic with brash, early…
Wild Beasts were a very special band and we enjoyed their brand of peculiar – and later downright horny – indie-pop. So many fans were sad when they decided to call it a day last year but the band have left a legacy of five records that still leave you ‘hooting and howling’ whenever you…
Jade Lilitri has decided to look on the bright side of life on Oso Oso’s forthcoming album ‘Basking in the Glow’ (out via Triple Crown Records on 16 August). New single ‘Dig’ (II) offers a bright glimpse of what’s to come. Combining math-inspired hooks with a punkier energy and then throwing in some pure Bleachers-esque…
Mannequin Pussy are set to release their third album ‘Patience’ on 21 June via Epitaph. The outspoken and political band have been making waves in the States and this song finds Marisa Dabice trading her impassioned screams for something more considered as she examines the importance of self-empowerment. Amidst Dude York-meets-Charly Bliss power punk-pop riffs,…
Merival has shared ‘No Brakes’, a powerful song that will feature on her debut album ‘Lesson’ (out 21 June). The short and sharp track finds Merival discussing what she now realises to be the melodramatic notion that her songs declined in quality when she found better mental health and realising how she ‘could see the…
Quiet Lions have shared the video for ‘Wasteland’ ahead of the release of eagerly awaited debut album ‘Absenteeism’ on 14 June (Lonely Voyage Records). Frontman Michael Williams says the song ‘is all about having a voice, and using it for the greater good’ and the four-piece have released the video during the week of the…
Olden Yolk – Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer – have shared ‘Grand Palais’ from their second album ‘Living Theatre’ (available via Trouble in Mind now). Much of this track was improvised in the studio alongside percussionist Booker Stardrum as the New York-based duo attempted to capture the euphoria of ‘seek(ing) some semblance of spiritual understanding…
Mega Bog aka multi-instrumentalist Erin Birgy has shared the David Lynch- and Ingmar Bergman-inspired video (directed by Laura Conway) for new single ‘For the Old World’ ahead of the release of her fifth album ‘Dolphine’ on 28 June on Paradise of Bachelors. Taking influences from traditional Eastern music, there’s a relaxing charm as ‘For the…
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