Nelson Can – ‘On Christmas Night’ One of Alcopop! Records’ new signings for 2017, Nelson Can shower you with festive joy in this Christmas song which combines Los Camp-style hooks with a Lorde-esque layered build-up. The band sing about polar bears, impatient children and a promise that ‘soon the darkness will be long gone’ before…
Good Good Blood (also known as James Smith) is one of our favourite discoveries over the past 12 months and ‘Sun of a Gun’ is the result of a bunch of minimalist DIY recordings that took place in the spring. Available as a digital album or limited-edition cassette via Fox Food Records (with a photo…
Dublin indie-pop trio Other Creatures will be releasing ‘The First EP’ in January and the band have already gained praise and acclaim from so many blogs and music lovers from both their native country and here in Britain. In this piece, frontman Konrad Timon talks us through five songs that have helped to shape their…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more excited to hear it. A Brexit-baiting track that was inspired by David Brewis’ disappointment in his hometown Sunderland being the first town to vote Leave, it combines…
A couple of weeks back, we included Natalie Evans in one of our new music round-ups and now we’re delighted to be hosting the premiere of a simply breathtaking live performance at her label Small Pond’s studio in Brighton. ‘Under the Moon’ finds the Kent-based singer-songwriter laying her heart bare as she sings about wanting…
The Orielles – ‘Let Your Dogtooth Grow’ Now signed to Heavenly and all set to release one of the albums of 2018, The Orielles’ ‘Let Your Dogtooth Grow’ is a song full of swaying guitars and gently melded vocals. We heard the melodic elements of C90 favourites like Teenage Fanclub mixed up with some of…
We’ve been big fans of Glagow-based post rockers Dialects for a few years now and were very excited to hear their debut LP ‘Because Your Path is Unlike Any Other’ (available via Through Love Rec on vinyl now) after hearing their phenomenal EPs and watching live performances at the likes of ArcTanGent and Audiotree. Here,…
Words by Joe Booley. Over two years since the monumental release of ‘Carrie & Lowell’, Sufjan Steven’s has released ‘The Greatest Gift’, a mixtape of outtakes, remixes and demos from his 7th studio album. ‘The Greatest Gift’ starts off with ‘Wallowa Lake Monster’, a track that strikes as no surprise to those who have heard…
The Xcerts – ‘Hold on to Your Heart‘ ‘Hold on to Your Heart’ is the title track from The Xcerts’ eagerly awaited fourth album (not too long to wait now, folks – January will be here before you know it) and it fits somewhere in-between Twin Atlantic’s hook-laden anthems and the finest power ballads of…
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