Jordan Moser’s ‘The Devil’ is a folk- and country-tinged piece of storytelling that will hit you right where it hurts. Opening with acoustic strums over an eerie dream pop aesthetic, Jordan reveals all about his return to a loved one without changing his ways: ‘So you take me back as I am, not as you’d…
San Francisco band Lofi Legs live up to their name with the short and sweet ‘Dreamin’. Appearing on their upcoming debut album ‘Lamb’, the song finds the real-life couple of Maria Donjacour and Paris Cox-Farr sharing their love in a way that is reminiscent of Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) or The Moldy…
Canadian indie rockers Wintersleep have shared the video for ‘Forest Fire’; a song that features on their seventh album ‘In the Land of’. The video is directed, animated and edited by Christopher Mills of Number Four Films and finds Mother Nature conquering all as she takes revenge for the way the human race has treated…
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…
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,…
Eva Hendricks, the singer of Charly Bliss, once said that ‘the two best emotional releases are crying and dancing, so it makes sense for me to marry the two’ and this rings true throughout all 11 songs on the Brooklyn four-piece’s second album ‘Young Enough’ (out on Barsuk on 10 May). The synthy start to…
Culture Abuse have shared sweet new song ‘Goo’ ahead of a US tour with Tony Molina. Clocking in under two minutes, it finds David Kelling melancholically singing about how much he cares about his beloved and all the things he’d do to make their life easier: ‘I wish I could ride a bike, I’d ride it…
As soon as Kevin Patrick opens the debut Field Medic album with ‘Used 2 Be a Romantic’ by stating ‘I need a cigarette, those fuckers talked over my whole set’ on ‘Used 2 Be a Romantic’, you’ll be on his side. Kevin follows this up with another admission that ‘I don’t have any time to…
Following shows with Franz Ferdinand, Garbage and The Breeders, Pip Blom has shared the video for new single ‘Ruby’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Boat’ on 31 May (Heavenly Recordings – pre-order here). Already a firm favourite on 6Music, ‘Ruby’ has the spirit of Kim Deal rushing through it with a killer bass…
On the eve of Audio Antihero Records’ release of ‘Fake Nostalgia: An Anthology of Broken Stuff’, Ben and Adam Parker from the dearly departed early ’00s cult indie favourites Tempertwig talk us through the influences on their old band’s sound and the music they are enjoying right now… Order ‘Fake Nostalgia’ via Audio Antihero Records.…
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