Having recently released their debut EP Swimmer via https://www.facebook.com/sportsdayrecords, we’re delighted to offer you a stream of https://www.facebook.com/arbesmusic’ ‘Beach Side’. Hailing from Melbourne, the three-piece mix swirling samba beats with lilting vocals and a slacker style that’s hard not to adore. Still in their teens, the band has a sound that will appeal to fans…
We asked Joey Ashworth from itoldyouiwouldeatyou, Our Lost Infantry and Death of the Blogger to review the new album from Connecticut punks Sorority Noise. The album is released in the UK via Topshelf Records on 29 June. Here are Joey’s thoughts: When Forgettable came out, what I loved was the slapdash production, the sloppy playing…
Our favourite purveyors of pop-folk from Latvia, Carnival Youth, have returned with the indie-anthem-in-waiting ‘Words Like Birds’. Sure to whet anticipation for debut album ‘No Clouds Allowed’, it sees the teenage four-piece dip into a more polished sound than perhaps we’ve seen before – but that’s not a bad thing, especially as they’re keen to…
A three-piece hailing from Brighton, HEATH specialise in indie anthems that have a touch of 80s darkness. Having released their debut EP ‘February’ via Kiling Moon earlier this year, things are already looking positive and there should be a bright future ahead… ‘Give Me Over’ effortlessly combines Maccabees-style vocals and anthemics with electronica that Dave…
‘By No One, For Nothing’ is the new single from Coventry indie-rockers Indian Summer and it’s a slice of sun-kissed indie pop to warm up with as we head into winter. There’s something of the Cribs in the repeated guitar riff, while the production is far cleaner than the Wakefield brothers’ early outings. There are…
After an unexpected year away from the limelight just when things looked to be taking off, Mt. Wolf have made an equally unlikely return with the simply beautiful ‘Red’, which you can stream below. With the self-referential and rather wry lyric ‘I’m going away for a long time’ engulfing the song, the gorgeous combination of…
When The Xcerts released ‘Scatterbrain’ in October 2010, no-one – especially the band themselves – could have predicted that it would be four years before they released another long player. It’s not like the band have been lazy. They’ve toured relentlessly, played with brilliant bands like Biffy Clyro across Europe and became a reliable highlight…
Currently touring the States with Spectral Nights favourites The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die (and soon both bands will be heading around the US with emo legends Into It. Over It.), A Great Big Pile of Leaves were formed in 2007 and have released two phenomenal albums…
When the opening line of an album is ‘Misery soaked you’, you know you’re in for a heartfelt, passionate and sombre listen and so it goes on the debut album ‘Comfort Songs’ from New York-via-Boston-via-LA resident Cloud (known to his parents as Tyler Taormina). Gravelly vocals and sparse instrumentation feature on the first track ‘Cars…
A four-piece instrumental band from Liverpool, Kusanagi have shared the stage with an impressive roster including Maybeshewill, Tera Melos and Gallops and released their self-titled debut EP back in April. The four tracks featured on the record hint at a band with huge-sounding ideas, and they’re never afraid to experiment or try out new things…
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