Formerly of Ute and The Old Grinding Young, Oxford resident Ollie Thomas’ new project Salvation Bill is one to savour. Equally at home as both a solo project and a four-piece band, Salvation Bill have already supported Stagecoach and Elliott Morris on various dates and are set to play Truck Festival and Spring Offensive’s huge…
We first heard about Public Service Broadcasting when we saw they were playing the Boileroom in Guildford and were instantly captivated by the write-up. The duo, made up of the fantastically named J. Willgoose, Esq and his drummer Wrigglesworth, use archive material from the BFI and StudioCanal, as well as classic American public information systems,…
The Android Angel, also known as talented multi-instrumentalist Paul Coltofeanu, draws on a summer of volunteering and travelling throughout Europe on his new LP ‘Lie Back and Think of England’. Taking in incredible experiences from time spent on a farm in the Romanian mountains, on a Water Buffalo reserve in the Ukraine and on the…
So, I go away for a couple of weeks and come back to so many awesome new songs. Here’s just a few of the videos I’ve enjoyed over the last few weeks. Olympians – Filling My Heart With Weird Dreams Gunning For Tamar – Another Season The Brilliantly Simple – Find A Way
Fleet-based trio Sister Leona have a sound that harks back to the glory days of grunge in the early 90s but there’s enough of an indie-punk vibe to see them happily sit at home in any contemporary scene. Singer Jake Buckley’s vocals have the same kind of effortlessness sneer that served Evan Dando so well…
A band called Dragons That Make Love to Pandas has to be worth checking out, don’t they? And luckily this Surrey three-piece live up to the astounding name. Although not quite the fire-breathing, bamboo stick-munching bears that you’d hope, the three lads specialise in a math rock sound that is progressive, full of grooves and…
Post rock is a notoriously hard genre to get right, but luckily Aldershot three-piece Parachute For Gordo know how to hit all the right buttons. Their recent EP, ‘Eight Minutes of Weightlessness’ hints at a band with lofty ambitions, but unlike like their moniker (one of the first monkeys to fly into space), they remain…
Based in Brighton, Ancient Times was a one-man project started in the middle of 2012 by George Smale that has since evolved into a live band. Having recently supported The Chapman Family, there is a wave of optimism as they get ready to release new single ‘Nightschool’ on 25 February. The EP will be released…
Hailing from South West London, Misty Miller is a name sure to be on everyone’s lips come the end of the year. Having released a popular ukulele-led album when she was just 15 (60,000 copies sold), she’s now dropped the uke, picked up an electric guitar and developed a love of Patti Smith, The Velvet…
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