Ásgeir has shared the evocative video for ‘Pictures’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Bury the Moon’ on 7 February (One Little Indian Records). The video finds the Icelandic artist immersing himself in nature and shows his connection to the country’s beautiful roots, landscapes and music. The entire record was influenced by Icelandic folk…
M. Ward has shared ‘Unreal City’, the second single to be taken from upcoming album ‘Migration Stories’ (out on 3 April via Anti Records). Opening with space-age synths, M. Ward starts the song with some perfectly pitched ‘da da das’ as he looks back on dreams of helicopter rides and dreams not coming true. Recorded…
Sub Pop signing Weyes Blood has announced an extensive worldwide tour following the release of ‘Titanic Rising’ – a record that featured highly on many critics’ end of year lists. The opening track of the record is a grandiose, cinematic piece that you can’t help but fall for – just imagine the goosebumps hearing this…
Waxahatchee has returned with new single ‘Fire’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Saint Cloud’ on 27 March via Merge Records. Dreamt up while driving over the Mississippi River from Memphis into West Memphis, AR, Katie Crutchfield describes the song as ‘written by me, to myself’ and how ‘it’s about the internal dialogue of…
London indie-rockers Happyness have returned with ‘Vegetable’ – their first new music in three years. Their upcoming new album explores the band members’ innermost thoughts following a break-up and drummer Ash Kenazi’s decision to stay true to himself and perform in drag – a brave move in some indie-rock circles. The song itself has what…
Good Good Blood’s new album ‘At Your Mercy’ (order via Bandcamp here) finds James Smith once again offering poignant, emotional words over atmospheric bursts of guitar and piano. Opener ‘All These Days’ has choral vocals and lyrics about waiting for something to happen and trying to find the right thing to say, while the shoegazing…
Dana Gavanski has shared new single ‘Good Instead of Bad’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Yesterday Is Gone’ via Flemish Eye on 27 March. Described by Dana as ‘more a mood than a story’, the heartrending song is tinged with sadness over the end of a relationship. It finds Dana examining how things…
Toronto-via-Charlottetown indie rockers Kiwi Jr release debut album ‘Football Money’ via Persona Non Grata Records (Pip Blom). The record, engineered by Aaron Goldstein and mixed by Holy Fuck’s Graham Walsh, follows shows with huge bands including Wolf Parade, New Pornographers and Alvvays. Clocking in at under 30 minutes, the 10 tracks kick off with ‘Murder…
Kevin Barnes’ indie-pop veterans of Montreal return with ‘UR FUN’, their first album since 2018’s ‘White is the Relic/Irrealis Mood’. Billed as a ‘staying-in-love record’, it promises to be full of potent pop hooks and foot-shuffling melodies. The album opens with ‘Peace to All Freaks’, a song with an important message and a burst of…
Gold Baby kick off 2020 with the release of ‘Dogbone’, another slice of confessional indie-pop with witty lyrics and emo-tinged melodies. The song opens with a blast of slacker hooks as Siân opens up about her innermost thoughts and feelings in a way similar to Anna Burch: ‘I got enough friends. I’ve got enough things.…
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