The Hotelier’s 2014 album ‘Home, Like NoPlace is There’ brought them to the attention of a rabid, adoring fan base. With deeply personal lyrics and stirring anthemic music, they sit happily alongside the likes of recent tour mates Into It. Over It. and The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid…
SO-CRATES (we believe that’s the right casing for their name) are a band made up of musicians you’re bound to recognise if you’ve been to a gig in Hampshire or Surrey over the past decade and a half. We fondly remember the likes of Reuben and Hold Your Horse Is so to hear about a…
Another fine week – and now the sun’s out! What better time to discover some new music? Tancred – ‘Sell My Head’ With their album Out of the Garden out now on Polyvinyl, Tancred are gearing up for tours with both Speedy Ortiz and The Good Life. Clocking in at just under two and a…
Yr Poetry, Alexei and Junior from Johnny Foreigner’s pop-punk side project, have just released their new EP ‘Rocket Season’ over on Bandcamp. Available as a download or limited edition, handmade CD, it finds the duo in fine form. Opening with the Airplane-referencing ‘don’t call me Shirley’, its six tracks are full of riffs, hooks and…
With a touch of early Blur of Pavement in its spiky intro, The Orielles ‘Jobin’ is a song that has instant appeal. Throw in some distorted vocals as the song moves into an altogether more shoegazey sound and you can see why this band is signed to the esteemed Art Is Hard label. The words…
Basia Bulat is a cult favourite who has gathered fans all over the world due to her autoharp playing and folk-tinged, deeply personal songs. When she unveiled ‘Fool’ on Soundcloud a few weeks ago, it was a surprise to many as she appeared to have gone into a more soulful and ‘60s-inspired place – and…
When we received an email from one-man band Zebrafi, Rafi Cohen mentioned that his songs were influenced by Pavement and St. Vincent and in ‘I am the Saviour’ he manages to effortlessly combine these very diverse acts into something fresh and exciting. Full of fun, the song has the Soundcloud tag #LaptopRock and is a…
Counting none other than the 2000 Trees organisers amongst their biggest fans, Fatherson will return this year with the album ‘Open Book’. After tours with Lonely the Brave, various festival appearances and acclaim from the likes of Huw Stephens, things are looking very positive for the Scottish band. Now, they have unveiled new single ‘Lost…
Signed to Turnstile, highly acclaimed by our friends over at For the Rabbits and compared to both Sharon Van Etten and Cate Le Bon, Martha Ffion is a singer-songwriter from Glasgow that specialises in Americana-tinged indie-folk. Wrapped in atmospheric guitars, there is talk of heartbreak, frustrations and new starts throughout ‘Wallflower’: ‘I know that you…
Featuring former members of the Smith Westerns and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Whitney are signed to Secretly Canadian and will appeal to fans of Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and Midlake. Slightly haunting keys open ‘No Woman’ before a small burst of brass comes in and makes way for a folky ‘60s sound as the band sing…
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