To mark our 100th post, we have a very special video from our friends Our Lost Infantry. It’s safe to say this site probably wouldn’t exist without the recently expanded Surrey five piece, who have always been fully supportive and provided us with so many band suggestions and pictures of their constantly smiling bass player,…
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…
New Jersey natives Real Estate have announced that their third album, ‘Atlas’, will be released via Domino Records on 3 March. They’ve also treated their fans to a sneak preview of what to expect from this record by hosting the video for lead single ‘Talking Backwards’ online. A sun-kissed slice of jangly indie-pop, the opening…
With the release of their debut album ‘Young Animal Hearts’ mere weeks away, Spring Offensive have decided to whet the appetite of this long-awaited record even more by streaming the new song ‘Hengelo’. Listing a number of familiar anxieties, the fearful lyrics (‘I was in Berlin, I was on my own’) are surrounded by an…
For as long as we can remember, Oxford has been home to some of the most dynamic, exciting and interesting bands around. After the huge success of Ride in the early 90s, shoegaze still holds a delightful hold over many of the bands formed in OX. And it’s in this genre where we find ArtClassSink,…
We were always big fans of Jumping Ships here at Spectral Nights, so after that band called it a day, it was with some excitement when it was announced three of the band were to carry on making music in the new four-piece Quiet Lions. Playing only their second ever show in the venue where…
Following on from a phenomenal amount of hype and an appearance in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll, Anna Calvi’s self-titled debut album did not disappoint. With its dark atmospherics, her alluring voice and well-received singles in ‘Desire’, ‘Suzanne and I’ and the astounding ‘Blackout’, she ‘became a favourite with the whole ‘alternative’ music spectrum…
The ‘novelty name based on a real person’ trend may, some might say thankfully, be coming to an end, but Cardiff four-piece Radstewart let their music do the talking. Painfully young for old timers like us, the band have recently signed to the mighty Alcopop! Records and despite their fledgling career, they’ve already toured with…
Saturday 2000 Trees Leaf Lounge headliners Childhood opened the Radio 1 Stage and their blend of Pavement meets Youth Lagoon dreamy indie pop was perfect for easing you into the second day. With a otherworldly quality throughout, are they going to be at the forefront of the second rising of tweecore? Post War Years in…
Our Lost Infantry have released the video for their new single ‘Kenning’, which you can watch below and download from Deep Elm Records. Following on from ‘All the Streetlights of my Hometown‘, the first single from their debut album ‘The New Art History’, this video was also filmed by Jonas Grimeland in the depths of…
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