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…
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.…
Fast Blood follow up the release of debut single ‘You’ with ‘Milo’, the second track to be taken from their forthcoming self-titled EP. The band have shared stages with a diverse array of acts including Martha, Mannequin Pussy and Jeffrey Lewis and this song shows why they’re equally at home with each of them. Opening…
Spanish Love Songs have made a welcome return with the release of ‘Kick’, the first song to be taken from upcoming third album ‘Brave Faces Everyone’ (released via Pure Noise Records on 7 February). Taking influence from the storytelling narrative stylings of Bruce Springsteen and the killer hooks of Manchester Orchestra and upcoming tour mates…
Inspired by ‘tall trees, bright leaves, low suns, open horizons, seas and fresh air’, Great Nature are a new band formed by members of Super Tennis, Instruments (Make Music) and Ballgame. They have shared live performances of all three songs that feature on their debut release (available via Bandcamp now). They specialise in a Delta…
Quiet Lions have shared two live performances filmed by the Small Pond Recordings team in the middle of their hometown of Brighton’s legendary Concorde 2. The performances of the ‘Absenteeism’ album favourites ‘Field of Influence’ and ‘Epitaph’. ‘Field of Influence’ (below) finds the four-piece in fine form, harmonising and powering their way through a stirring…
LA rockers Cosmo Gold have shared a cover of Supertramp’s classic, ‘Goodbye Stranger’. Both the arrangement and lyrics have been reworked to capture the divisive nature of modern society (especially when it comes to politics and religion) transforming the song into something more foot-stomping with plenty of electronica running through – and irresistible flourishes of…
My Little Empire Records’ latest signing Alf Whitby (formerly of easykill) has shared ‘Lighthouse’ ahead of the release of debut solo album ‘Sistine Dreams’ early next year. Fitting nicely next to singer-songwriters including Conor Oberst and Elliott Smith, we also heard elements of Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe’s solo material in Alf’s delicate falsetto and the…
Strange Bones have shared the video for ‘Napalm Uber Alles’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘Blitz Part 2’ on 28 February. Mixing big electronica beats with views on the state of the nation and ‘our relicance on algorithmic happiness’ (‘somebody turn the lights on!’ being yelled with raw intensity on more than one…
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