Cross-Atlantic duo Born Fighters return with new single ‘Need a Friend’. Inspired by Luke Barham’s love of ’90s jangly indie pop and LA resident Peter Maffel’s sunny surroundings, the song is a wistful ode to companionship with its repeated message of ‘When you’re lost, you need a friend’ and its plea for the subject to…
You don’t need us to tell you how much brilliant music has been released over the past 12 months to make things a little more bearable. Here are five of our favourites… Martha Hill – ‘Summer Up North’ (EP) Recorded entirely in lockdown, Summer Up North found Martha examining her mental health struggles, past actions…
With a mantra of ‘Minimal takes, minimal instruments, simple songs’, Uncle Luc’s surprise mini-album was recorded in lockdown after discovering the 1960s and ’70s recording equipment in his parents’ Surrey house still worked. All of the songs on this new record centre around an old Revox 2 track tape machine, a trusty 1965 Gibson LG-0…
International indie-pop duo Born Fighters – Luke Barham from London and Peter Maffei from California – celebrate the release of bittersweet new single ‘Shadow’ by sharing their favourite duets with us. Luke: Rockpile – ‘Teacher Teacher‘ Rockpile in many ways is the blueprint for Born Fighters. Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds would both bring songs…
New Super Fan 99 Records signings Cape Weather is the ’60s Americana-meets-soulful pop-inspired result of a collaboration between old friends Natalie Smith and Eric Jackowitz. Described by Luke at the label as ‘the most Super Fan band of them all’, the melancholy single ‘Never Say’ opens with a Ronettes-style drum machine as Natalie looks back…
Previously signed to our friends at Super Fan 99 Records, Boy Scouts (aka Taylor Vick) has moved to Anti Records and is getting set to release her new album ‘Free Company’ on 30 August – and you can get a taster of what’s to come by watching the animated video for ‘Hate Ya 2’ below.…
Named after a Nick Lowe song, Born Fighters are London-based Luke Barham (who you will know from Stagecoach/as Uncle Luc) and Los Angeles native Peter Maffei. Although the friends live over 5,000 miles away from each other, their shared love of power pop inspired them to write ‘Little Green Tree’ during a meet-up while Luke…
Hawaiian artist Katie Iannitello’s Beauty Queen project featured on the recent Super Fan 99 Records compilation and ‘Sold You Out’ is the perfect introduction to her sunshine-infused and evocative sound. The song will feature on the physical (frosted white cassette) release of her EP – pre-order now. Hazy Stars-style synths meet the atmospheric stylings of…
Following the loss of a studio to a mudslide, Santa Barbara musician Erich Tomkinson (formerly Dot Plaza) relocated to Los Angeles and got to work on his new Glossies project. Released via Super Fan 99 Records, the debut Glossies single ‘Popular’ is a playful and irreverent piece of bedroom pop that recalls the great Western…
Following 4 years spent focusing on releasing bands via his Super Fan 99 Records label, Uncle Luc (aka Luke Barham) makes a most-welcome return with the 8-song album ‘Sticking to the Rules’. ‘Plateaux’ opens the record with some ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ guitar strums and Luke singing the words ‘Don’t look back’ over and…
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