Words by Joe Booley. Just two weeks after the release of Sufjan Stevens’ mixtape, ‘The Greatest Gift’, we are treated to a surprise release of the new single, ‘Tonya Harding’. With two versions of the track, Sufjan displays two sides sides of himself. In ‘Tonya Harding (in D major)’, we are greeted with the smooth…
Big Scary Monsters have been killing it all year with albums from the likes of Cassels, Tricot and Kamikaze Girls all among our favourites of 2017. Now they’ve signed Gender Roles – and the Brighton-based trio are all set to support new labelmate Jamie Lenman (‘Devolver’ is another contender for album of the year) on…
Field Music – ‘Count It Up’ Field Music’s new single was described to us by their PR as ‘Jeremy Corbyn fronting Talking Heads’ and we couldn’t have been more excited to hear it. A Brexit-baiting track that was inspired by David Brewis’ disappointment in his hometown Sunderland being the first town to vote Leave, it combines…
When you receive an email about an act who has written a song inspired by Seinfeld’s pilot episode, your interest is peaked. When you look further into the act in question and find out they’ve also had music featured on Adult Swim and in Lena Dunham’s ‘Tiny Furniture’, you know they might be something quite…
Lomelda – ‘Interstate Vision‘ Lomelda (or Hannah Read to her parents) is a GoldFlakePaint favourite who has toured with Pinegrove and is starting to develop a loyal, passionate following. It’s easy to see why. Her songs sound like a combination of Kevin Devine and Sharon Van Etten and ‘Interstate Vision’ is an acoustic and sparse…
Everything Everything – ‘A Fever Dream‘ (live) This video sees Everything Everything showcase the title track from their new album in all its glory. It opens in uncharacteristically sparse and piano-led fashion, giving plenty of space for Jonathan Higgs’ falsetto to breathe. Within a minute, the glitchy Radiohead-esque elements to come in before the bass…
Signed to Hanger Records, Brighton’s Murderhouse are a four-piece emo-punk band who play interesting shows with cool bands (their upcoming Brighton gig with itoldyouiwouldeatyou and Orchards looks like it will be a blast) and they also have a healthy disregard for capitalisation and spacing, judging by the title of ‘BURYMEbeneathGRUBBS’. Anthemic from its very first…
We’ve been hearing good things about Bellevue Days for quite a while now and when we saw them at 2000 Trees, we were suitably unpressed. Playing the festival mere days after releasing the ‘Rosehill’ EP, the Croydon four-piece have plenty more exciting gigs in the pipeline – including appearances at Citadel and the Summer Westival…
‘You were born with thicker skin and I am only oxygen’ are the first lines of Magana‘s new single ‘Inches Apart’ and if that doesn’t get the hairs on the back of your neck standing up, the sheer emotion of her vocals and Cat Power-meets-Jeff Buckley guitars are sure to grab you. Dark, cold and…
Bent Knee – ‘Land Animal‘ Boston-based Bent Knee have a unique sound that manages to throw in everything from stoner psychedelia to industrial math-rock, with plenty of Kate Bush-esque pop moments along the way. Creepy and unsettling from the very first minute, ‘Land Animal’ sounds somewhat akin to a jam session between Dresden Dolls and Nordic…
