Posts Tagged ‘Indie’

PINS – ” Young Girls “

Posted: May 6, 2015 in MUSIC
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Ridiculously rad Manchester, UK, quartet PINS are back with a new, second album, “Wild Nights”, out next month and we’re stoked to premiere the video for current single “Young Girls.” Sonically it’s indie-pop edged out with a feeling of questioning melancholy, and just a smidgen of menace, and from the second they hit the screen you wanna be part of their gang.

It’s not just that they look good—Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane is a firm fan—but even when they’re lazing listlessly on a bed, or staring impassively down the barrel of the lens, or, you know, casually wiping blood off a baseball bat, they’ve got a fall-in-line-and-don’t-fuck-with-us attitude that’s magnetic.

“Filmed in Manchester and at favourite look out point ‘The Edge’ in Alderly Edge,” explain PINS. “The video is the tale of four girls, thick as thieves. They are dreamers, they are bold and they are bonded by a secret. All for one and one for all.”
Meanwhile, director Amy Watson, had a very specific vision for this short: “I wanted to play around with the usual ‘girls just wanna have fun’ type of music video. You know, friendship, solidarity, road trips and all the usual tropes of girly bonding. I wanted to take that wholesomeness and push it to a weird place.”

Like we said, don’t mess with these young girls. Wild Nights is out on 9th June via Bella Union Records.

The NEW CANDYS – ” Surf 2 “

Posted: May 5, 2015 in MUSIC
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Italian four-piece New Candys have shared stages with the likes of Dead Skeletons, Crystal Stilts and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion while two of their members also play as part of Lorelle And The Obsolete’s live set up. Having released their first album “Stars Reach The Abyss” back in 2012, they finally got round to putting out the follow-up “New Candys As Medicine” in March of this year. Produced by former Loop drummer John Wills, it’s a psychedelic power trip of an album that demands your attention from its opening bars. They also put out a limited edition 10 inch split single with Kill Your Boyfriend, and here’s ‘Surf 2’, taken from that release.

SWIM DEEP – ” One Great Song And I Can Change The World “

Posted: May 3, 2015 in MUSIC
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Swim Deep: The best elements of classic indie from the last 30 years, but sent racing into the future with a knack for a timeless hook and stadium-shattering chorus. It's dream rock, but so beautifully brought to life. Playing: LEEDS UNI UNION STYLUS GIGWISE STAGE, 2 MAY, 22:45

Something’s switched in Swim Deep. In the space of two years, they’ve gone from everyday escapists to big thinkers. ‘One Great Song And I Could Change The World’ is the definition of tongue-in-cheek – from title to snappy synth solo, it’s a a risk-taker with one foot on Planet Earth – but it’s just a hint of where this five-piece are heading.

Like with the severe turn ‘To My Brother’, this is a bolshy, focus-shifting song possessing one simple message: Things can get better, blue skies are ahead and there’s zero point in getting bogged down in reality. “Is this love?” asks Austin Williams. “Have I said why I love the sunrise? It’s cause it’s only gonna get lighter.” The frontman said we might be on the brink of a “summer of love”.

 

BULLY – ” Milkman “

Posted: May 1, 2015 in LEICESTER CITY VENUES, MUSIC, NOTTINGHAM CITY VENUES
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Bully is a young Nashville four-piece blasting out of the gates with high-powered grunge punk reminiscent of the beginnings of indie rock. The band is fronted by Alicia Bognanno, an audio engineer who has been cutting her teeth on the soundboards of indie clubs and studios in recent years. After opening for the likes of Best Coast, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Superchunk, Bully is ready to grab their own audience.
The dynamic melodies and high-speed percussion section help Bully cut through the noise quickly and repeatedly. Tracks like “Milkman” and “Brainfreeze” lay it all on the line with scrappy energy until the last crunchy bass note fades out.

KID WAVE – ” All I Want In All I Want “

Posted: April 30, 2015 in MUSIC
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Kid Wave from London, Wonderlust. It’s an aptly-titled for an international band whose founding members’ wanderings lead them to congregate in the capital. Kid Wave began life as a solo when Lea Emmery relocated from Norrköping (a city sometimes referred to as “Sweden’s Manchester”) to London in 2011 at the age of 18. She knew no-one, had no band, no contacts. But she did have drive, vision and ambition – insane levels of it, in fact. Several years playing classical piano at a local college in Sweden had lead to a stint in an all-girl punk band and though that tenure was short-lived, there was simply no turning back. Noise beckoned.

What began life as solo demos soon morphed into Kid Wave when Mattias Bhatt, part of the same clique of indie kids back in Norrköping an now in London, signed up. From Perth, Australia, Serra Petale was teaching drums at a college where Lea was studying sound engineering and seemed “impossibly cool”. She was in. Bassist Harry Deacon was a friend-of-friends.

A clutch of early songs were recorded with Rory Atwell (Palma Violets, The Vaccines, Male Bonding) production, before Lea sent some music to Heavenly Recordings – “and no-one else”. Kid Wave had no management, no team of people fighting their corner. Just songs. Heavenly liked what they heard and signed the band in early 2014. It was, Lea laughs, that simple. The plan that she had when she moved to London with some clothes and a guitar was working remarkably well.

2014 saw Kid Wave playing shows with The Wytches, TOY, The Orwells, Childhood and more recently with Jimi Goodwin at the Heavenly 25 weekend in Hebden Bridge. In autumn 2014 they recorded Wonderlust at the magical analogue wonderland that is Eve Studio in Stockport with producer Dan Austin (Doves, Cherry Ghost). Beyond the studio the lashing rain and dark north-west nights were banished by the youthful exuberance and sugared sounds being created within.

Because Kid Wave sing escapist song of struggle, desire and yearning: songs born out of Lea’s lonely years as a teenager adrift in a foreign country, where the hope of musical success and a superhuman level of stubbornness were the only things stopping her from returning to the safety of the family home. There were, she says, anxieties. Plenty of those. Teenage dreams so hard to beat? Well – yes, actually. It’s a philosophy that still stands – that idea of music as a mood-altering, soul-saving outlet for bands and fans alike is alive and singing in the joyous rush of Kid Wave songs such as the breaking waves of sound on the jangling ‘All I Want’, the yearning ethereal pop of ‘Gloom’ or the chiming fuzzed-up pop riffs of ‘Wonderlust’.

 

COVES – ” Spectrum EP “

Posted: April 21, 2015 in MUSIC
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Back in mid summer 2014 , we discovered Coves, a British duo with a taste for 1960s psychedelic vibes. Their new EP Spectrum , picks off where their debut album “Soft Friday” left off, dabbling in ethereal vocals and pounding percussion. Coves  new release  “Spectrum EP” the band from  Leamington Spa, UK duo Coves have become one of my favorites during this last 12 months. Their take on synth-pop is soaring, anthemic, and engrossing, and the music is perfect for whatever mood you’re in. they released a fantastic debut “Soft Friday“, an album that was exhilarating from the very first song to the last,  frequently coming back to the album  resulting in it being one of our favorite albums of 2014.

Becky Wood and John Ridgard are still hard at work, and last week they released a new four-track EP, titled Spectrum, This aptly titled album sees the band expand upon on their roaring synth-pop. The opening and lead single, “Shot To The Wall”, is the grittiest track they’ve done with more of a rock edge. The stupendous “No Looking Back” is a cinematic and atmospheric number. a track that leaves you gasping for a breath as Wood tells the story of a lost soul while Ridgard’s guitar and Beck’s keys brilliantly hover in the background before erupting into the song’s monumental climax.

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“Twist” is a mid-tempo track that seems almost subdue for Coves, but it retains the catchy rhythms and melodies of songs on Soft Friday. The album concludes with the excellent “No Ladder”, which was on the duo’s debut. It was one of the few tracks that got overlooked as fans flocked to the scintillating numbers like “Beatings” and “Fall Out of Love”. This song, though, is stunning for his simplicity and restraint, showing that Coves isn’t just a band trying to blow your minds but also attempting to steal your hearts as well.

Last year’s ‘Soft Friday’ LP was a fuzzy rush of shoegaze, garage and pop. Now the Leamington Spa duo succeed it with this new EP, featuring more rickety, infectious gems like ‘Shot To The Wall’.

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Spectrum is laced with driving riffs, propulsive beats and glacial atmospherics, spiked with Beck’s chilling lyrics of lying wolves, spurned lovers, star lights and dark nights that strike like a shard of glass to the heart.
Coves have risen quietly, but elegantly. Last year they released their critically acclaimed debut album Soft Friday, which won them firm support from the likes of BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Huw Stephens and Nick Grimshaw, 6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Don Letts and Radcliffe and Maconie and XFM’s John Kennedy, to name but a few.

They dropped lead track ‘Shot To The Wall’ ahead of their glittering headline tour in March.  But now the EP Spectrum will be available for free download on 13th April, after which the band will be returning to the studio to work on their next album.

Track Listing
1. Shot To The Wall
2. No Looking Back
3. Twist4. No Ladder (revisited)

 

COURTNEY BARNETT – ” Kims Caravan

Posted: April 15, 2015 in MUSIC
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Taken from the album ‘Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’, Australian singer songwriter Courtney Barnett has shared the video for the seven-minute ‘Kim’s Caravan’.

Described by Barnett as “an apocalyptic tale of our world painted black with oil and soot, painted red with blood and greed”, in the video for the slow-burning, atmospheric track (around which she sings of the destruction of The Great Barrier Reef and pollution), directed by Bec Kingma and shot on Philip Island, we see shots of Barnett near desolate beach-side tourist spots and playgrounds.

Kingma explains her interpretation of the lyrics: “In conceptualizing a film clip for the track I am keen to explore the adult attempt to return to that place of childish innocence. If you have ever returned to a childhood holiday haunt in the offseason, it’s likely you’ve discovered the sad realisation that the place barely resembles your idyllic memories. As grown ups we all yearn for a time and place where our biggest concerns were the sand in our bathers and the mosquito’s eating us alive.”

‘Kim’s Caravan’ will be released on Record Store Day, April 18, as a 12″. The B-side is her cover of John Cale’s ‘Close Watch’.

GENGAHR – ” Heroine “

Posted: April 14, 2015 in MUSIC
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Premiere - Gengahr Deliver A Silky, Romantic Rush On 'Heroine'

They’ve been teasing us with their blend of beautifully tender lyrics and sultry guitars since uploading a handful of demos late in 2013 but now comes the real thing. North London quartet Gengahr are readying their debut album, ‘A Dream Outside’, and it promises to be one of 2015’s most quixotic releases. The silky ‘Heroine’ is the latest cut to be revealed from it – you should be familiar with previous singles ‘Powder’ and ‘She’s A Witch’ by now, while rerecorded versions of those early demos also feature on the final tracklisting – and it’s a spiralling, romantic rush as Felix Bushe coos “Sure, you can be my heroine/All I ask is that you wait for me” and John Victor’s ever more distinctive billow gorgeously underneath. In short, it’s totally divine.

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‘A Dream Outside’ is released on June 15 via Transgressive Records. Its tracklisting is as follows:

‘Dizzy Ghosts’
‘She’s A Witch’
‘Heroine’
‘Bathed In Light’
‘Where I Lie’
‘Dark Star’
‘Embers’
‘Powder’
‘Fill My Gums With Blood’
‘Lonely As A Shark’
‘Trampoline’

PALACE – ” Kiloran “

Posted: April 14, 2015 in MUSIC
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Palace are one of those great bands who slot into your life like a perfectly fitted puzzle piece. You know when people talk about good music? This is good music: free from any constraints of hype, trendiness, and whatever sound seems to be in fashion, focusing instead on writing music that sounds good whatever the weather, the day, or current emotional state of the listener. We premiered the group’s single “Bitter” last year and now, after supporting Jamie T on his recent tour, we’re back premiering their new one “Kiloran”. The track’s a subtly warm, invigorating hug of sound, which wraps around the listener and envelopes them in a crescendo that, by the time the track ends, transforms into something that lingers around long after the headphones are taken off and stowed away safely in a bag.

 

KIERAN LEONARD and the HORSES – ” Underwood Milk “

Posted: April 14, 2015 in MUSIC
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London’s Kieran Leonard & The Horses mixes Nirvana and Ryan Adams on the first single from forthcoming second album, ‘Good Luck, Everybody’.

Kieran Leonard is a British singer-songwriter and musician of Irish descent, who performs as a solo artist and with his four piece band known as ‘The Horses’.

He is particularly known for his poetic songwriting and compelling live performances. There is a clear social and political awareness in his writing and an abundance of literary and cultural references, as exemplified by his singles ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘Harold Pinter is Dead’. He has had critical comparisons to Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain and Leonard Cohen, whom he cites as influences. It comes accompanied by this satirical clip, poking fun at the conventions and traditions of music videos.

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