Hanya are a Brighton two-piece whose lush layering and deep, sonic textures defy their simple set up. Recalling Angel Olsen or PJ Harvey, Heather Sheret’s vocals can go from grit to honey, weaving extra layers and emotion into the band’s wall of sound. Her guitar like a one-person My Bloody Valentine – crunching riffs that recall early Black Keys and all backed by Jack Watkin’s … Continue reading Introducing >>> Hanya
Yak – Bellyache Du Blonde – Buddy Speedy Ortiz – DTMFA FIDLAR – Can’t You See Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – Life After Youth SAVAK – Nature Erased Slaves – Magnolia Cloud Nothings – So Right So Clean Wasted Cathedral – Smoked, Out Somewhere Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Born (accidentally) in Canada, raised in Blackpool and now hiding in Melbourne, polarizing anti-genre artist Benjamin Shaw returns with a new long player Megadead. Sitting somewhere between Smog and Four Tet, it is a wonderfully miserable album of disarmingly accessible songs filled with fuzz, brittle melodies, looping guitars, ‘80s synth, self-sabotage, self-doubt, violent fantasy and uncertain swagger. The album will be released on the 31st August … Continue reading New Album From Benjamin Shaw
No less than thirteen corking new tracks this week from the brilliant hypnotic post-punk thrum of FEWS to the infectious indie pop of Hater by way of a Ramones inspired Colleen Green, wiry art-punk from Public Practice, fuzzy urgency from Ron Gallo, raucous arena ready rock from We Were Promised Jetpacks, and sunburnt, pastoral psych from The Smoking Trees. And lots more besides… Do we … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
IDLES – Great Death Valley Girls – Disaster (Is What We’re After) Fucked Up – Normal People Cat Power (feat. Lana Del Rey) – Woman Low – Disarray Spain – Maya In The Summer Iron & Wine – Waves Of Galveston Les Big Byrd – I Fucked Up I Was A Child Whitney Ballen – Fucking Sudakistan – Last Love Supreme Fidlar – Are You … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Terry – Oh Helen The Dodos – Forum Colleen Green – Let Go Marissa Nadler – Blue Vapor Art Brut – Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out Tiny Ruins – How Much Dilly Dally – Sober Motel DeVotchKa – Angels Mitski – Two Slow Dancers Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The shimmering folktronica of Sleepwalking is the latest track to be shared from Tunng’s upcoming album, Songs You Make At Night, and from their newly reunited original line up! The single was the first song the band’s co-founders, Genders and Lindsay, wrote for the album and was the initial spark that brought them back together as a band. Stream it here. Continue reading Tunng – Sleepwalking
Protomartyr & Spray Paint – Corinthian Leather Mass Gothic – How I Love You Houndmouth – Golden Age Iron & Wine – What Hurts Worse Kevin Devine – Prehistoric (Now Now cover) Swearin’ – Grow Into A Ghost The Molochs – Too Lost In Love Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Chilean psych-pop duo The Holydrug Couple will release their new album Hyper Super Mega via Sacred Bones Records on the 14th September. Their latest single is Waterfalls, a woozy, intoxicating ballad that dreamily meanders the paths and networks of classic 60s and 70s pastoral psychedelia with synthesised textures and modern production. Have a listen. Continue reading Holydrug Couple – Waterfalls
We discovered this by AMERICAN NUDISM (aka Gabriel Gutierrez, former fronts person of LYSOL) on Soundcloud and don’t know much about the background. It appears to have been originally released back in 2016, and then is due for a re-release on the 22nd July. Future 5-0 comes from a three track 7″ EP and is described as “sick synth-pop, imagine The Normal’s Warm Leatherette and a … Continue reading Introducing >>> AMERICAN NUDISM
The Mad Mackerel 