Wage Slave comes from Psychic Shakes’ upcoming second EP Unsaid. It is the solo project of Max McLellan and despite the subject matter – the song laments the monotony and boredom of doing a low paid hospitality job in your early twenties – is a delightful excursion into woozy surf-pop, with just the right amount of indie jangle topping. Drunk and scrolling through indeed today There’s … Continue reading Psychic Shakes – Wage Slave
The Dead Tongues, the moniker of North Carolina based songwriter Ryan Gustafson, has released a new single off of his upcoming album, Transmigration Blues (out on the 26th June). Deja Vu, which features backup vocals from MM faves Mountain Man, is Gustafson’s light in the darkness song, a wistful track that serves as both a lamentation and a way forward, which culminates in the joyous, … Continue reading New Video: The Dead Tongues – Deja Vu
Yet another mighty fine discovery from Dublin, Pillow Queens new single Handsome Wife comes from their upcoming debut album In Waiting (due 25th September). Powerful, emotive indie rock can all too easily stray into the territory of the overwrought and the over melodramatic, and while this is the arena that the four-piece walk in, they tread carefully and confidently imbuing the single with a bruised … Continue reading Introducing >>> Pillow Queens
Having spent a lot of time there in the past we always have a soft spot for the Isle of Wight (especially the mini golf in Shanklin with a tiny cafe offering the largest cake portions in the UK), and we have high hopes for four-piece Coach Party who still live and work there. They have today released their debut EP Party Food on Chess Club … Continue reading New Video: Coach Party – Bleach
In her new video for the cryptically titled Too Big for the Glory Hole, Mackenzie Scott of TORRES captures domestic solitude in her now-iconic cowboy boots. The song, partially influenced by Florine Stettheimer’s painting The Cathedrals of Wall Street, was recorded during the Silver Tongue sessions and featured on a free 7-inch included with the album’s Peak Vinyl edition. She says of the track, “I wrote … Continue reading New Video: Torres: Too Big For The Glory Hole
The infectiously catchy Double Denim Hop, the new single from Welsh quartet Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, expertly mixes 70s glam stomp with a 90s slacker pop attitude, and somehow while remaining fresh, still comes up with a triumphant and nostalgic nod to the past. It is the opening track from an upcoming ten track release The Non-Stop EP, due out on the 10th July via Missing Piece … Continue reading Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – Double Denim Hop
Nothing At All is the first single from folky singer-songwriter Emma Kupa’s upcoming debut solo album It Will Come Easier – which is due out on the 18th September. Musically inspired by Satellite of Love and about feeling frustrated with yourself and with a situation, it gallops out of the stalls on a furious acoustic strum with only the soothing vocal harmonies able to dampen … Continue reading New From Emma Kupa
Brisbane, Australia’s Hatchie has announced a collaboration with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart for a new 7” featuring a cover of Sometimes Always, The Jesus and Mary Chain’s collaboration with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval from 1994. It is a reverent cover set apart by chiming guitars and Harriette Pilbeam’s crystal vocals, and 100% of sales from this release on Bandcamp Day this Friday, … Continue reading Hatchie & The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Cover The Jesus & Mary Chain
Sunderland post-punk 4-piece Roxy Girls have shared their new single Get Up (Seize The Day). The single is the second to be taken from their new seven track EP A Wealth Of Information, which is due out tomorrow via Moshi Moshi Records. Stream it below, a two and a half minute gem of perfectly judged indie with guitar lines sharp enough to cut yourself on. … Continue reading New Single & EP From Roxy Girls
Melbourne quintet Bananagun have today shared a new single from their forthcoming album The True Story of Bananagun. The Master is a hectic, rhythmic excursion into colourful psych-pop that is exotic, vibrant and pretty much irresistible. The band draw on 60s and 70s Afrobeat, the proto-garage rhythmic fury of The Monks, and the grooves of Os Mutantes, shaping it all into their own melting pot of tropical … Continue reading Bananagun – The Master
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