Category: Indie

Alternative, Disco, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Rock

Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP

A Brooklyn DIY super group of sorts, Public Practice combines members of freshly-dead punk project WALL and local pop band Beverly. Their debut EP Distance is a Mirror, is a confident, juried testimony of love steeped in dark optimism. Dry, dead pan vocals chant over skittish guitar and danceable 70s grooves—songs snapping like rubber bands—see-sawing between post-punk and its insomniac twin sister disco. Check out Foundation … Continue reading Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Merrie Land Protomartyr – Forbidden  (Preoccupations cover) The C.I.A. – Pleasure Seeker Deerhunter – Death In Midsummer Cass McCombs – Sleeping Volcanoes Meat Wave – That’s Alright Spielbergs – 4AM Dolly Dream – The Way To Heaven Wand – Here Come The Warm Jets  (Brian Eno cover) Pat Thomas – What Is Coming         … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Alternative, Electronic, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Rock

Introducing >>> Hanya

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

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Rock

The Return Of David Cronenberg’s Wife

The wonderful David Cronenberg’s Wife (aka DCW) are back with a new EP, The Octoberman Sequence, which is due out via Blang Records tomorrow (digitally) and on the 2nd November on limited 12″ vinyl. Key players in the UK’s antifolk scene in the late 2000s, we loved them for their black humour, sense of the macabre and twisted, often enjoyably bitter lyrics. Theirs was a … Continue reading The Return Of David Cronenberg’s Wife

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Frauds – Animals

Fiercely independent Croydon-based duo Frauds are set to release their brand new single Animals due out on the 2nd November. It follows their well received debut album With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice. This new single may well be their most political track to date, pointedly tearing down the absurdity of the current regime in a way that will make you laugh, if even … Continue reading Frauds – Animals

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Punk, Rock

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Neil Young – Campaigner (Live, acoustic) Ty Segall – Class War (The Dils cover) Beach House – Alien Public Service Broadcasting – White Star Liner The Growlers – Problems III Matthew E. White – No Future In Our Frontman Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls Drug Church – Unlicensed Hall Monitor J Mascis – Web So Dense Keston Cobblers’ Club – Siren           … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Nine More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Dodos – Center Of Cass McCombs – Noise Suite For The Green Party Deer Tick – Hey! Yeah! Kurt Vile – Learning To Fly  (Tom Petty cover) The Smoking Trees – Who Is The Villain? American Pleasure Club – Oranges Magic Potion – Foamy Lace Girlpool – Lucy’s Strange Ranger – The Wires                     Continue reading Nine More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Alternative, Electronic, Garage, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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

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