The Black Hand Gang hail from urban Scotland, but their hearts would seem to be just as firmly ensconced in the America of backwood swamps and dusty plains that call to mind some of the greats like Creedence Clearwater Revival and Neil Young. Put these influences together and you get soaring passion and raw emotion anchored by some down-to-earth Glasgow grit. The songs from their self-titled … Continue reading Introducing…The Black Hand Gang
Indie pop quintet Exlovers have just been confirmed to support Noah & The Whale on all dates of their forthcoming European and UK tour. To celebrate, their label Young & Lost Club are giving away Blowing Kisses, the A-side to their sold out single on Y&L in February. It is a two minute rollercoaster ride of glorious melodic pop with delightful vocal harmonies that is as wistful … Continue reading Exlovers To Support Noah & The Whale, Give Away Free Single
The wonderfully named sextet Teen Girl Scientist Monthly hail from New York. Theirs is a world of stomping indie rock, marrying pulsating percussion with epic orchestral violin and adding a topping of effervescent male/female vocals. Dipping their toes in everything from country to post-punk they kick up a shitstorm of high energy sound that is as diverse as it is original, but never less than 100% … Continue reading Teen Girl Scientist Monthly: Safari Video
Too Slow, the recent debut long player by Tom Williams & The Boat is undoubtedly one of our albums of the year so far. It is crammed full of brilliant tunes that mix vitriol and wry observation in equal measure jumping from the venom of the wonderful Get Older to the understated ironic sarcasm of Wouldn’t Women Be Sweet. It has been getting regular plays … Continue reading New Single From Tom Williams & The Boat
We’ve been fans of the ramshackle folk and lo-fi psychedelia of Woods since Songs of Shame back in 2009. On 14th June they will be releasing Sun & Shades on Woodsist. Until then, you can tickle your ears with a listen to the sinuous pastoral folk and falsetto of Pushing Onlys from the album. a Continue reading New from Woods
Treetop Flyers have just been crowned winners of the Glastonbury Emerging Talent contest, winning themselves a slot on the main-stage at this year’s event. Beating off competition from a host of excellent, unsigned acts (picked by a broad selection of UK bloggers over the last few months) the London quintet impressed the judges – including Michael and Emily Eavis – enough to bag themselves the … Continue reading Treetop Flyers Are Glastonbury Bound
We were delighted to discover Sunderbans have a new EP, Wolf Heart due out today. The release succeeds the band’s feature on Huw Stevens’ Music Sounds Better With Huw VOL 2 compilation last autumn, and their brilliant debut 7″ single We Only Can Because We Care released by Young and Lost. Inspired partly by the descent to insanity induced by the days and nights spent locked … Continue reading Sunderbans Announce New EP
Seems like there is a Philadelphia theme happening by chance today…following our Work Drugs post earlier comes the intriguingly titled The Shortest Man On Earth, being the latest release from Sweet Lights. It retains the slightly retro feel of the recent self-titled album, and is another beautifully judged excursion into the world of classic sunshine and psych rock – imagine if Spiritualized played Americana with … Continue reading New Single from Sweet Lights
We’ve posted the chilled indie lo-fi of Philadelphia’s Work Drugs a couple of times and they will be releasing an album, Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn to support their forthcoming tour. First single is the excellently named Curious Serge. Investigate below. Visit their website here, or Bandcamp here. Download Work Drugs – Curious Serge mp3 (Digital Single) See them live with Two Door Cinema Club in April. 06 … Continue reading Work Drugs Album Release
We posted the excellent single release Deadbeat by Brooklyn’s Hunters back in early February. A song we described as “The Vaselines making music with The Ruts on a chaotic acid binge.” Now we have a track from their self-titled, name your price EP, which is available here on Bandcamp. Visceral, tribal, and anthemic. Start your weekend with a bang! Download Hunters – Brat Mouth mp3 … Continue reading More from Hunters
