Cabbage. a cultivated plant eaten as a vegetable, having thick green or purple leaves surrounding a spherical heart or head of young leaves a person who leads a dull or inactive life politically energised, wryly observant, fast and furious indie band So it was that no. 2 (MM) having eaten no. 1, went, with middle sprat, to see no. 3 at the Oxford Academy. Despite … Continue reading Live Review: Cabbage (Oxford Academy)
Lots and lots of good new stuff this week…lucky thirteen in fact! Courtney Barnett – City Looks Pretty Father John Misty – Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All T. Hardy Morris – Be Fidlar – Alcohol Okkervil River – Famous Tracheotomies Wavves – All Star Goth Tancred – Queen Of New York Iceage – The Day The Music Dies Mazzy Star – Quiet, … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re long standing fans of Paisley Underground pioneers The Dream Syndicate. Last year they released their first album in thirty years, How Did I Find Myself Here?,to much (well deserved) critical acclaim and this week they have announced the release of their first-ever Record Store Day exclusive piece How We Found Ourselves…Everywhere! It is a six-song LP of outtakes, live recordings and B-sides. Today they … Continue reading The Dream Syndicate Announce Record Store Day Release, Share Recurring (Steve’s Dream)
Liverpool psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society have shared their latest psych-driven single Andrei Rublev. Inspired by scenes from Andre Tarkovsky’s 1996 arthouse classic film, the single is an emotive swirl of hip-hop drums, cosmic bass lines and hypnotic guitar solos. Stream it here. Their debut album will be out later in the year. Continue reading The Vryll Society – Andrei Rublev
The Men – Shimmer n’ Shine Pop 1280 – When No One Cares Half Waif – Back In Brooklyn Wand – Perfume Bent Denim – Idiot Cherry Glazerr – Juicy Socks Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight Neko Case – Bad Luck Juanita Stein – Forgiver Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Swedish shoegazers Echo Ladies have announced details of their debut album, Pink Noise, which is released on June 8 via Sonic Cathedral. With influences from the Cocteaus to the Jesus & Mary Chain by way of New Order, and effortlessly jumping between sonic mayhem and skewed synth-pop the trio have created a record that ably demonstrates their heady mix of melancholy, euphoria, anger and tenderness. Listen to Bedroom from … Continue reading Echo Ladies Announce Pink Noise Album
Dr. Dog – Heart Killer Haley Heynderickx – Rex’s Blues (Townes Van Zandt cover) Beach Skulls – That’s Not Me Mourn – Barcelona City Tour Wedding – Hands In The Till Amyl And The Sniffers – Cup Of Destiny Culture Abuse – Calm E Crocodylus – My Love Jessica Risker – I See You Among The Stars … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Hippo Lite, the new album from DRINKS (Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley of White Fence) is out on the 20th April, the follow up to 2015’s Hermits On Holiday. The latest song to be shared from it is Corner Shops, a typically oddball, off kilter track of skewed pop that somehow manages to be restrained and chaotic at the same time. Have a listen. … Continue reading DRINKS – Corner Shops
MIEN (featuring members of The Horrors, The Black Angels, Elephant Stone and The Earlies) have shared the latest single from their upcoming self-titled LP that is due out tomorrow. (I’m Tired Of) Western Shouting is pretty self explanatory for subject matter, but has an undercurrent of optimism. Heavy and hypnotic, it swells and rolls on a sea of ambient tinged psych and eastern rock grooves … Continue reading MIEN – (I’m Tired Of) Western Shouting
Eels – Bone Dry Joan Shelley – The Bridge (Dolly Parton cover) feat Bonnie Price Billy Breakfast Muff – Patient Manchester Orchestra – No Hard Feelings (Avett Brothers cover) Hinds – Finally Floating Laura Veirs – Lightning Rod Medistation – Pool Of Blood Wye Oak – Lifer Eureka California – Mexican Coke Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 