Not Kings is the title song of the forthcoming debut album from Candy Says, Oxford’s lo-fi recording collective, Camilla closes the record. The album is out on the 28th May and is a twelve song collection of off-kilter, experimental garage pop that defies categorisation (despite all our best efforts in this same sentence). It is quirky, sometimes jaunty, sometimes maudlin, often perplexing and undeniably affecting. Listen … Continue reading Candy Says – Not Kings
This started out as a CD-R that Candy Says gave away for free on their Space Tour – they wanted to introduce people to the the music their friends make. Fifty copies were burned, and they were gone before they knew it. So they asked all the bands if they could put the compilation online, and everyone thought it was a great idea (well almost … Continue reading Candy Says Curate Compilation To Benefit Alzheimer’s Research
This weekend sees the annual Gathering festival in Oxford – a brilliant event that takes in seven venues around the city and runs from the afternoon into the wee small hours. This year the line up includes such MM luminaries as Local Natives, Drenge, Waxahatchee, Temples, Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs, Pyyramids, Port Isla, Wolf Alice, To Kill A King, Cheatahs and a whole host more. … Continue reading The Gathering – A Playlist
The Mad Mackerel 