West Australian psych-punks Hideous Sun Demon have unleashed this new track on us, the psychotic swagger of ‘Ssppuunnkk’ which staggers across the speakers, drops to its knees and crawls deeper into a drug fever. Slashing guitar shreds sonic holes through the song, above the pummelling rhythm section and Vincent Buchanan-Simpson ’s ferocious lead vocal. Their album Fame Erotic Dream is out now. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Hideous Sun Demon – Ssppuunnkk
Sydney trio Magnus know how to hit the metal, indulge the boogie, stoner rock vibe and stay perfectly on the wrong side of weird on this digital single ‘Saints, Sedated’. It hits a super solid pounding sprint home at the back end after digging into jazz metal noir and desert rock grooves. The track features Lucius Borich (Cog) on drums, percussion, backing vocals and organ. … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Magnus – Saints, Sedated
We’re hitting up some sounds from Sweden today, in the form of this track from Surmland Sound Science. It comes from their EP The First Thesis. There’s not much to be found online about the group or individual – no Facebook or Spotify presence. I guess they let the music do the talking and we’ll take that. ‘Analysis: Identified KHz’ is an instrumental piece that … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Surmland Sound Science – Analysis: Unidentified KHz
Norwegian trio Spielbergs have a pretty great balance of power pop melodies and noisey guitars and drums on this track, 4AM, from their debut album This Is Not The End, set for release at the start of February 2019. It’s anthemic indie rock but it sounds effortlessly uplifting and energetic. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Spielbergs – 4AM
Hinkley are a band hailing from Rochester NY and they’ve got a nice mix of Sparklehorse and Flaming Lips with a dash of the backwoods vibe of The Band thrown into the mix. Definitely on a melodic, cosmic 21st century indie tip. These two tracks are good examples of what you can expect to hear on their album Purblind which is out now via streaming … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Hinkley – Popular Attitudes About Magic & Sexuality / Blackout District
We’re digging the sound of this track from Women Of The Night, a band based in New York but featuring members from Adelaide (Australia), Seoul and Alabama. This track swings and swaggers along with raw vocals and a liquid, late-night vibe of jangly, bluesy guitars and a indie noir tinge. There’s an EP out on Spotify and if you hit up the Bandcamp page you … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Women Of The Night – Moscow Mansions
This is sky-high psychedelic indie rock from Anthony Braun Perry (formerly of The Growlers). When your head is in the clouds you may as well smoke ’em in this heady, dreamy, drug-like gem of a song that drifts along with a nursery rhyme quality and some fine woozy guitar playing. Debut LP from Catsigns, The Fine & Mellow, coming soon on Pop Cautious Records. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Catsigns – Smokin’ The Clouds
Casual Male are a band out of Brooklyn, NY led by Tim Lappin. They’ve got a new EP out called EP and it finds them dialling into the kind of indie sound that embraces rhythm, clever lyrics and plenty of sharp turns and infectious melodies, not dissimilar to the route well trodden by Spoon and The Walkmen. ‘Takin’ It Easy’ is a moody slow stagger … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Casual Male – Takin’ It Easy
This is most likely the first music we’ve featured from Lebanon and it’s a wonderful slice of downbeat indie guitar pop courtesy of the group Interbellum. ‘Ready To Dissolve’ comes from the recently released album Dead Pets, Old Griefs and is primarily the work of songwriter Karl Mattar (aka Charlie Rayne) as well as multi-instrumentalist and producer Fadi Tabbal and other musicians from the Beirut music … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Interbellum – Ready To Dissolve
Umfozi (Elias Araya) hails from Sweden and is the former drummer for indie band Junip. His solo project sees him channelling self-confessed influences such as Alice Coltrane, Neurosis and Sylvester and creating these hypnotic instrumental pieces that are built on percussive elements yet they possess floating, drifting avant-jazz and electronic qualities that take the pieces to quite interesting and subtle places. You can listen to … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Umifozi – Asterkross
Plenty of cosmic twists and turns in this track, the second taste of the solo work of Portuguese musician Niki Moss, who previously has worked with the band Savanna. ‘There Must Be Something In The Water’ drips with psychedelia and a kaleidoscopic quality that sound like a futuristic Doors if they were on different drugs. Moss’ debut album Gooey is slated for release early 2019. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Niki Moss – There Must Be Something In The Water
If you ever wondered about the lasting influence of The Strokes then a sure sign of their ongoing infiltration in the songwriting and sound of young bands can be found in this quickfire and clever slice of indie rock, one that finds a sweet spot between blank-eyed slacker rock and knotty musical intellectualism. Skelatin, led by Sam Levine, hail from New Orleans and this track … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Skelatin – It Takes The Pain Away
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