NEW MUSIC: Casual Male – Takin’ It Easy
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
NEW MUSIC: Interbellum – Ready To Dissolve
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
NEW MUSIC: SHON – A Crack In It
SHON is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist who released an EP called Made As It Drifted, earlier in 2018. ‘A Crack In It’ is one of those textured and layered tracks that recalls the inventiveness of Radiohead and the willingness to place real instruments in digital environments. SHON uses an art-rock and post-rock palette of sound and it works wonderfully on both sonic and songwriting levels. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: SHON – A Crack In It
NEW MUSIC: Umifozi – Asterkross
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
NEW MUSIC: Niki Moss – There Must Be Something In The Water
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
NEW MUSIC: Luxury Mane – Domestic Bliss
Here’s the title track from Luxury Mane‘s album that is due for release on December 12th. The Florida quartet deal in kaleidoscopic indie rock, complete with cascading melodies and colourful psych pop arrangements. Their song ‘Sitting Still’ first caught our attention and this one seals the deal. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Luxury Mane – Domestic Bliss
NEW MUSIC: Pip Blom – Come Home
Today we’ve got some great new music from the Netherlands, in the form of the track ‘Come Home’ by Pip Blom. Indie rock styles aplenty, built on a wonderfully insistent and pulsing rhythm section, guitars that snake about and create all kinds of interesting sonic shapes. Vocally the voices overlap and intertwine giving ‘Come Home’ a distinctly hypnotic feel. Pip’s Paycheck EP was released 5th October digitally … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Pip Blom – Come Home
NEW MUSIC: Skelatin – It Takes The Pain Away
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
NEW MUSIC: Lennard Rubra – L’archetipo di Artemide
Here’s a great track from Lennard Rubra, a 21 year old multi-instrumentalist from Riccione, Italy. ‘L’archetipo di Artemide’ recalls the sparkling knotty and intertwined guitars of Television and the avant-indie post-rock of the 2000s such as Dirty Projectors and Ponytail. ‘L’archetipo di Artemide’ is the opening track on his recently released debut album Paracusie Notturne. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Lennard Rubra – L’archetipo di Artemide
ALBUM REVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade – Blacklight
It’s been six years since Nic McKenzie and Nick Weaver released their debut album Outlands. On the back of a run of singles they’d built a strong sense of anticipation about that first record and it certainly lived up to expectations. Fast forward to 2018 and how does a band evolve and change over that time? The DSA model is to essentially stick to the … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade – Blacklight
ALBUM REVIEW: The Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking
They were young when they formed, young when they recorded their first album and they’re still only just sloping out of their teens as they release their sophomore album. At its strongest, We’re Not Talking still reaches the same impossibly catchy jangle-pop heights that they impressed with on their debut, but across its 30 minutes some minor risk-taking doesn’t quite pay off. Their trademark innocence … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking
NEW MUSIC: Heartthrob Chassis – Sister
Here’s some blank-eyed, gutter-glam noise-rock from Heartthrob Chassis out of Detroit. The band is headed by Margaret Doll Rod, former songwriter and member of the stage-smashing Demolition Doll Rods. The track lurches and staggers along with an almost Suicide-like drone quality. Babes in Toyland and early Hole are reference points too, with some added Sonic Youth squalls, dirge and dissonant causticity. The track comes from Heartthrob Chassis’ … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Heartthrob Chassis – Sister
Doubtful Sounds 