Tag: 2018

Experimental, Folk, New Music, Pop, Psych, Stream

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

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Audio Stream, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, New Music, Psych

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

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Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk

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

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Indie Rock, New Music, Stream

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

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Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Stream

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

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Psych, Video

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

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Indie Rock, New Release, Post-Punk

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

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Audio Stream, Guitar Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Psych

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

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Americana / Alt-Country, Audio Stream, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, New Music, Psych, Stream

NEW MUSIC: The Original Cowards – Curse Of The Commander

Here’s some searing panoramic dust storm countrified rock from The Original Cowards, a trio from Northampton, MA whose self-proclaimed influences include Dinosaur Jr., Neil Young and Crazy Horse, sacred herbs, garage and psych, fuzz, The Who, and thunder. They live up to those lofty aspirations on ‘Curse Of The Commander’, a seven minute track that rumbles, sways and lumbers along with paint-peeling solos and a … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Original Cowards – Curse Of The Commander

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Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Interviews, Sonic Kicks, Stream

SONIC KICKS: Peabody

Peabody are now five albums deep in a career that has seen them become a stalwart of the Sydney indie rock scene over the last 24 years. Their latest, A Redder Shade Of Rust (produced by Jamie Hutchings) finds them in fine form yet again. It’s heady, poetic and a really great balance of melody, rhythm, momentum and knotty guitars. It’s dark and churning one minute, … Continue reading SONIC KICKS: Peabody

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Audio Stream, Electronica, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, New Music, Psych

NEW MUSIC: Deep Sea Arcade – Close To Me

Deep Sea Arcade have been hard at work on their new album Blacklight, their first since Outlands in 2012. We’ve heard the new album, we’ve got a review of it coming soon. The good news is that for the most part it’s been worth the wait. This single, ‘Close To Me’, is one of the album highlights and an example of the seamless integration of … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Deep Sea Arcade – Close To Me

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Folk, Interviews, New Release, Video

INTERVIEW: Adrianne Lenker

THE OVERWHELMING SENSATION OF BEING ALIVE Three years on the road with her band Big Thief has been a life changing experience for Adrianne Lenker and as she explains to Chris Familton, she wanted to document and archive her thoughts and emotions through that period on her new solo album abyskiss. I made my first solo record when I was 21 and I was so … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Adrianne Lenker

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