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Bastille announce autumn UK tour
July 1, 2016 in News
London electro infused indie-rockers will head out on a ten date arena tour in support of their upcoming second album… Tags: Bastille, Dan Smith, electro, indie-rock, Wild World
‘Parallel Lives’ by Gates (Album)
June 25, 2016 in Music
Sophomore release from this indie rock quintet delves deep into the crevices of life to study the nature of reality… Tags: Gates, indie-rock, Kevin Dye
‘EP1’ by The Marivaux (EP)
April 5, 2016 in Music
This Manchester four-piece traverse the heavier side of northern indie, while keeping one hand firmly on the genre’s familiar reins… Tags: All In Good Time, Birds And The Bees, indie, indie-rock, Joy Formidable, Mr. Insane, The Courtneeners
‘Ideal Girl’ by The Cradles (Single)
February 10, 2016 in Music
Youthful Welsh quintet provide an insouciant mix of two of England’s most successful indie-rock acts on their brand new single… Tags: Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys, Ideal Girl, indie-rock, Joe Norman, psych, The Coral, The Cradles
‘Three Hits’ by Lenin Death Mask (EP)
December 11, 2015 in Music
Stepping away from the violent pop of their earlier releases, this youthful act offer a record to catch indie-rockers attention… Tags: Biffy Clyro, indie-rock, Lenin Death Mask, New York, Summer Vacation, Three Hits, Titus Andronicus, Toys That Kill, Vampire Weekend
‘Try To Be Hopeful’ by The Spook School (Album)
September 11, 2015 in Music
Edinburgh indie-pop act The Spook School smash any notion of Second Album Syndrome on the excellent ‘Try To Be Hopeful’… Tags: C86, indie-pop, indie-rock, pop punk, The Spook School, Try To Be Hopeful
‘Lights Out’ by Black Surf (Single)
June 25, 2015 in Music
On their brand new single ‘Lights Out’, indie-rock group Black Surf pay homage to one of grunge-pop’s most beloved songwriters… Tags: alt-rock, Black Surf, grunge, indie, indie-rock
Waxahatchee to tour Europe with Kurt Vile
June 17, 2015 in News
Indie-rock songwriting star Waxahatchee – AKA Katie Crutchfield – announces a European tour in support of the acclaimed Kurt Vile… Tags: indie-rock, Ivy Tripp, Katie Crutchfield, Kurt Vile, The War On Drugs, Waxahatchee
Propped Up by Mammoth Penguins (Single)
June 14, 2015 in Music
Single ‘Propped Up’ sets the scene perfectly for Mammoth Penguins’ soon to be released debut album ‘Hide And Seek‘
ou’d… Tags: indie-pop, indie-rock, Mammoth Penguins, Standard Fare, The Spook School
A Dream Outside by Gengahr (Album)
June 3, 2015 in Music
On debut album ‘A Dream Outside’, London quartet Gengahr set themselves up to be alt-rock’s next darlings. Or do they?… Tags: A Dream Outside, Alt-J, alt-rock, Bright Eyes, Bros, Desaparecidos, Elliott Smith, emo, Felix Bushe, Gengahr, Heatmiser, Heroine, Huw Stephens, Hype Machine, indie-rock, Mañana, Mercury Prize, Powder, Radiohead, Red House Painters, Where I Lie, Wolf Alice
Gutter Gutter Strike Strike Gutter Gutter by Alimony Hustle (Single)
April 4, 2015 in Music
Bristol’s Alimony Hustle may be newcomers but they’re all ready to make a name for themselves on their debut single… Tags: Alimony Hustle, emo, indie-rock, Kinsella
A Whole New Shape by Happyness (Single)
March 24, 2015 in Music
College rock revivalists Happyness return with their new single ‘A Whole New Shape’ and show that their potential’s still keen… Tags: college-rock, Death From Above 1979, Dinosaur Jr, happyness, indie, indie-rock, Tim Wheeler, Weird Little Birthday, Yo La Tengo
Black Sun by Death Cab For Cutie (Single)
January 28, 2015 in Music
‘Black Sun’ sees Death Cab For Cutie thankfully remaining true to the high standard that fans have come to expect… Tags: Black Sun, Death Cab For Cutie, indie-rock, Kintsugi, Underneath the Sycamore
Rich Men Poor Men Good Men by Koria Kitten Riot (Album)
October 13, 2014 in Music
Helsinki five piece Koria Kitten Riot trade in an indie-folk world that’s filled not with streaming eyes, but beaming smiles… Tags: Antti Reikko, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Death Cab For Cutie, Elliott Smith, indie-folk, indie-rock, Koria Kitten Riot, Mark Oliver Everett, Rich Men Poor Men Good Men, Sunny Day Real Estate
Introducing… Doe
July 7, 2014 in Features, Interviews
London based trio Doe take feminism, horror and beer as their motto and indie-rock’s early 90s heyday as their inspiration… Tags: Doe, indie-rock, Jake Popyura, Matthew Sykes, Nicola Leel, Pixies, Sleater Kinney, Sooner, Superchunk, The Breeders
Post Holiday Dead Song/Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers by Tyrannosaurus Dead & Joanna Gruesome (Single)
July 3, 2014 in Music
Brighton’s Tyrannosaurus Dead & Cardiff’s Joanna Gruesome join forces on the excellent split single ‘Post Holiday Dead Song/Ant-Parent Cowboy Killers… Tags: C86, indie, indie-rock, Joanna Gruesome, Seattle86, Tyrannosaurus Dead
Stories by So Many Animal Calls (Single)
May 10, 2014 in Music
With this indie-rock tale, Glasgow four-piece So Many Animal Calls prove worthy additions to the canon of emotionally-tinged guitar pop… Tags: American Football, Ben Gibbard, indie, indie-rock, So Many Animal Calls
Great Minds Think Alike, All Brains Taste The Same by Happyness (Single)
May 8, 2014 in Music
London trio Happyness offer fans a dose of summer on single ‘Great Minds Think Alike, All Brains Taste The Same’… Tags: Eels, happyness, indie-rock, Pavement, Sparkelhorse, Weezer
