Got a cool new band to share with you today – The Mouth Of Ghosts. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to post ‘When The Sun Sets’, their debut single on Red Dragon Records (sort it out!), but I have got this taster video for you to check out: The full single is out on 29 october…
Some cool new music for you to get your ears around today from the rather excellent Dartford songstress Lillian Todd-Jones. Lillian is currently working with famed songsmith Gordon Mills Jr, who has previously helped out the likes of Ed Sheeran and Newton Faulkner. Of this working relationship, Lillian says: “it has been an amazing experience working…
One of my favourite new bands, FOLKS, are gearing up for the release of their debut album I See Cathedrals with the release of the video for next single ‘Say Something’. Watch it below: I See Cathedrals is out on 1 October with ‘Say Something’, the follow-up to debut single ‘Skull And Bones’, coming out…
Being from Leicester, I always like to keep an eye out for cool new bands from around these parts. So it was great to stumble upon new electro-indie Leicester band I Am In Love recently – whose new single ‘Palm’ is pretty amazing. Check it out here: It’s like early Depeche Mode with a bit…
Sparse, off-kilter, atmospheric pop – everyone’s making it at the minute. A lot of it, as usual when something gets a bit popular, is pretty rubbish and derivative, but there’s also some gems to be found in this burgeoning scene. Oxford’s Glass Animals are definitely one to put in the ‘gems’ section – but don’t…
Got some top new music for you today from new Bristol-based band Tidal Wars, who specialise in discordant Joy Division-esque lushness. Listen to their new double-A side single ‘Veils / Earning’ here: Tidal Wars are releasing ‘Veils/Earning’ on a USB stick on 3 September through Howling Owl Records – who also look after recent New…
Remember the good old days of Britpop when the music world was full of five-piece bands from the North, swaggering around with their Mod hair-do’s and flicking cigarette butts everywhere? If you do, then Sheffield band Kartica will seem very familiar to you. Whether you like them or not pretty much depends on whether you…
If you ask me, grunge is well overdue a renaissance. There was a hint of a rebirth a few years ago when a clutch of new bands came out throwing their Nirvana influences around with encouraging abandon. Manchester’s Nine Black Alps probably came closest to bringing the deep, dark and melodic guitar riffs of grunge…
While there’s quite a bit of exciting new music happening at the minute, not much of it is coming from good old fashioned UK guitar acts. Save for reliable old hands like Richard Hawley and seasoned campaigners like The Maccabees, guitar music is in a bit of a lull and in desperate need of young…
Manchester-based, Berlin-born producer Holy Other has announced he will be releasing his debut album Held on 27 August through Tri Angle Records. The album follows on from his highly acclaimed debut EP With U, which he released last year, and if lead single ‘Love Some1’ is anything to go by, will feature a lot of…
