Swound! – In My Head

Boy, oh boy, someone has a Weezer fetish. In fact, the four “brothers” (Right…) who make up Swound! have enough of one to account for the entirety of their native Nottingham. Fortunately, this is no pale attempt to ape … Read More

LITTLE ROY – Lithium

Little Roy is a legendary reggae singer from Kingston, Jamaica.

His covers album of 10 Nirvana classic songs, Battle for Seattle, was released in September 2011 on Ark Recordings. Little Roy’s voice has a similar grain to that of … Read More

Master & The Mule – 6ixty 5ive

The track is clearly inspired by the 90s grunge movement, featuring some heavy guitar and steady drum beats. Vocals kick in towards the end of the first minute of the nearly five minutes long track, adding to the 90s … Read More

Teeth – U R 1

Another single from London based Teeth taken from debut album Whatever. U R 1 is three minutes of loud electro-punk through which Veronica So’s voice stands out of a wall of noise.

Teeth’ music comes from a long … Read More

The Jar Family – In For A Penny

The Jar Family are acoustic folkers with more of a grip than you’d expect. In For A Penny is their latest single and, although it’s built on an unplugged strum and with a lot of whistling filling the gaps, it … Read More

Rough Fields – You As You

You As You – this song starts off with an acoustic guitar that is being strummed and is being accompanied with a melodic xylophone. There is also a piano that chords are going to be played. Then there comes … Read More

The Dunwells – I Could Be A King

The Dunwells are a Leeds based quintet, formed of two brothers, two cousins and another fellow – formally known as The Dunwells Brothers Band. They have been around a while, but not really received much recognition beyond the countryside … Read More

James Apollo – Two By Two

James Apollo is an American roots rock songwriter and musician nicknamed King of the Road. His critically acclaimed debut album Till Your Feet Bleed was released in 2010.

James Apollo’s new album Little War Little Less, set for release … Read More

The Savage Nomads – What The Angel Said

Yeeeeees! Despite my initial love of The Savage Nomads at the start of this year, their vibrant debut ‘Coloured Clutter’ had managed to fall down and out of my iPod playlists, being kicked out of prominence by bigger-named, indie … Read More

The Standards – Mice

I suppose this gets a resounding “actually, it’s okay” from me. As soon as I heard the indie-pop wibbling in the instruments, and some vaguely Morrissey-inspired vocals, I was armed and set to pan this track to kingdom come, … Read More