Grizzly Bear – Yet Again

Premiered in UK on BBC1, here comes another track from the forthcoming Grizzly Bear’s album Shields. It’s been three years from the magic of Veckatimest, which projected the Brooklin-based four-piece into stardom. Yet Again confirms the talent for melodies … Read More

Strangers – Safe/Pain

Strangers’ new single Safe/Pain, released via their own label Stranger Sounds, is a musically fantastic, woozy number which is rooted in lyrical realism. Reminiscent of Depeche Mode and The Big Pink for greatness of vision and pop sensibility, Strangers … Read More

The Boy Royals – People Like Us

It was during my third listen to Newport based rockers The Boy Royals’ third single People Like Us when I realized that the melody in the verses is pretty much a carbon copy of Billy Bragg’s New England. It … Read More

Introducing… SHIROCK

Introducing… SHIROCK 

For Fans of… U2, Stereophonics, Snow PatrolSHIROCK, a band based in the cool US music hub of Nashville, is about to land on British soil. Their forthcoming dynamic debut album, Everything Burns, is filled with bold, … Read More

Black Swans Unveil New Single

Liverpool’s best-kept secret, Black Swans, are set to cause a stir both sides of the pond this summer with the release of their second single ‘This Looks Like Yesterday’.

Black Swans are ready to release the second single from … Read More

Zeni Danussi – Powerbolt

Yet another instalment of guitar wizardry from Zeni Danussi, ‘Powerbolt’ is a full-lemgth release, and one that despite showing every bit as much adrenaline and technical mastery as his previous EPs, shows little boundary-pushing, settling for much the same … Read More

Fawn Spots – Spanish Glass

Fawn Spots are a duo from York who, if this single is anything to go by, are producing a sound that could only be produced if rock and pop were having a fight and rock was slightly more dominant … Read More

KESTON COBBLERS CLUB – One, For Words

Keston Cobblers Club are a toe tapping, foot stomping indie folk band from Keston, Bromley Kent. Its members are Matthew Lowe, Tom Sweet, Julia Lowe and Bethan Ecclestone. They’re fans of Mumford and Sons, Jonny Flynn, Mates of State, … Read More

Alphabet Backwards – Ladybird

The latest track of Alphabet Backwards, Ladybird, continues their penchant for feel-good music with its perfect suitability for the gradually emerging summer. This light, poppy piece lifts you up from the very opening note, aided by the cheerful piano … Read More

Lace & Whiskey – Running Out of Time

Lace & Whiskey are an East London rock four-piece (and not the 1977 album of the same name by Alice Cooper, something that silly Google and Facebook seem to get confused with). ‘Running Out Of Time’ is their eclectic … Read More