Best New Music: Summer Heart – ‘Thinking Of U’

  It’s cold outside here in the UK, and I’m sure it’s even colder in David Alexander’s native Sweden – but in the world of Summer Heart it sounds like everything is tropical… Continue reading →

Drenge – ‘We Can Do What We Want’

  Drenge are back, and that’s great – they were one of the best live bands I saw in 2013 and their ear-pummelling sound was sorely missed at the festivals I attended last… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Hooton Tennis Club – ‘Jasper’

  If you ask me, Hooton Tennis Club is just about the best new indie band around (and yes, I am basing that statement on the one song I’ve heard by them). ‘Jasper’ is… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Puppy – ‘Forever’

  An incredible debut track from Puppy. The vocals are reminiscent of the Hate Hate Hate Records-released London outfit Polterghost – a band whose heavy riffs melted my brain a year or so ago. Puppy seem to… Continue reading →

Fascinator – ‘Showin’ Off’

  “Lord Fascinator” is a symphonic psych-pop artist from New York who, as far as I can tell, enjoys wearing colourful robes and a headdress when he plays live. It’s a good fit… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Dissolve – ‘Where We Are’ / ‘Statement’

  Whilst comparison to My Bloody Valentine is inevitable, San Franciscan duo Dissolve pull off swirling shoegaze so well that it needn’t be a detrimental connection. ‘Where We Are’ is produced so finely… Continue reading →

Eerie Wanda – ‘Volcano Lagoon’

  This folky little treat is the product of Dutch group Eerie Wanda, who count members of the superb Jacco Gardner’s band amongst their own. ‘Volcano Lagoon’ is much more than a pretty… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Supercrush – ‘I Don’t Want To Feel Sad Anymore’

  Originally in a wealth of punk and hardcore acts in his native Vancouver, Mark Palm (not to be mistaken with Mudhoney’s Mark Arm…) embodies the sound and spirit of the alt-pop ‘90s… Continue reading →

The Vickers – ‘All I Need’

  The Vickers are a ‘60s-influenced psych-rock band from Florence, in Italy, and ‘All I Need’ is the fourth single to be released from their album ‘Ghosts’, released in 2014. The best thing about… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Dengue Fever – ‘No Sudden Moves’

  “The world’s premier Cambodian psychedelic rock band” Dengue Fever return in 2015 with new album ‘The Deepest Lake’, and for those not familiar, ‘No Sudden Moves’ is as good a sign as… Continue reading →

Travis Brexter – ‘Promises’

  Soon to deliver an album that features both MGMT’s James Richardson and much of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti is Travis Bretzer, a psych-pop artist who sounds like a mixture of Pink himself… Continue reading →

Best New Music: Rexx – ‘I Really Tried To Save The Day’

  Here’s an act I was turned on to by love-‘em-or-hate-‘em hipster punk twins The Garden – they included REXX in a list of their favourite bands from California last year, and what… Continue reading →

Flesh – ‘Avin It In Ibiza’

  LOL! Flesh are a funny bunch of lads. They’ve genuinely put a smile on my face today. If Oasis didn’t take themselves seriously and were fans of Weezer then they might have ended… Continue reading →