Song: Oxbow Lakes – ‘Geiger’

  Equal parts beautiful and terrifying, ‘Geiger’ is a bold and rewarding introduction to a talented post-rock band who the world might not have known before.   Oxbow Lakes have been tucked down in… Continue reading →

Song: The Black Tambourines – ‘I Wanna Stay Away’

  I’ve heard a lot of the tracks that The Black Tambourines have been working on for their forthcoming album – whenever I see their manager he always slips the songs on the stereo unannounced,… Continue reading →

Song: Astronauts – ‘Skydive’

  Twinkling psych-folk folk Astronauts snuck up on me when I least expected it with ‘Skydive’. That is to say, I was not expecting such a richly textured and warmly fluffed pleasure as… Continue reading →

Song: Throne – ‘Ascender’

  I woke up this morning to see a note on my phone. The note read ‘THRONE’. I could only assume that it was some kind of raucous musical project discovered upon some drunken escapade… Continue reading →

Song: Happyness – ‘Leave The Party’

  Wow, this new single from Happyness is a very pleasant surprise indeed. Post-Pavement is a near perfect description – especially when applied to bass (well done Stereogum), but this is a truly charming… Continue reading →

Song: Craft Spells – ‘Komorebi’

  The Japanese word “Komorebi” roughly translates as “sunlight that’s filtered through the trees”, and is a fitting title for this windy and gentle delight from Captured Tracks’ Craft Spells. Full of flutes… Continue reading →

Song: Lxury – ‘Playground’

  ‘Playground’ is a revamped version of one of Lxury’s original demos that we first featured on this blog last summer, and following the likes of the more commercial debut single ‘J.A.W.S.’, we’re thrilled… Continue reading →

Live: The Great Escape Festival (Brighton, May 8th-10th, 2014).

Ω Originally featured in Crack Magazine   SXSW might offer sweltering weather and decades of experience, but there’s nothing quite like ol’ Blighty when it comes to exciting musical festivals, and The Great Escape is… Continue reading →

Song: Token – ‘Meteor’

  It’s proven difficult to uncover much information about TOKEN other than the simple fact that (what appears to be) their debut track ‘Meteor’ is FUCKING BRILLIANT. Sugary electro-pop can give me a bit… Continue reading →

Song: Stephen Steinbrink – ‘Now You See Everything’

  In my head this heavenly folk song by Stephen Steinbrink immediately recalls Love’s sublime ‘The Daily Planet’; it’s that rising-and-falling guitar jangle that sounds so sweet and spiritual, and with the latter’s album… Continue reading →

Song: TĀLĀ – ‘Serbia’

  When I went to Marrakech it was at the latter end of two weeks of hitch-hiking across Europe. (there was once a Noisey article about this wherein the writer was claiming to… Continue reading →

Song: Vomitface – ‘Sloppy Joes’

  Vomitface is a brilliant name for a band!   ‘Sloppy Joes’ – I love this track. Proper sludge stoner metal with a Mudhoney vs. Nirvana vocal at the helm, and a Josh Homme-esque bumblebee… Continue reading →

Album: The Amazing Snakeheads – ‘Amphetamine Ballads’

Ω Abridged version originally featured in Crack Magazine   With it’s golden, leathery snakeskin album art and a seditious provocation in it’s title, ‘Amphetamine Ballads’, The Amazing Snakeheads’ debut is one that’s striking for signifiers… Continue reading →

Song: Cheveu – ‘Johnny Hurry Up’

  Cheveu’s third album is called ‘Bum’, but ‘Johnny Hurry Up’ certainly doesn’t sound like the kind of waste that’s usually expelled from that region of the body. A innovative and imaginative take… Continue reading →

Song: Donovan Blanc – ‘Hungry A Long Time’

  Here’s a band I’m fast acquiring a strong affinity for. Donovan Blanc’s second single is sprinkled with Ariel Pink-isms (particularly recalling ‘Only In My Dreams’ and other ‘60s-influenced numbers from 2012’s ‘Mature Themes’),… Continue reading →

Song: Looks – ‘Everest’

  This debut single from new London band Looks is driven by a sort of frivolous and wild synth sound, reminiscent of Late Of The Pier’s mental Myspace music. They were a fun band weren’t… Continue reading →