What would My Bloody Valentine sound like if they were fronted by The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas? It’s not a question I’ve ever found myself asking before but it seems relevant in light… Continue reading
Recently, it seems like I can hardly post about music without finding myself wound back up in the Tame Impala universe… It’s definitely not a bad thing! Last night, Kevin Parker-produced Parisian… Continue reading
“Only In My Dreams” is the latest track to be released by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti ahead of the release of their second album, “Mature Themes”. It’s a 3-minute psychedelic pop nugget with… Continue reading
Here’s one for the rumour mill. I just had an extremely short chat with cult musician Anton Newcombe, leader of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, wherein he revealed some very exciting news: Anton Newcombe: “If I end… Continue reading
Ω Read our full review of ‘Lonerism’ here! Two weeks on from releasing a surprise teaser video for their forthcoming album, “Lonerism”, Tame Impala have dropped another bombshell by releasing the first song… Continue reading
Ω Featured in Mint Magazine “Haunted By Colours” is the forthcoming EP by New York’s ShadowBox, once again epitomising the formidable quality of music coming from Pictures Music’s artist pool (see Rudi Zygadlo,… Continue reading
Eagulls are a 5-piece outfit from Leeds with a penchant for noise and skateboarding, who have thus far had releases on Moshi Moshi and Italian Beach Babes Records (including a split 7” with… Continue reading
Ω Featured in Mint Magazine After a year of steadily amounting shedloads of hype from singles “Ungirthed”, “Belispeak”, “Obedear”, and most recently, “Fineshrine”, Purity Ring’s debut album is finally on its way. As suggested… Continue reading
Despite assuring that his new EP will feature “no hippie shit”, Clark’s new track “Fantasm Planes” is pretty much dominated by a mad psychedelic arpeggio that flits back and forth between flute and… Continue reading
Dinosaur Jr. are GODS of guitar music. While the Pixies were putting the lead guitar back into indie music in the late 1980s with lo-fi production and Black Francis’ screeches, Dinosaur Jr. were… Continue reading
Ω Also featured on The Freedom Spark Face+Heel’s new track opens with a haunting atmosphere of whispery air-synth and samples of distant crowd chatter. Shaker rhythm and throbbing synths build around it, teasing you… Continue reading
Stubborn Heart is the second of two fantastic acts to be released on brand new London-based label Kaya Kaya Records. They describe themselves perfectly as ‘electronic soul’, with Luca Santucci’s strongly emotive vocal… Continue reading
Sacred Animals is a secretive little outfit from Dublin, fusing the vocals and instrumentation of Radiohead and Bon Iver with the minimal rhythms found in the likes of Four Tet and Burial. This latest track is a decidedly ambient remix of… Continue reading
“Observations” sees the welcome return of one of Denmark’s finest musical outputs: The Raveonettes. Their newest single, characterised by slow, haunting piano, is lathered with Sune Rose Wagner’s soothing vocals, around which builds… Continue reading
Well if it isn’t the most exciting news update of the year so far…! Australia’s Tame Impala released a video album teaser today for their new record (assumed to be titled “Lonerism”) which… Continue reading
Ω Featured on The Freedom Spark The Flying Lotus-esque beats and rustling percussion of Slime’s latest track ‘Bruised’ provide a wonderfully organic base for a wash of gentle saxophones and violins. It’s subdued and relaxing with… Continue reading
Ω Featured on The Freedom Spark F.U.R.S have done well in staying on the right side of the fine line between making a song overly twee by over-use of xylophone / hiding it well enough… Continue reading
