At the start of every year, music blogs and websites all around the world root around Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Spotify to find their favourite upcoming acts. Independent Music News is no different. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve also asked our social media followers, writers and friends who they think will slay the industry […]
Continue readingSong Of The Day: Porto Geese – Tea
Occasionally, we all experience that beautiful moment when a track grabs you from the second it begins and then refuses to let go. Tea is one of those songs. My first impression of Porto Geese was “if Pond took every drug at once and started playing King Gizzard tunes, this is how they would sound”, […]
Continue readingReview: Harper’s Jar – Thank You Ancestor Finger
The lid on this Harper’s Jar is tight, real tight – just like the band’s musicianship. Harper’s Jar has a debut album coming out this year, April 10th to be exact, and for now, we’ve been graced with two tracks: Dandy Golden Blue and Home Is A Roach Hotel. In short, they’re a couple of […]
Continue readingPremiere: Beauty School – I Don’t Like This Party
I once had a bad experience at a beauty school. At sixteen, I had long curly hair and beautiful blue eyes. I was the talk of the town. Every time I entered the room A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton would play. I had a great life, then Sandra ruined it all. I was putting […]
Continue readingSong Of The Day: Porridge Radio – Sweet
A few years back, when I first heard Alex Cameron, I became an instant fan of his work. While idly reading up on his background as a musician, I came across the record label Secretly Canadian. I remembered the name as it made me laugh to myself (by which I mean I exhaled from my nose, staring […]
Continue readingReview: Courting – Football
I’m a football fan. Unfortunately, I support Preston North End too. Throughout the years, the club has been a constant disappointment. We had Graham Westley, who managed the team in 2012/13, and was a real gem. He requested the players train with imaginary gym weights and refer to him as a medal winner. That’s what […]
Continue readingSong Of The Day: Soccer Mommy – Circle The Drain
When I saw the words Soccer Mommy appear on my screen, I thought it was just Google suggesting things I might enjoy based on my seedy browser history. But I shouldn’t have; I was introduced to Soccer Mommy as an artist a while ago; when a song called Scorpio Rising peacefully entered my life through my […]
Continue readingPremiere: FEARS. – Vampires
I don’t have many fears, but when I saw the subject heading of an email titled Vampires, I quickly deleted it. Like spam mail you get from a Nigerian prince offering you two million pounds because you’re somehow related to him, I thought I was getting conned. That, and the fact that the address was ihavefearsineedhelp@gmail.com, […]
Continue readingReview: White Legs – Wicked Witch
The football fanatics of Sunderland haven’t had much to smile about in recent years. Watching their team plummet from the world stage of the Premier League down to the grind of League One can’t have been easy. Luckily, their music scene hasn’t suffered the same grim fate. Three-piece post-punkers White Legs have recently offered up […]
Continue readingPremiere: Stanleys – A Better Life
Have you ever been to Wigan? No?! You’re missing out. Famous for pea wet and babbies yeds, its beltin’. The music scene is pretty cool too. Bands like Bad Water, The Shook-Ups, and Cactus Knife have all rock and rolled their way into the history books. Then there are greats venues like The Tudor that’ll […]
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