Another song has been sent my way, and the excitement is palpable. I drool all over my mouse, as I click play and What’s In Your Head by Manalishi is a go. It opens with a guitar riff that reminds me of mashing X on a PlayStation controller to question a shady character on L.A. Noire; […]
Author archives: Stephen Billington
Independent Music News Podcast Specials: It’s A Wonderful Life
As the world locks its doors, and we wait for news that it’s okay to go to the pub again, I’m sat here thinking about how different life was when the idea was first realised for the IMN compilation album, It’s A Wonderful Life, and it’s accompanying podcast. It was the start of February, and the […]
Premiere: Meanwhile In Bat Country – The Smoke That Thunders
Meanwhile In Bat Country are here to show off the visual brilliance that is the music video for The Smoke That Thunders. Bloody hell. Nothing I will ever write again will be as epic sounding as that sentence. I am just going to savour this for a few seconds. I delete it, then write it again. Oh, the […]
Premiere: Alleyways – Dumb
My computer dings, I’ve got a premiere to do! I see the words Dumb and Alleyways pop up and instantly gulp; realising this is going to bring back a lot of traumatic flashbacks. I wanted to sound educated in my write up for the excellence that is this song, so I Googled the definition for the word “dumb”. […]
Premiere: Simon Masterson – Mountpleasant
We here at Independent Music News are a strong, defiant lot. We didn’t stop when Ricicles were discontinued, we didn’t stop when a bomb threat was called into our building, we didn’t stop for my granny’s funeral, and we won’t stop for some poxy virus named after a rubbish beer (yes, I said it). Upon […]
Premiere: Camens – Handbrake
I’m having a rough day today. It all started when I woke up to find that someone had hacked into my Tesco Clubcard account and printed off all my vouchers, spending the twenty-five quid I’d tirelessly worked to save. You son of a bitch, I needed that new iron! Since then, it’s all gone sideways; […]
Premiere: Love Val – Ibuprofen
Forget that herbal medicine and throw away your poxy paracetamol, Ibuprofen is here! And it’s the newest release from Love Val, an artist who I’m forced to assume must be in love with the wonders of modern medicine, and it’s ability to cure a hangover quick time. I never thought I’d hear a song inspired by my favourite […]
Review: Moses Rockwell – Upswing
I’m a bit of a fanboy of Moses Rockwell ever since I had the chance to have a chat with him on a podcast I co-host (obligatory plug – it’s called A Good Talking To), so I’m more than familiar with his past offerings. And I’ll prove it – a track by him called Hemoglobin Dollar-Bin made it into my […]
Podcast: A Good Talking To – Conor Houston
A Good Talking To is back again! It’s the fourth episode, and this time Steve and Adam had Conor Houston on to chat about his music career so far, and what his plans are for the future. But wait! There’s more. They also chatted about his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the stage shows […]
Premiere: Adam & Elvis – Bedwetters
Sometimes a song barges its way into your life that connects with you in a way that only incredible art can, rocking you to your very core, making you question everything. This is what Bedwetters did for me. It’s a song by Adam & Elvis, and for a moment I wonder if anyone ever clocks when […]