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; […]
Category archives: Features
Song Of The Day: Coast To Coast – Sovereign
Before I start this feature, I’d like to apologise for the atrocious behaviour I exhibited in the last review. Bannered Mare, you deserve better. Kiss, Daniel Thomas. Right, now that’s all sorted, I can write about Birmingham-based emo-rock band Coast To Coast. I wonder how they come up with their name. Did they travel from Land’s […]
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 […]
Feature: Ultimate Self-Isolation Playlist
2020 has been a terrible year so far. Kobe Bryant tragically passed away on 26th January, we’ve witnessed the catastrophic effects of the Australian bushfires, and Iran pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal because a US drone strike killed top Iranian security and intelligence commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani outside Baghdad airport in Iraq. […]
New Release: Compilation Album – It’s A Wonderful Life
Guess who’s back with another compilation album? Independent Music News is, and it’s an important one. Entitled It’s A Wonderful Life, we’ve created this comp to highlight mental health awareness and the musical talent of Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous, who tragically committed suicide on the 6th March 2010, just over ten years ago. The album […]
Premiere: The Motive – Rush
I’ve been racing around all day. I woke up at 6 am, walked the dogs, queued up in a thousand-person line at Asda to participate in a bit of stockpiling, then I cleaned the entire house, found a dead bird left by one of the cats, and prepped a casserole for my tea. What. A. […]
Premiere: Chupa Cabra – Russian Models
Due to the current pandemic, UK PM Boris Johnson has requested that everybody must only go outside and exercise once a day. I woke up at 6 am this morning and needed a little fresh air. While walking around the block with the dogs, Basil and Cauli, I noticed a weird trend; everyone was jogging. […]
Premiere: Waltz Away – Angel In The Red Room / Another Way
Blackburn quartet Waltz Away have created a melancholic and beautiful song called Angel In The Red Room, and we really think you should hear it. With striking guitar melodies and heart-breaking lyrics throughout, this is a track that deserves to be listened to again and again. A cacophony of moving, effective instrumentation builds a wave of […]
Premiere: Aversions – Base Portrait
Aversions are a Vancouver-based four-piece that really pack a punch. Their debut EP, Base Portrait, is set to be released on 27th March, and here at Independent Music News, we’re lucky enough to be sharing it with you. Opening with delightfully distorted guitars, Aversions waste no time in getting right to the action with Night Class. The […]
You Need To Hear This: The By Gods – Goldy
On October 1st 2017, Stephen Paddock took it upon himself to kill fifty-eight people at the Harvest Festival in Las Vegas in what would become the largest mass shooting by an individual in US history. We could sit around for hours debating gun violence, mental illness and terrorist attacks, but sometimes these things are best […]