When feeling that late afternoon hunger, and in need of a warm carby hit, I make a grilled cheese. Buttered sourdough bread, mature cheddar, cream cheese, combined and placed in a scorching hot pan, cut into triangles (very important) and dipped in ketchup. Like Martha Hill, I too believe raw onions have no place on […]
Song Of The Day: Snow Coats – Pool Girl
After building their reputation with the critically acclaimed debut album Take The Weight Off Your Shoulders, and an extensive tour supporting Pinegrove last year, indie-pop quartet Snow Coats are back with a new single titled Pool Girl. Taken from their forthcoming EP, also called Pool Girl and due out on September 11th via Alcopop Records!, this pop-infused song has all the elements of […]
Premiere: MY-HI – Digital Depression
Rent your tuxedos and long, sparkly dresses and book a limo, it’s premiere time! Don’t actually do those things. We are still socially distancing. Today’s spotlight shines brightly on MY-HI, an alt-rock band who are releasing a new single tomorrow called Digital Depression. The title alone conjures up thoughts of the effects of the internet […]
You Need To Hear This: Out Of The Woods – Birds And Beasts
Gah! I glance upon the title of the album, Birds And Bees, and I’m instantly taken back to when I had “the talk” with my uncle, who used puppets to demonstrate the lovemaking process. I lead a sheltered life, alright? Oh, hang on. It says I’m reviewing Birds And Beasts. I must have misread that. That’s rendered […]
Premiere: New Ghost – Your Reds
Throughout musical history, there has been many a supergroup formed. One recent collaboration is the Sheffield art-rock band New Ghost; a melding of minds from the best that the UK alternative scene has to offer. Their latest song, Your Reds, is a fantastic piece of emotive and dramatic shoegazey post-rock that will surely leave you […]
Premiere: The Green Apple Sea And Wayne Graham – Dark Kid (Ep. 1)
The boss has told me that a premiere is due today, and to get the ribbons and glitter out because, by God, I’m the man to tell you about it. By “boss”, I mean Daniel Thomas; the head honcho at Independent Music News who rules as more of a fearful dictator than a manager. I’m […]
Premiere: You Thant – Dinner For Two
We’ve all been isolated over the past few months and gained an insight into the experience of human loneliness. There are upsides and downsides to this state of being, and I found my brain going to weird and wonderful places regularly. Faced with memories I hadn’t thought about in years, numerous dreams about my dead […]
Premiere: Everything Is Illuminated – I Was Made For Loving You
Somewhere in the north-west of England, beneath the darkness of a rainy town steeped in industrial woe, a band have formed. Their first release is a fantastic cover of a classic tune. What’s that I hear you say? It must be a cover of The Smiths! Or maybe Joy Division! No, not quite. It’s a […]
Premiere: Döda Havet – Arcana
One of the best things about working at Independent Music News is that we’re not confined to any one area of the world. We get sent music from everywhere on the globe, and this opens us up to stuff that we might never have heard in ordinary circumstances. One such song is Arcana, the latest single […]
Premiere: Tugboat Captain – No Plans (For This Year)
How did indie-pop four-piece Tugboat Captain pen a song so apt for the times A YEAR AGO?! One answer is by complete accident. Another could be witchcraft and time travel shenanigans. I’ll let you decide. Don’t let this distract you from the utter delightfulness of No Plans (For This Year); a wonderful plod through a symphony […]