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 […]
Category archives: New Music
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 […]
Premiere: June Pageant – Balcony
Google June Pageant and all the search results mention a popular pageant queen called Honey Boo Boo and her much-beloved mother Mama June. I’m not here to talk about a public entertainment show consisting of elaborate, colourful costumes and overly enthusiastic and pushy parents, I’m a music reviewer goddammit, and I deserve some respect. No, […]
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 […]
You Need To Hear This: Lemon Drink – Better Run
Calling all strong, independent, badass women, and more importantly, those who’ve not yet realised that I’m talking to you when I say that. Glasgow quartet Lemon Drink have turned to music to address the challenges women in their twenties face, in a witty, sassy, and rebellious way, and their debut EP, Better Run (released on 13th March […]
Song Of The Day: Stanleys – Measured In Gold
Have you heard of a band called Stanleys, John? You haven’t?!?! Where the hell have you been? Oh yeah, in self-isolation. Sorry, my bad! Do you need any toilet roll or any other essentials? I can pop to the shop for you. No?! Good! You can’t get anything anyway; everyone’s stockpiling everything from nappies to […]
Premiere: Sustains – Sick Ones
I’m ill, in self-isolation due to the virus crisis, and craving an album that will simultaneously flick a switch in my brain and allow my body to dance, yet not induce the reality of throwing up. It’s an irritating catch twenty-two obstacle, but after listening to Sustains aptly named and latest EP, Sick Ones, the reaction […]
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: Koala Club – No Surprise
So, I lied. In the previous article, I declared that we only had two premieres scheduled for today. Nope, we have three. It’s not a bad thing, to be honest, because the third and final one is a real belter. Titled No Suprise, you won’t be shocked to hear that Brighton-based Koala Club have created another […]