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 […]
Premiere: Mama Sonic – Helen Of Troy
Fancy entering Mama Sonic’s bunker for a couple of minutes? Don’t worry! The Swedish indie-pop band aren’t going to murder anyone or randomly pull out a ten-inch dildo. No, they’ve set up their instruments, pressed play on the recording equipment, and whipped out their cameras and boom poles to video a porno. I jest. We’re […]
Premiere: Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii – They Wouldn’t Let Me Write My Book
Punk has taken on many different forms over the years; from its humble garage rock beginnings to its polished pop sound of recent and yet, it’s certainly never been this groovy. Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii have managed to create some of the most chaotic, disconcerting fun and positively danceable music of the year. They Wouldn’t […]
Review: Glass Violet – Clockwork
Ah, thirty. Everyone told me it was an age I’d eventually reach, but I never fully believed them. Thirty seems so far fetched and fabricated that when it hits, oh boy, it hits. Please indulge my self-pity as it perfectly sums up Glass Violet’s new single, Clockwork; an indie song about the moment you become aware […]