Most songs I hear pass by like cars on a busy road. My ears will vaguely detect them in the background while I’m doing a bit of shopping or when they’re playing on the radio as I sit in the back of an Uber, absent-minded. Sometimes, however, a track creates a world in which you […]
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Pop
Review: Bryony Williams – I Can Be
The Bryony Williams banger, I Can Be, I have graciously been handed is brimming with self-confidence, and why wouldn’t it be? It’s a song so pleasing to the ears that it reminded me of that time I got thirteen pieces of chicken at KFC instead of twelve. Good Lord, if only my life could meet such […]
Song Of The Day: Martha Hill – Grilled Cheese
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 […]
Review: Bleach Lab – Sleep
One of the best things about lockdown has been the lie-ins. I’ve been snoozing like a newborn baby whenever and wherever I want. Unfortunately, official health guidelines warn against oversleeping, as this can have adverse effects upon the physical and mental state of the individual. Well doctors, today I’ve discovered proof that you can’t get […]
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 […]
Song Of The Day: Hannah Georgas – Dreams
Hannah Georgas is having a hell of a year. After the Torontonian singer-songwriter released two well-received singles at the start of spring, Dreams dropped this month, and it is exactly the post-indie, avant-garde ballad for the times. Produced by The National’s multi-instrumentalist Aaron Dessner, Dreams is a series of extraordinary layers that combine into a memorising and shadowy […]
Premiere: Cloud Factory – No Data
With the sun having receded once again, hopes of summer drinking sessions are dashed against the rocks and consumed by the waves of dull British weather. In light of this, I never thought I’d say the words “I love Cloud Factory”, but that day is here. No Data is the latest single by the garage-pop masters. Taken […]
Song Of The Day: Make Friends – Knowing Makes It Worse
As a teen in the late-’00s, who read the NME and listened to BBC Radio 1, Make Friends seem nostalgic. The Bristol band draw immediate comparisons to the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, and Everything Everything. However, to say that they haven’t injected originality and a unique flair into their music would be an […]
You Need To Hear This: Child Star – Moon Candy / Slide
Bang the gong, sound the horns and light your crotch on fire! Send whatever signal you can urgently; it’s review o’clock, and I am salivating all over my laptop. jmk;l.jmnhgfhnjbjkkl,;.l/lk,hnjb. Sorry about that, smashed my head into the keyboard. I was being a tad over-enthusiastic. In my defence, I have reason to be. We have […]