Dublin-based band Funeral Suits kicked off their year of activity at Eurosonic and here we get a taste of what’s ahead with a stream of their new single ‘All Those Friendly People’, an anthemic sounding song produced by Stephen Street … Read More…
The two songs I’ve heard from Montreal’s TOPS have a AM frequency soft-rock and bright vintage dynamics quality to them. It sounds like an amateur (but well-executed) indie record beamed from another era where tape and borrowed studio time ruled … Read More…
Another great tune from Twin Sister’s upcoming album In Heaven. There’s a total Nico French chanson buzz to this. In Heaven is shaping up to ge a good one. You can download the previous track ‘Bad Street’ and the 10″ … Read More…
] Having impressed everyone I spoke to who saw them at Castlepalooza, Clock Opera are back with a new EP in October. ‘Lesson No. 7’ is a faster more dynamic number than the previous slow-building singles. Will be looking forward … Read More…
All signs point to Nightbox as the most likely successors to Two Door Cinema’s Club’s worldwide ubiquity. It’s not hard to draw comparisons. Both make tight, danceable indie-pop with catchy choruses, both are Irish, both are signed to French label … Read More…
Rejoice oh Monday sloggers for today I bring you a package of indie-popical goodness to lighten and brighten your day. Yes, the release of Popical Island compilation #2 is upon us this week and sees the “bockety pop” collective revisit … Read More…
Twin Sister are a band who do bright and breezy very well. ‘Bad Street’ the first song from their debut album proper, entitled In Heaven does this wonderfully. It’s funky, airy and loose, all while maintaining a refreshing and engaging … Read More…
Tom Vek’s last single ‘Nothing But Green Lights’ was released the same month this blog started back in 2005, five and a half years ago. It’s just over six years since he released his debut We Have Sound. Since then, … Read More…
Nice tune from Gothenburg’s Sambassadeur taken from their “grand, classic and orchestrated album” European to be released on Labrador Records (home to The Radio Dept., The Sound of Arrows, Club 8 ) on July 7th. Philip Ekström of The Mary … Read More…
Recently signed to JagJaguar, Peter Wolf Crier are one of the bands that got away from me at SXSW. The label will be releasing their debut Inter-Be on May 25th in the US. They are Peter Pisano and Brian Moen … Read More…
Dan Snaith’s last album as Caribou, Andorra was described here as “nine songs of beautifully crafted melodious vaporous pop”. It looks like the followup Swim out on City Slang on the 16th of April (19th – UK,Europe / 20th – … Read More…
