The perfect accompaniment to the great British sun is some great British indie, this week brought to you with the latest video from indie-pop band The Tricks. Following the release of their video for fast paced, poppy guitar explosion “Just For The Summer”, it’s time to wind down to smooth guitars and strong vocal...
Portasound don’t do things by halves. Fusing soaring melodies, driving rhythms and wonky riffs they’ve created a genre bending soundtrack of instrumental electronica to accompany their own fictional narrative. Influenced by folk legends, classic novels and film narratives, they create a sense of filmic purpose in each of their songs. ‘The Second Renaissance EP’...
Cult experimental outfit trioVD, champions of the Leeds improvisational scene, make an audacious return in 2012 with ‘Maze’, the product of two years of introspection in a Leeds basement come DIY recording studio. Their 2009 debut album ‘Fill It Up With Ghosts’ redefined preconceptions of contemporary British jazz, winning MOJO Jazz Album of the...
The Shins have unveiled a video for a new song from their forthcoming fourth album ‘Port Of Morrow’. The clip, which you can watch by scrolling down and clicking below, is entitled ‘Bait And Switch’. It shows James Mercer’s band in a rehearsal studio in a log cabin-esque building in Portland, Oregon. The Shins...
Ocean Colour Scene front man Simon Fowler has been working with Pledge Music and is set to release his Merrymouth album featuring the award winning folk musicians John McCusker and Andy Cutting. Whist Ocean Colour Scene take most of the 2012 off to concentrate on writing material for a new album Simon Fowler has...
Thomas White’s new video for the single ‘King Of The Kingdom’ has been unveiled (you can see it below) It taken from his 3rd LP ‘Yalla!’ out March 19th via Bleeding Heart Recordings. Obliquely touching on the untimely death of Thomas and his brother (and The Electric Soft Parade band member) Alex’s mother in...
