Just Listen: Deaths – Voices
Deaths Listen to Voices here: Deaths have delivered a haunting and thoughtful track in Voices, laced with light and steady percussion, dreamy vocals and even a few unexpected brass instruments. The song is melancholic in theme yet is strangely uplifting and very very chilled in tempo and melody. It is both atmospheric and incredibly compelling. … Continue reading
Just Watch: Night Flowers – Sleep
Night Flowers Watch the video for Sleep here: You may be forgiven if you think you have gone back in time to somewhere around the early 80s when you watch this because that’s pretty much exactly what they’re going for. The video is a perfect match for the colourful dreamy vibe from the sweet vocals … Continue reading
Just Listen: Varsity – Cult Of Personality
Varsity Listen to Cult Of Personality here: Chicago’s Varsity have released their new track Cult Of Personality and it somehow ended up in my inbox thanks to one of the band’s diligent searching – Thanks Pat! The band have dropped this mid-paced indie track which has somewhat of a DIY vibe about it, some dame … Continue reading
Just Watch: Elderbrook – Be There Soon
Elderbrook Watch the video for Be There Soon here: Be There Soon is taken from Elderbrook’s current Travel Slow EP (out this week 21st August 2015). He recently shared this wonderful animated video for the track and we had to share it because we can’t take our eyes off of it. It’s a great reflection … Continue reading
Just Listen: The Beach – Maybe?
The Beach Listen to Maybe? here: Maybe? allows The Beach to bring a little angst to his soulful and very palatable sounds. A construction that allows for an easy and comfortable listen but still brings an edge to this producer of perfect pop songs. The acoustic guitar is still his weapon of choice but there … Continue reading
Just Listen: Department M – Bleak Technique
Department M Listen to Bleak Technique here: In Bleak Technique, from Leeds Duo Department M, There is a perfectly executed social commentary bordering on paranoia that George Orwell would be proud of. The song uses a fantastic range of synth and bass, glam rock techniques, syncapation and androgynous vocals to deliver something notable and showing … Continue reading
Just Listen: Glowing Sun – Same Time
Glowing Sun Listen to Same Time here: Same Time by Glowing Sun is a perfect example that there can still be great results from simplicity. This is a tune with lyrics that gets into those niggly cracks that are in our minds during a relationship or break up. The song is professionally produced and doesn’t feel exaggerated or … Continue reading
Festival Preview: Leeds 2015
Leeds 2015 Our third year back at Leeds festival and as always we can’t wait. The festival offers us a chance to catch up with some bands we don’t usually go to see, some bands we’ve been writing about for ages and some we’ve never seen! As always the line up is looking strong and … Continue reading
Album Review: Killaflaw – Sleaze & Grit
Sleaze & Grit Released September 7th 2015 Words: Gary Lambert In the modern music world Dance Music has become a monster dominating all that surrounds it. Propelled by the power of Las Vegas’ EDM scene it has become the music of everywhere. As the scene expands though we get a shinier product, polished and engineered … Continue reading
Just Listen: Pillars – You Got This
Pillars Listen to You Got This here: You Got This is the new single from Pillars and it’s a track that breathes. Vocals are spiked with emotion and the track emulates the feeling of a panic attack; the quickened heartbeat and unsteady feeling but it’s the affirming vocals that settles and lets the calm of … Continue reading
Just Listen: Peter Lyons – Envy
Peter Lyons Listen to Envy here: Peter Lyons more or less manages to get that “tv take over” effect you so often see when a movie baddy forcefully steals a TV channel. First it goes fuzzy, blurrs in and out until you see the bigger picture. By chopping up disjointed electronica with a more classical … Continue reading
Live Review: Colour – Liverpool
Colour The Well Space, Liverpool, 7th August 2015 Words: Gary Lambert Do not abandon hope all ye who enter here, but prepare yourselves for what may seem like a negative review but is far from it. I have just finished a cracking night watching music at The Well Space in Liverpool city centre. For any … Continue reading
Just Listen: Swiss Lips – Got It Bad
Swiss Lips Listen to Got It Bad here: It’s with a heavy heart I make this post. Two years ago was the first time I saw Swiss Lips at a gig in Birmingham and while some of the people I was with didn’t much care for them I thought they were great and I still … Continue reading
Just Lisetn: Cristobal And The Sea – Fish Eye
Cristobal And The Sea Listen to Fish Eye here: Cristobal And The Sea had an immediate impact on me the very first time I heard them and ever since then they have entertained my ears in a way so many others don’t quite manage to do. Their new track Fish Eye is possibly one of … Continue reading
Just Listen: The Clameens – Techno
The Clameens Listen to Techno here: The Clameens have given us something fun and punchy to have a proper dance to. In Techno, The lyrics are simple but not cheesy and build up to something that will really get crowds jumping and laughing with their drinks spilling all over each other at house parties or … Continue reading
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