Pink Cloud’s second single and latest blissed-up banger ‘Flourish’ teleports us right back to the early 1990s baggy scene while managing to stay very current, the clear influence of Turnstile’s heavy half-shout, half-singing vocals over euphoric and rocky rhythms, Mike Skinner inspired rap over lilting New Order guitars and an intense drum machine beat. Multi-instrumentalContinue reading “Pink Cloud – Flourish”
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Local Rainbow – Forget About Me
Existing listeners of Cardiff independent singer-songwriter Rosie Reed, also known as Local Rainbow, will have grown fondly familiar with her unique brand of sugary bubblegum punk-pop, stories of regrettably falling for boys in bands and the intense stresses of growing up. Her new single sees the artist unexpectedly leave behind her brightly coloured world, theContinue reading “Local Rainbow – Forget About Me”
Bear Park – Keep On Smiling
Only a few singles in and Newcastle garage-indie three-piece Bear Park have already proven themselves masters of the fully energised, jubilant rock’n’roll earworm. Their latest delectable melody ‘Keep On Smiling’ is a charmingly indefatigable rush of positivity and playful wordsmithery, every bit as cheeky and unpretentious as it’s title would suggest. Armed with the essentialsContinue reading “Bear Park – Keep On Smiling”
The K’s – I Wonder If The World Knows?
Although ‘I Wonder If The World Knows?’ is their debut LP, The K’s are no johnny-come-lately chancers (regardless of what their 2023 song title may indicate), grabbing the attention of clued in onlookers way back in 2017 with their startling first single release ‘Sarajevo’. As would be expected of a 7 year old song, ‘Sarajevo’Continue reading “The K’s – I Wonder If The World Knows?”
The Libertines – All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade
Safely away from the dank early 2000s tenements of London’s East End and closer to home than the Thai setting of ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’, The Libertines fourth album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ sees the four dapper carousers holed up inside their Albion Rooms hotel and recording studio in Margate, an outpost cornerContinue reading “The Libertines – All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade”
Duke Keats – Heavy Heartbreak
The last time we heard Coventry performer Duke Keats was on last year’s sprawling jazz-funk live recorded odyssey, ‘Dirty Glamour’. His latest single ‘Heavy Heartbreak’ is a large-scale departure from 2023’s EP, finding the artist distilling his many varied and wide-ranging influences into an astonishingly ace dreamy radio-made bop. An upbeat summery synth and bassContinue reading “Duke Keats – Heavy Heartbreak”
The Mysterines – Stray
Merseyside grunge-rockers The Mysterines are fresh off of touring with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and prepping for album number two, ‘Afraid Of Tomorrows’. To pave the way for a paranoid and brooding future, the four piece have come back with ‘Stray’, a creeping serenade to the dark shadowy recesses of the human psyche. LiaContinue reading “The Mysterines – Stray”
Hinds – Coffee
Riotous Madrid rock duo Hinds’ first single back after a four year spell, ‘Coffee’, sees the pair triumphantly casting off all shreds of shame and bellowing out a bunch of contentious things they adore, “Yeah I like black coffee and cigarettes/ And crying to hard rock on my holidays” whilst managing to include as wellContinue reading “Hinds – Coffee”
Kings of Leon – Mustang
To say ‘Mustang’ is a return to form for Kings of Leon would be a bit harsh. The Followill clan’s history is familiar to anyone with a vague interest in whatever could be termed alternative-rock – three stupendous albums, one mega single (‘Sex On Fire’ for the unaware) followed by a decade and a halfContinue reading “Kings of Leon – Mustang”
Annie Hardy – Cross Bearer EP
Annie Hardy is not arsed. It’s time to write a new EP? Yeah, I’m just gonna channel it straight out of the ether when the studio time starts. The resultant songs forming the ‘Cross Bearer’ EP are five brittly affecting, humour-laced goth-folk tunes? *shrugs*. And this isn’t a new development, either. Her debut album ‘HeartsContinue reading “Annie Hardy – Cross Bearer EP”
Edge of Arcady 