This is the soundtrack to swinging your jaw off in Frog after someone blagged you and 10 others in on their +1 guestlist place. This is the soundtrack to pogoing beside one of The Horrors in Death Disco at a Cribs gig. This is the soundtrack to ending up at an Others afterparty where PeteContinue reading “00s Flashbacks – The Playlist”
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Carpark – Happy On Mars
When we used to wonder if what we don’t have would be better than what we do we used to pose the question: “is the grass is greener on the other side of the fence?” but Carpark have updated the conundrum for the post-Elon Musk, AI-loving, solar system colonialist era, on their latest ethereal dream-popContinue reading “Carpark – Happy On Mars”
The Rhythm Method – Have A Go Heroes
London’s The Rhythm Method were on a sort of Streets-like wave back in 2019, the release of their debut LP ‘How Would You Know I Was Lonely?’ superbly finessing their take on spoken word road-level observations over omnifarious multi-tempo beats, after the almost accidental grass-roots success of first single ‘Local, Girl’. Afterwards, save for aContinue reading “The Rhythm Method – Have A Go Heroes”
Picture Parlour – Judgement Day
Sweeping theatrics are the order of the day on Picture Parlour’s second single ‘Judgement Day’. Liverpudlian frontwoman Katherine Parlour weaves together words with all the witty ingenuity of Alex Turner and the four piece’s dramatic instrumentation has more than a little in common with latter day Arctic Monkeys wide screen vision, or better still FatherContinue reading “Picture Parlour – Judgement Day”
Jaws The Shark – Waiting For Something
From ‘Waiting For Something’s first full-blown, rampaging, US grunge guitar bursts, it’s clear that we’re dealing with some intense, old school alt-rock here from London based solo artiste Jaws The Shark aka Olly Bailey. With all the sure-fire gusto of Foo Fighters at their college-rock finest, the singer-guitarist’s psalm to anticipation and falling prone toContinue reading “Jaws The Shark – Waiting For Something”
Gemma Rogers – New World Order
Dub-flecked lullabies don’t come much more political than this. London’s Gemma Rogers has serious concerns about the road this country of ours is being steered down and on ‘New World Order’ she has a go at casually sussing out who’s really calling the shots, name checking “faceless clowns – you leave us choiceless” and feelingContinue reading “Gemma Rogers – New World Order”
The Others – Look At You All Now
It’s been noted by many a musical philosopher gone before that one of the hardest parts of being a band is you have your whole life until your debut album to write the first record and only a year to write the rest. On their fourth LP, the admiringly (or is it menacingly) titled ‘LookContinue reading “The Others – Look At You All Now”
Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Back/Burden
The best, elite, crème de la crème of alternative music is short. It comes up along, packs an almighty punch right in the middle of your psyche, and scoots off again into the night, leaving the innocent listener bewildered in a daze of masochistic, painful joy. Want an example? Stick Man/Woman/Chainsaw‘s new one – ‘Back/Burden’Continue reading “Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Back/Burden”
The Great Leslie – All Good Things
Positively obsessed with the silver screen of mid-20th century Britain, London lads The Great Leslie infuse fast-paced and dramatic, energetic indie rock with vintage, old-worlde style, latest single ‘All Good Things’ being their most perfect exemplar yet with the four-piece stitching a quote from Celia Johnson in the 1945 classic Brief Encounter on fighting impermanenceContinue reading “The Great Leslie – All Good Things”
Cosmorat – Cool Down
For starters, this may be the only song ever recorded that uses a telephone dialling tone as percussion. Secondly, and most importantly, Cosmorat’s latest single ‘Cool Down’ is a completely fun indie emo-pop tune – a bit like Be Your Own Pet, or No Doubt before they took themselves seriously. The trio formed in Boston,Continue reading “Cosmorat – Cool Down”
Edge of Arcady 