First Listen: Katalina Kicks – Cold / I Want The World
Katalina Kicks offer up a solid duo of infectious hooks and heavy-beaten rhythm in the form of their new double A-side 'Cold/I Want The World'. Kicking out the jams with 'Cold', featuring GT Solo's...
First Listen: Darto – I Am
The new single from Darto, titled 'I Am' is a catchy yet droning melancholic synphony of shoegaze worthy of any collection of favorites. With a synth undertone dressed in violin, 'I am' answers the...
First Listen: Black Jack UK – Stand Up Ft G.O.D. Part 3
Hip hop is so diverse, nowadays. It's hard to remain hard, in a sense. Not so with Black Jack UK. The hardcore elements are secure and the beat is forever relevant in his new...
First Listen: Skellums – If You Have To Leave
Skellums were formed because there was nothing else left to do.
Skellums DO NOT want to join the long list of bands who have success but have nothing to say.
Skellums fell together through necessity, tired...
First Listen: Niteshifters – Show Me What You’ve Got
Niteshifters debut single delivers an instant disco classic - 'Show Me What You’ve Got' features Khadija Jajue on lead vocals, with her full live band laying down the deepest, tightest grooves.
Sweet vocals weave a...
First Listen: Gilbert Neal – Drop of You
Gadabout, raconteur, ne’er-do-well-er. Gregarious and fecund. An artist who has said his dream is to be the American Susan Boyle with an album title (Dirty Red Pagan) suggested by Andy Partridge of XTC. Gilbert...
First Listen: Tulipomania – On The Outside / Don’t Be So Sure (Seahawks Remix)
Gripped in musical angst and grasped in droning melody, the new track from Tulipomania titled "On The Outside" gives a post-punk-colyptic spin on the post-modern with an artistic license that only true artists can...
First Listen: Lia Rox – Hound
Hailing from East Berlin, Lia emerged on the UK's music scene as the only non-British artist to contribute vocals to The Peace Collective's UK Hit 'All Together Now' where she joined an all star...
First Listen: Hegarty – I Only Dream In Black & White
Completely pondering and out of the box, Hegarty's new single titled "I Only Dream In Black & White" is a modern melancholic guitar driven melody fit as the soundtrack for any road trip. By...
First Listen: Joel Thomas – Sunshine Funshine
Joel Thomas is a twenty-two year old singer songwriter from Liverpool. The latest signing to Edge Hill University's in-house record label, Joel has been playing the guitar for the last seven years and writing...
First Listen: Samoans – Patience
The follow up to Samoans’ incendiary debut record ‘Rescue’ is finally on the horizon. ‘Laika’ will be released via the band’s own Apres Vous Records on 29th September. Samoans released their debut album ‘Rescue’...
First Listen: Junk Parlour – Vultures and Weasles
Junk Parlor is an adventure down a path paved with Eastern European, vintage bellydance melodies and the band's own brand of haunting original compositions. Leonard Cohen-esque vocals and poetry, ripping violin, cajon, percussion, drums,...
First Listen: La Forme – Birds In An Aviary
La Forme have masterfully pieced together a future classic in the form of 'Birds In An Aviary'. Combining all of the styles that worked when alternative (I hate that word) was known as Post...
First Listen: Y-Key Operators – What’s Real Anymore?
Y-Key Operators have been entertaining packed venues across Manchester since 2014. Their energetic live stage shows, coupled with their synth driven unique brand of Indie Rock has earned them a reputation as one of...
First Listen: After The Departure – Clarity
After The Departure are a dynamic six piece band from West Yorkshire, UK. Starting their journey in 2013 the group have quickly orchestrated a style that has seen them create a unique collection of...
First Listen: Late Guest at the Party – Give You A Life / Uh...
After releasing their critically acclaimed debut LP in native Italy, Late Guest at the Party moved to NYC in 2013 to work with producer Caleb Shreve (Phantogram, Tegan & Sara). In 2014 they released...
First Listen: The Phantom Sound – Voices
The Phantom Sound is Marisa Schlussel, a Los Angeles native and now London based solo artist whose new song 'Voices' has already been championed by the likes of tastemakers 91X FM in San Diego.
The...
First Listen: Discolor Blind – Black And Grey
Cinematic in nature, dystopic in execution, Discolor Blind boldly, yet seamlessly cross genres with their latest offering "Black And Grey". Combining rough, distorted guitars with grandiose keys, Askhan Malayeri takes on more of the part of...
First Listen: Oranj Son – Still
Oranj Son have always been a solid band, both in the studio and on the stage. The bar they set for themselves at inception continues the high streak with their new offering titled "Still"....
First Listen: Mike Milan Dedic – Escape
As a guitarist myself, I have to give Mike Milan Dedic my full respect. He is not only a crafty musician in his composition, but he is disciplined. Yes, I said disciplined. That is...
First Listen: Neil – Spleen
Built upon a brilliant syncopation of the beat, "Spleen" captures the essence of rhythm and the surrealism of indie originality. Neil., hands down, is a brilliant songwriter who can create a multitude of soundscapes,...
First Listen: Labyrinth Lounge – Trouble Won’t Last
Harking back to the days of freeform jazz and New York lounge, Labyrinth Lounge score a musical bliss with the new single titled "Trouble Won't Last". The song is a like a smooth cognac and...
First Listen: Third Frame Featuring Kutt Calhoun – I Ain’t Worried ‘Bout It
Hauntingly hip and unforgivingly sublime, Third Frame makes it to third base with their third single as if given to us as a hip holy trinity. Slick rhymes and killer collabs are the hallmark...
First Listen: Buffalo Sunn – The Long Road
Following on from the worldwide airplay of 'Idle Man', ‘The Long Road’ is the second single taken from Buffalo Sunn’s recording session with multi Grammy award winning producer Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, My Morning Jacket,...
First Listen: Jamiroquai – Superfresh (Oliver Heldens Remix)
Following on the incredible success of their critically-revered eighteen studio album 'Automaton', Jamiroquai release this slickly-produced remix of new single 'Superfresh', courtesy of Dutch DJ, Oliver Heldens. Taking the band's signature "future funk" sound...