First Listen: The Riff – Nothing Lasts Forever
Formed when they were all just 15, The Riff is a 4 piece Indie band from Swansea, Wales. The line up includes Chris Betts (bass), Tommy Evans (drums), joined by twin brothers Sam Curtis...
First Listen: My Favourite Things – Some Things Stay The Same
Masquerading as a serenely sung masterpiece by creating a natural ambiance that soothes the soul and caresses the heart in the form of their new single "Some Things Stay The Same". Angelic vocals float...
First listen: Vile Assembly – Gone
Vile Assembly is Mark Wainwright, Mark Webb and Paul Mason, a tight knit trio of songwriters, musicians and producers. Spiralling from the success of their debut single earlier this year, the Liverpool based Punk...
First Listen: VERIS – Opening Night
The new single from VERIS, titled "Opening Night", harkens back to the days when pop songs had a purpose and the end of summer was that magical time when the pool was still open and...
First Listen: Pablo & The Appleheads – Zaida
Classic in rendition and original in composition, Pablo Villavecchia and his band know as The Appleheads create a future classic in the guise of their new single titled "Zaida". The track is a massive hook...
First Listen: Temper Cartel – Babysitter
Pumped up with poptastic energy fit for the masses and delivered as a glorious sonic shower through the speakers, Temper Cartel solidify a spot on the new face of indie music with this solid...
First Listen: John Dhali – Here
Folk with a modern edge, or country with an urban twang. However you want to say it, John Dhali has found the muse within his music and the voice in his heart with his...
First Listen: Ledges – Snow
Ahead of the release of their debut album Homecoming, Ohio-based indie rock trio Ledges has released a new single titled "Snow." The airy slice of dreamy, piano pop is about not forcing your views/beliefs...
First Listen: Black Pudding – Sci-Fi Si
Black Pudding is a Garage Rock band with a twisted sense of humor. Born from the ashes of Leeds noiseniks 'Stilts', they filter their righteous and get through a seductive veneer, with a knowing...
First Listen: Terry Shaughnessy – Volcano
"Song is King" is how singer songwriter Terry Shaughnessy describes the process of songwriting, "You have to be a slave to the song", this practice is 100% present on new single 'Volcano'.
A souring riff...
First Listen: Third Frame – Dirty Dirty
After two killer outings with the likes of Bubba Sparxxx and Kutt Calhoun, Third Frame goes for the hat trick in the form of 'Dirty Dirty'. With a syncopated rhythm and to-the-point rhyme, Ry...
First Listen: 68creep – Black Cat
By evoking everything from the original underground of the past when alt was post-modern, 68creep give a modern masterpiece filled to the brim with grim and grime laced with harmonic bliss and desirable attitude...
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...