First Listen: Estrella – We Will Go On
Fresh from being named by Classic Rock as one of their ‘Tracks of the Week’ for their previous single, Scottish rock four-piece Estrella are back to make sure the new year is as successful...
First Listen: The Winachi Tribe – Time For Love
The psychedelic funk of George Clinton, the brooding menace of Massive Attack, the rolling hypnotic beats of Happy Mondays and the vision and flow of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five are all essential...
First Listen: Lights That Change – Voices
Lights That Change is an alternative dreampop ethereal wave outfit, hailing from North Wales and headed by Marc Joy. After many years producing and engineering other artists, he turned his attention towards his own...
First Listen: Tape Runs Out – Friends/Flowers
Tape Runs Out unashamedly display their edgy, refreshing pop-mindedness in these two tracks, with a potent elixir of guitars, hooks and the familiar soft hush of early 90s male vocals. This release includes the...
First Listen: My Reflection – Dead Musician
Finnish 2007 founded My Reflection released new single "Dead Musician" through Inverse Records on May 29th 2015. The song presents kind of "end of an era" for My Reflection.
During the song composition process in...
First Listen: The Cheap Thrills – Rusty
The Cheap Thrills' release their new single 'Rusty' on July 13th, encapsulating the band's energy and youth with an added Psych/Pop vibe.
Aged just eighteen and nineteen, the band have already headlined 02 Academy shows,...
First Listen: Looking for Liam – Take What You Need
A hard hitting melodic rock group with echoes of Incubus with added rawness, Looking For Liam are an Essex based four piece band who have also been compared to the wide ranging indie sounds...
First Listen: Court Royal – Watch Yourself!
Court Royal are a Liverpool/London based four piece who specialise in funk and soul laden pop, earning comparisons to the likes of Bruno Mars, Prince, Jamiroquai, Maroon 5 and George Clinton. These comparisons alone...
First Listen: All This Noise – Seven Billion Like You
West London band, All This Noise are ones to watch for 2015, with their original and individual sound. They are very different to anything we have heard, with a fresh new take on alternative...
First Listen: Kubalove – Trouble
Kicking in with a crowd-silencing five-count ‘salvo’, ‘Trouble’ wastes no time in smoothing Kubalove’s sensually charged vocal over a mammoth synth bed, all 21st-century pop-funk swagger and uncompromising attitude, full to bursting with melodic...
First Listen: Street Party in Soho – 17
Street Party in Soho are back with a new single '17' that captures their infectiously catchy 'Liquid Candy Shop Afro-Pop' perfectly.
The Newcastle four piece released their critically acclaimed debut single 'Take Your Time' in...
First Listen: Night Dials – I’ve Done More Things / I’ll Sleep When I...
Night Dials Release Double A Side Single 'I've Done More Things' and 'I'll Sleep When I Die'
Many bands are born of a defining event—an epic studio session, an inspiring shared event, a prescient record...
First Listen: Milton Star – Things Fall Apart
Milton Star follow their hugely successful double A side record 'Salvation' and 'Sorryville' with the release of their new single 'Things Fall Apart'. The track is another example of duo Alan Wyllie and Graeme...
First Listen: The Avon Guard – Forget
The Avon Guard is Dominic Silvani (vocals and lyrics) and Andy Mitty (music, artwork and photography). Following a close friendship spanning twenty years, this band represents the first time the duo have recorded together.
Dominic...
First Listen: Yeti Love – Lonely Road
Named thanks to enduring love/fear of the vaunted mythical creature, Yeti Love is the musical moniker of songwriters Peter Hamilton and Dave Sears - a folk duo who view the genre as this generation’s...
First Listen: Noel and the Pandas – Whip Me
An indie rock band with an unusually varied style, Noel and the Pandas are an Italian group who revel in adding varied ideas and influences to a strong foundation of indie rock. With new...
First Listen: The Vultures – Vlad (French Version)
A beautiful composition of devilish intent, ‘Vlad’ – part Hammer horror score, part post-punk masterclass – features a dazzling sweep of strings enveloping a resounding beat. Atop this Balkanesque blend drifts a deliciously dark...
First Listen: Happy Hollows – Astrid
Recorded at LA’s famed Sunset Sound studios with producer Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast) and mixed in London by Gareth Jones (Grizzly Bear, Interpol, Depeche Mode), ‘Astrid’ is built around a pulsing vintage-synth pattern courtesy...
First Listen: Toyface – Flight
Having been described by a fellow artist as 'like Laura Marling crossed with Billie Holiday', Bristol based duo Tamsyn and James, aka Toyface, are a mouth watering proposition for music fans. With a varied...
First Listen: Frazer – Two Hands
Frazer, a five piece Alt-Rock band from Sheffield, are Ashley Clarke on vocals, Harvey Fletcher on guitar, Andrew Battey on bass, Alex Owen on drums and Matt Marsh on guitar. The band, who formed...
First Listen: Aleks Grey – Feel Alive
'Feel Alive', released on May 15th, is feelgood anthemic pop, perfect listening in the summer sunshine and a great introduction to the music of Aleks Grey.
Born in Volda, Norway, Aleks was introduced to music...
First Listen: The Indos – Sitting In Silence
Twin City Records are very pleased to announce the release of 'Sitting In Silence' - the brand new single from Edinburgh 5 piece 'The Indos'
The band continue to raise the bar musically with this...
First Listen: Tony Volker – Kingdom of the Beasts
Tony Volker is a South London songwriter who makes artfully produced electro-folk, showcased perfectly by the tracks on his new EP 'Break & Reshape' released on 12" vinyl and as a digital download.
Volker’s mellifluous...
First Listen: Nora – Wonder
The Singer/Songwriter Nora Konstanse creates alternative folk with dynamic musical expression, combining her soaring vocals with her band's big sound. She tells big stories using small words in both English and Norwegian taking inspiration...
First Listen: The Vultures – Weakest Storm
Characteristically the sound of no other band on the planet, the new single from The Vultures is an end-of days melange of rumbling bass, colossal toms and staccato strings, set to a dizzying chant-like...