First Listen: Ummagma – Kiev (Original Mix)
Formed in Moscow in 2003, Canadian Shauna McLarnon and Ukrainian Alexx Kretov have been consistently writing and recording music whilst living between Ukraine and Canada. Shauna’s delicate airy gossamer-like vocals hold glimmers of Cocteau...
First Listen: Essick – Atriums
Emerging from Brisbane’s fertile music scene, Essick’s eleven-track debut album is full of simple yet effective hooks, tight, complex drum patterns, synthesised electronic flourishes and intricate guitar lines.
Musicians Ravi Das and Freddy MacDougall met...
First Listen: Kicking Harold – Kill You
Kicking Harold are modern rock alchemists, synthesizing hard rock, alternative, metal and dance-pop elements, to generate radio gold. But this isn't some hollow sleight of hand. New album Red Light District boasts twelve expertly...
First Listen: The Cornelius Crane – Soul in the Lightning
The Cornelius Crane, a multi-instrumentalist alt-Americana band from East Manchester are mixing up the influences of the best of seventies Americana with the best of British prog & Mancunian folk traditions.
Frontman Steve Wilson has...
First Listen: The Art of Amputation – Distorted Pop Song
The Art of Amputation are an alternative five-piece from London who combine soaring melodies with experimental sounds and big fuzzy guitars to create soundscapes they claim will “hold your hand in dark times.”
The band...
First Listen: Kid Dray – Gear Up
The rapper known as Kid Dray has released his latest single, “Gear Up.” The track was produced by popular hip-hop producer Purple Neezy, of Russia. It has been proudly published on the Cool Base...
First Listen: Gareth Paul – Live In Me
Born in Croydon in 1994, Gareth Paul grew up with a vocal talent that wouldn't find external acknowledgment until his late teens. He became a dedicated swimmer, competing to a high level in London...
First Listen: Estado Novo – The Method
The idea was to make classic rock album. To make the recordings within one weekend and make it happen in analog with 2 -inch tape machine and traditional mic set-up etc.
The agenda was straight...
First Listen: The Slow Readers Club – Don’t Mind
Manchester based Indie/Electro band The Slow Readers Club release their new single ‘Don’t Mind’ on September 22nd. It's a beautifully introspective ballad that details the end of a relationship.
As singer Aaron Starkie explains “Lyrically...
First Listen: Dyme-A-Duzin – Hip Hope
On the heels of successful promotional campaigning, Dyme-A-Duzin releases his highly anticipated new album HIP HOPE today. How many of you remember when hip hop was fun? Judging from the tracks Dyme let us...
First Listen: Eyes Of Mara – Pain and Fear
Imminence Records’ Californian metal outfit Eyes Of Mara has announced that they will release their debut self-titled album October 28th. A year removed from their original Akkadia release, the band’s first full length shows...
First Listen: Lifecycle – Dissolve
Lifecycle are a live electronic three-piece from East London, fusing breakbeats and psychedelia with improvised digital manipulation. They started life in the late noughties, putting out a string of experimental dance 12"s on London...
First Listen: Jericco – Colour Outside the Lines
Melbourne Powerhouses Jericco like to 'Colour Outside the Lines - they don't like to work within the "known" parameters. Creatively, they put together the music you don't expect, but there it is, in your...
First Listen: Pale Fires – Mammoth
Pale Fires are four London based musicians who came together in 2010, united by their love of psych rock. The band have played venues as diverse as The Cavern Club, 93 Feet East, The...
First Listen: Magic Meredith – Feed the Fall
Psychedelia, melancholy, echoing guitars of the 90s and smashing riffs topped with vocals that give something of a respectful nod to the pioneers of the Seattle sound.
Magic Meredith is a Finnish five-piece rock band...
First Listen: My Own Ghost – Crimson Ground
On October 10th, 2014, the Luxembourg/German band My Own Ghost releases their debut album "Love Kills" via Secret Entertainment. The songs by My Own Ghost can best be described as dynamic pop rock, with...
First Listen: Mike de la Cruz – Pure Love
Breaking into the music scene with two Chilean hits that mix different styles of Latin music and dance, the singer Mike de la Cruz can borrow up to the reggae and Andean elements to...
First Listen: Villiers – Nowhere Left to Run
Following the success of Villiers’ last single ‘The Dancer’ released in June 2014, which saw the band featured on Janice Long’s BBC Radio 2 show and earned them international airplay and coverage, the trio...
First Listen: Duologue – Drag & Drop
Duologue are pleased to announce the details of their new single, and the first
to be taken from the forthcoming second album, Never Get Lost.
Drag & Drop will be released on the 8th September to...
First Listen: The Watanabes – There’s Something Wrong
The Watanabes are an international indie folk pop band performing and recording in Tokyo, fronted by two British brothers on guitar and vocals, an American keyboardist and a Japanese rhythm section.
The group began life...
First Listen: Miss Elm – Bitter Taste
The infinitely fun and folky Miss Elm have a brand new track to show the world. It's called 'Bitter Taste' and it's a first taste of their new EP, titled Hybrid, which is set...
First Listen: TaRell Tymes – Slow It Down feat.Alissa Feudo
TaRell TymeS, born August 20, 1995 grew up in Prince George’s County Maryland with his mother Tracey and sister China. He attended Charles Herbert Flowers High School until he moved to Hampton, VA where...
First Listen: The Brigantes – Racket
Hailing from Halifax, West Yorkshire, The Brigantes are making waves with a rare groove that has come from a mixture of Reggee and Ska, which developed following an upbringing influenced by the various member’s...
First Listen: Witchingseason – Spiders
Witchingseason are a talented, energetic rock trio who are releasing their EP on November 10th. Receiving rave reviews nationwide, Phoenix FM host, Scott Sparx, commented that he was “blown away by their music!... and...
First Listen: Sumia – Dive
Picture sitting alone on the pier of a tranquil lake: The vista of fading sun behind trees with nature’s song of serenity whispering to you. Equanimity courses through you, but you cannot quite fall...