Tag: First Listen
First Listen: Scarlet Baxter – Cruel Love
With her very own contemporary brand of layered pop combined with a celebrated sassy confidence, Scarlet Baxter is an up and coming artist with the tools to go small all the way.
Hotly tipped for...
First Listen: Blessed Child Opera – We Can’t Be Rivals Of God
Blessed Child Opera is a project started in 2001 by the will of Paolo Messere in the wake of his earlier musical experiences: one as a singer and guitarist of the noise band Silken...
First Listen: Ford – Never Again/The Master
Ford is Tom Ford, a Stratford-upon-Avon based electronic synth-pop artist.
The project was born out of the desire to create energetic, experimental and uplifting electronic music to provide some contrast to the darker and moodier...
First Listen: Daydream Cathedral – Love Refocused
When I hear Daydream Cathedral's brand new single, 'Love Refocused', I think "Dreampop just got an upgrade...". The dreamy intro cascading into an abrupt synth hook into a vocal melody over said hook is...
First Listen: The Charge – Acid In My Veins
Melbourne-based hard rock outfit The Charge are returning (after a 12 month hiatus of playing live!) in July with a hard-out rock single, 'Acid in My Veins" - for release on July 17th. The...
First Listen: Electric Litany – Silence
Such is the case for London based four piece Electric Litany, an indie band whose unique brand of atmospheric songwriting is picking up praise wherever it’s heard. The Guardian wrote that ‘bleak and broody...
First Listen: Abel Raise The Cain – Black Swans
An alternative indie rock band formed in the Northeast, Abel Raise the Cain were brought together by a mutual love of atmospheric and epic indie soundscapes influenced by the likes of Arcade Fire, Sigur...
First Listen: Iceni – The Drummer Song
"The Drummer Song" is an excellent example of Iceni's infectious pop sensibility combined with impeccable timing with a dash of an uncanny respect for rock history thrown in for good measure. What you might...
First Listen: Amber Leaves – Heaven
A song of two parts, bonded by an incisive disco pulse leading directly to the dancefloor, ‘Heaven’ portrays the tension and resolution of a dysfunctional relationship. Initiated by a taut collusion of bass and...
First Listen: Bourbon Street Beat – Crossing On A Bend
Bourbon Street Beat's new single 'Crossing On a Bend' and b-side 'She's His Woman' showcase their signature sound perfectly.
Inspired by 50s and 60s bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band, The Rolling Stones...
First Listen: Escapists – Eat You Alive
Driven by a love of the cagey post-punk sounds of Arcade Fire and Interpol, ‘Eat You Alive’ is every bit as genre-defying as the bands that brought Escapists together. Ostensibly it’s Escapists at their...
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...