Tag: First Listen
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: 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: 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: 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: Teenage Wildlife – Most Beautiful Thing
Although John Wright has been making music “forever”, it was through his career in film making and photography, regularly working with world famous musicians, that he received the encouragement he needed to launch his...
First Listen: Hollie April – “Together Alone”
Born and raised in Gibraltar, Hollie April is a twenty-two year-old British singer-songwriter who has been writing and performing music professionally from a very young age. During her years as an undergraduate at Leeds...
First Listen: Band of Holy Joy – A Place Called Home
Photo courtesy of Chrissy Weller.
A big city pop song of tradition and place lost in the shiny new urban world of market forces, rising rents and social cleansing.
Following their release of Irvine Welsh's "favourite...
First Listen: Jimmy & The Revolvers’ ‘Whistle For My Love’
Formed in early 2013, Jimmy & the Revolvers are Jay Rehm on Vocals & Acoustic Guitar, Kurt Riley on Vocals & Bass, Jimmy Moon on Electric Guitar and Ash Michael on Drums. Bursting onto...