Monthly Archives: February 2011

South London’s The Palpitations release second single Milk It/Love Is True (That’s Why It Hurts) on March 28th, through CLUB.THE.MAMMOTH. Danielle, Davey, Nicolas and William make the sort of menacing, bluesy, indie-rock so beloved of The Duke Spirit. Big guitars, clattering … Continue reading →

Another slice of ace, 80s inspired, Scandinavian pop music, this time from Finland’s Rubik. Current single Laws Of Gravity starts calmly enough: Artturi Taira’s falsetto twists and turns over a tumbling drum track, before synth strings signal the arrival of … Continue reading →

Listening to tUnE-yArDs for the first time encourages post-first-kiss sensations: awkwardness, confusion; the feeling that your world has turned ever so slightly on its axis.  Trying to pigeonhole California based Merrill Garbus’ sound is nigh on impossible – Sub-Saharan African … Continue reading →

It’s fair to say Bradford is not exactly renowned as a hotbed of musical talent (anybody who mentions the word ‘Terrorvision’ will be taken outside and shot).  Dean Bentley, a.k.a. Hourglass Sea, is doing his bit to drag the West … Continue reading →

Recent Sub Pop signings Papercuts release new album, ‘Fading Parade’, (their fourth overall), on February 28th.  The Californians make lush, delicately constructed dream-pop, surging with the shy, methodical, intensity of main man Jason Robert Quever.  Some may detect elements of … Continue reading →

Forget the new Strokes single for a moment and succumb to a dose of proper rock n’ roll, courtesy of Obits. Featuring members of defunct U.S. hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes and Pitchfork, as well as Edsel, this … Continue reading →

Cashier No.9 return on March 28th with a new EP – Goldstar – produced by David Holmes and mixed by Hugo Nicholson (Screamadelica, In Rainbows).  The title track is a lesson in panoramic, Americana-tinged indie; rolling drums set the pace … Continue reading →

Joel ‘Kynan’ Williams’ soulful brand of horn-embellished, bedroom psychedelia has been gaining favourable comparisons to the likes of Beirut.  Nothing to be sniffed at of course, but perhaps this is doing the 18-year-old Californian a disservice? Read more

Feldberg are Icelandic indie-pop duo Rósa Birgitta Ísfeld and Einar Tönsberg.  Formed in Reykjavik in 2008, they’ve garnered much praise in their home country, winning best song at the 2010 Icelandic music awards (for ‘Dreamin’) and a coveted spot on … Continue reading →