Among 'Sucking It Out'’s streamlined chorus and catchy reverbed harmonies is a startlingly spirited guitar solo, whose hue of harpsichordal distortion is one of the components that keeps the listener guessing over the track’s brief course.
Read MoreListen/review: Weaves – Coo Coo
What really dazzles is the band’s disarming dexterity through the three and a half minutes. The rhythm tracks are recorded live and the fidgety guitars and basslines weave exhilarating tangents throughout
Watch/review: Seward – Sweet Kick
The inventive electro-folk fusion is a compelling, confident example of unorthodox art that raises expectations for the Barcelona band’s new album
Read MoreWatch/review: Plants And Animals – No Worries Gonna Find Us
This single finds Plants And Animals belting out cohesive, bold and bouncy indie-soul, all sturdy groove, twinkling arpeggios and a memorable chorus – yes, a wholehearted refrain – about not surrendering your life to anxieties
Read MoreLive review: Slow Club at Paper Dress Vintage
As Slow Club prepare to release their new album, Giedre Zaveckaite reflects on a recent live performance from the band at Hackney’s intimate Paper Dress Vintage
Read MoreWatch/review: Thylacine – Train
The naturally progressive oscillation of 'Train' is weighted with a hefty, housey kick and sustained keyboard chord changes that announce your next destination as Ambient Trance
Read MoreWatch/Review: Outer Spaces – I Saw You
A minimalist approach only maximises the trio’s melodic efficiency, allowing Satalino’s meandering vocal to shine from the verses, resulting in one gorgeous slice of lo-fi folkish indie
Read MoreListen/review: Greys – No Star
Written about the racist reaction to the Paris attacks in 2015, ‘No Star’ is electrifying from the start, hooking you with thumping, pounding drums and thrashing riffs
Read MoreListen/review: Xenia Rubinos – Lonely Lover
‘Lonely Lover’ has the air of contemporary R&B but is shorn of the corporate cultural production that demeans so much of the genre. Instead it is pure, organic soul
Read MoreWatch/review: JuJu – Samael
'Samael' is ignited by krautrock repetition, droning fuzz-coated psych riffs, some prog infusion, folk vocals and tribal rock atmospherics. It has a lot to say and insists you take notice
Read MoreWatch/review: The Comet Is Coming – Space Carnival
'Space Carnival'’s inventive momentum soon blasts into a different dimension as the astronauts hit warp speed to a rush of hallucinogenic psych-house and kaleidoscopic visuals. It’s a vivid trip
Read MoreWatch/review: Benedict Benjamin – My Feet Have No Need For The Ground
Benjamin’s folky guitar riff and Neil Young-esque, Roy Orbinson-y tones show an impressive range and feeling that makes 'My Feet...' both heartfelt and alluring to listen to
Read MoreListen/review: SULK – The Tape Of You
Musically tight and lyrically beautiful, 'The Tape Of You' keeps the listener in a constant gentle sway and never seems to let go of a high feeling that strings your ears along for the whole ride
Read MoreListen/review: Otherkin – I Was Born
The chorus is brazen and ear grabbing, with punchy riffs and catchy licks that never overstay their welcome. Chunky, hooky and brief, ‘I Was Born’ is a great first single to what should be a stellar second EP.
Read MoreLive review: Habitats at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, 3/3/16
A hugely enjoyable night, rich in good old indie sounds with a blend of psychedelic influences and ecstatically dancing fans
Read MoreListen/review: Iska Dhaaf – Invisible Cities
Melding sequenced electro-rock production and gritty post-punk beats, ‘Invisible Cities’ baits its hooks with a surf-guitar twang and a supercool vocal pattern at a reverb setting presumably called Cavernous Aircraft Hangar
Read MoreListen/review: Alejandra Ribera – Satellite
The humid swing of ‘Satellite’ bears a shimmering country vibe announced by a reverbed guitar that expands across a smokey jazz-bar groove
Read MoreWatch/review: SULK – Black Infinity (Upside Down)
'Black Infinity's beautiful simplicity hooked me somewhere in the middle – much like being wrapped in new bed sheets, it takes a little while to get snug but once you are the feeling is glorious.
Read MoreWatch/review: Bombino – Inar
Four minutes of hypnotic, intricate groove – a pulsating marriage of fleet-fingered acoustic picking, heartfelt Tamasheq vocal and percussive desert blues.
Read MoreWatch/review: DMA's – Delete
There’s a heart-on-sleeve emotion behind the whole thing that gives ‘Delete’ all the qualifications to be the film-trailer song for an against-all-odds, ‘quirky girl, awkward guy’ romance. It’s the song that DMA’s will use to close their mainstage festival sets
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