Here’s another one from Bristol, England: Laura Kidd does epic indie rock under the name She Makes War. Her new album “Brace For Impact” comes with 12 well-crafted, guitar-driven tracks, such as “London Bites”, about the difficulty to reconcile your dreams with the realities of a big city as a[…]
Listen to the album “Alone We Walk The Land” a few minutes and your will have an idea which corner of the world it comes from. Nowhere else than in the Scandinavian countries bright, soaring soundscapes mix so well with dark undertones and a dose melancholy. Put this music on[…]
When the music of Australian duo Twelve Ballet plays, time passes a little slower. There is something laid back and reflective about their songs and singer Sam Hope is never in a rush to bring her message across. On their new album it is about the titular, mostly rhetorical question[…]
Classic shoegaze is the thing of the London-based band band Cosmic Strip around singer Camella Agabalyan. Thick layers of guitars engulf the vocals and wash over you like the feeling the song wants to describe. Camella explains about “Sugar Rush”: I wanted to write a song about the feeling of[…]
London-based DIY musician Lial writes thoughtful, somewhat melancholic but catchy electro pop songs. Four of them are out now on a new EP “Heart Scars” including a brand new track “Split My Skin”. Stream “Split My Skin” on SoundCloud: Listen to the new “Heart Scars” EP below: Follow Lial on[…]
If you followed glamglare over the last six months, you know most of Odina’s new EP already. But listening to the songs in sequence now reveals how Odina is continuously expanding here range. “Nothing Makes Sense” is the third EP of the London-based Spanish singer/songwriter and contains five tracks, including[…]
It may be because I listened to “Pornography” yesterday, but the guitar in “Shadows” by U.K. singer/songwriter Heather Jayne has a distinctive The Cure feel to it, which turns the song clearly to the dark side. Add ominous synth sounds and Heather’s wavering vocals to it and you have a[…]
Jack Traynor aka Pale Green Things does – on paper – indie folk music. And yes, there is the acoustic guitar front and center as well as violins and vocal harmonies. But there are lots of other elements that stretch the definition. When you listen to Jack’s debut album “The[…]
“Damned if we do, damned if we don’t,” an unpleasant, but probably familiar situation that Sampson, a singer/songwriter from Halifax on the Canadian east coast describes in her latest single “Damned”. It is one of 12 songs on her debut album “Dark Sky Nights” (Apple Music | Spotify), which she[…]
There are two things to report about our favorite dance music duo Sofi Tukker: First their debut album “Treehouse” is out, packed with hit songs like “Johny” or “Fuck They”. Second, their new single “Baby I’m A Queen” tackles the use “Baby” as a nickname, which happens to be the[…]
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