Flyte is the project of English songwriters Will Taylor and Nick Hill. The pair met at secondary school, eventually settling in Hackney, London. Taylor’s parents were both English teachers and inevitably, various literary influences trickled into the duo’s music- the band taking it’s name from Sebastian Flyte of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.
It’s that unmistakable Bad Suns sound – dreamy ’80s synthesizers flanked by Stratocasters through cranked Vox amps, pulsing synths, and palpable rhythmic energy – that endeared listeners to the band in the first place, and their fourth LP, APOCALYPSE WHENEVER, uses that musical foundation as the jumping-off point for their next evolution.
Since their inception in summer 2019 following a jam session between friends and an unshakable catchy hook (which would result in initial single and fan-favourite ‘Forever Young’), Afflecks Palace have always taken a truly DIY approach. Choosing to write, produce and release music through their own indie label; Spirit Of Spike Island – which has… Read more »
Claud Mintz is an American bedroom pop musician from the suburbs of Chicago. Claud is a non-binary artist and performs under the stage name Claud. They began releasing music under the pseudonym Toast, releasing an EP in 2018. In 2019, they dropped out of college at Syracuse University to pursue music full-time. Claud released an… Read more »
Iggy Pop, Blondie, Henry Rollins…just a few of the Punk icons who have shown support for Woodstock, NY based band THE BOBBY LEES. Their Last album BELLEVUE was released in October 2022 on Ipecac Recordings (The Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More) and was produced by multi-grammy winning producer and mixer Vance Powell (Jack White,… Read more »
Lauded last year as Best Acts of The Great Escape (NME) and a Rising Star of 2024 nomination (The Face), South-Londoner Sam Akpro kicked off the new year on his new worldwide label home ANTI- with his A-listed BBC radio hit ‘Death By Entertainment’. With a performance on the last edition of Pitchfork Festival Paris,… Read more »
Sydney songwriter Laura Jean is revered for the striking beauty of her music and the strength of her piercing, intimate lyrics. Shortlisted twice for the Australian Music Prize, and touring in the UK/Europe with Courtney Barnett, Aldous Harding and Jenny Hval, and New Zealand with Marlon Williams. Laura’s new album Amateurs was released in late… Read more »
How much noise can two people make? ’68 takes that journey to find out. These songs could fall apart at any point, yet never do…most of the time.