Archives: Artists

deep tan

Part of London’s thriving post-punk scene, deep tan are currently preparing to support Queens Of The Stone Age on tour this November on 14x UK/EU shows, across arenas including Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome, Berlin’s Max-Schmeling Halle and London’s O2 Arena. deep tan’s stripped-back, minimal sound is a vehicle for songs that engage with contemporary themes, from… Read more »

STRFKR

Since forming in 2007, STRFKR have been perfecting a style that hides emotional complexities and existential searching in hyper-catchy, melody-forward pop music. The band’s spiritual and philosophical undercurrents never outshine their highly danceable sounds, but both are integral parts of what they do. Over the years and through the course of a discography that includes… Read more »

Trampolene

TRAMPOLENE were formed in 2014 in the green, green grass of Swansea, South Wales, by handsome local enigma Jack Jones the self styled ‘dole-queue Dylan Thomas’, who met bassist Wayne Thomas when he tried to bum a fag off him outside a chip shop in Fforestfach. Following the swathe cut by Welsh heroes The Manic… Read more »

The Psychedelic Furs

The Psychedelic Furs may not have invented rock & roll per se, but their influence since arriving on the post-punk scorched- earth landscape four decades ago has reverberated and resonated among all those who cherish the sweet-and-sour spot where rawness and romanticism meet.

Colony House

The music of Colony House is playfully self-described as “landlocked surf rock.” Their fourth album,The Cannonballers, is an apt addition to their catalog, staying true to what the band do best and expanding on what their fans have gravitated to for the past decade:hope and light in the midst of it all. No frills, no… Read more »

Marnie Stern

It’s been a decade since we last heard from Marnie Stern, but when her guitar bursts in like a shower of stardust on The Comeback Kid, the follow-up to 2013’sThe Chronicles of Marnia, it’s like no time has passed. But this is no nostalgia trip.The Comeback Kid is a statement of intent. “I can’t keep… Read more »

Sarah Julia

Creatively intertwined since childhood, Rotterdam-raised, Amsterdam-based sister duo Sarah Julia began exploring their artistic spirits at a young age through theatre and film. However, it is in music where the sisters have come together to find their true home. Inspired by a variety of artists (including Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief and Joni Mitchell), Sarah Julia… Read more »

Cate Le Bon

Pompeii, Cate Le Bon’s 6th and much lauded album, saw the multi instrumentalist, composer and highly sought after producer and collaborator (Wilco, Devendra Banhart, John Grant, H. Hawkline, Deerhunter, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile) deliver an album suspended in time. The songs felt both of the moment and instant but reactionary and Dada-esque in their insistence to be… Read more »

Nothing

NOTHING began in Philadelphia simply as ‘bedroom therapy’ for Domenic Palermo in 2010 after a turbulent decade filled with drugs, violence, and prison. With a love for tragedy in both storytelling and song he decided where he would put his effort and began to record. Over the next 12 years Palermo would enlist an ever… Read more »

Donny Benét

He’s older now, more thoughtful and wise. He’s travelled the world and he’s seen some things. Time passes, and he matures like the finer things in life: behold the timeless, elegant, sophisticated man that is Donny Benét. More than a decade since the world first fell for his charms, Donny Benét is taking charge of… Read more »