Having met in the queue for Pets at Home on the Old Kent Road, Alexa Daly (bass/vocals), Jenny Wells (guitar/vocals) and Jess McGill (guitar/keys), three proud pet owners with a shared taste for experimental post-punk, started playing about with the instruments they had lying around. The band started organically, developing through an enjoyment of hanging… Read more »
British/Swedish female four-piece Yassassin bring an unapologetic and vibrant energy to the alt-indie rock scene. Known for their dynamic and infectious live performances, Yassassin have toured with notable acts such as Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Sleeper and Tess Parks. They have also played countless festivals across the UK and Europe, earning them a dedicated… Read more »
Mt. Joy started off as a rekindling of shared musical ambitions between Philadelphia high school friends Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar). Reunited in Los Angeles thanks to the ebbs and flows of adult life, the pair met multi-instrumentalist Michael Byrnes through a Craigslist ad. They named themselves Mt. Joy as an ode… Read more »
Mount Liberation Unlimited is the brainchild and creative magnum opus de funk of Stockholm native musicos Tom Lagerman and Niklas Janzon. A life long friendship grounded and circled around musical exploration, the two have since their first release in 2014 found comfort in their own certified organic take on dance music.
Harrison Storm is an Australian singer-songwriter whose soulful vocals and tasteful, finger picked guitar playing have drawn comparisons to contemporaries like Ben Howard and Matt Corby, with influences from City and Colour to Jeff Buckley, and Angus & Julia Stone. Signed to Ie.music Management (Passenger, Lilly Allen, Robbie Williams) and to Nettwerk, he’s released 2 EPs in… Read more »
Formed in 2016, Pillow Queens–made up of Pamela Connolly (lead vocals, guitar, bass), Sarah Corcoran (vocals, guitar, bass), Cathy McGuinness (vocals, lead guitar) and Rachel Lyons (vocals, drums)–burst onto the scene with their debut demo EP Calm Girls, leading to a string of UK and Irish dates and festival appearances. The release of their follow up EP State of the State prompted Hot Press to write the band is,… Read more »
Originally from Sheffield and member of Slow Club, Watson wrote and recorded his debut solo album over the winter and spring of 2016/17. Watson co-produced the album with longtime collaborator David Glover at Tesla Studios in Sheffield and featured a hand picked band, including Guillemot’s Fyfe Dangerfield and Hot Club De Paris’ Paul Rafferty. A former writing… Read more »
“RVG evoke 80s Australian bands that crammed garage rock cred with sun-dappled hooks, such as Sunnyboys or the Go-Betweens. What makes these songs so moving is not Vager’s voice itself but her delivery. Her fierceness, her flow and how clear it is she’s singing about what she knows.” The Guardian
A Cut Worms song may impress an innocent summer stroll across fields of tall grass and lavender — but there’s undoubtedly a severed ear out in there in the grass. Some unseen dark forces are always lurking at the edges of songs’ sunbursts. Bright, beautiful lap steel or a cheery harmonica accompaniment often belie an… Read more »