Track Of The Day – Strangers – ‘Never Enough.’
Strangers are a band who have probably reconciled themselves to the fact that they will oft be compared to dark synth overlords Depeche Mode. This of course is no bad thing (unless you’re one of
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Track Of The Day (2) PINS – ‘Stay True’
PINS return …and we’ve missed them – in a literal and figurative sense, having caught a meagre five minutes of them at Sound City and completely failing to see them at all at Dot 2
Track Of The Day – Candy Says – Favourite Flavour
We caught Candy Says during the Manchester leg of the Dot 2 Dot festival playing that ‘difficult’ early evening slot. We were informed by singer Ju Ju that it was actually only about their third
Track Of The Day – STILLS – ‘1kX’
Electronic musician Felix and visual artist/singer songwriter Andree make up electronic duo Stills. The shadowy, beguiling “1kX” is a wonderful example of how to write understated left-field electronica that manages to be emotionally engaging, yet
Track Of The Day – Everything by Electricity – ‘Violet Haze.’
They take their name from a quote in Jules Verne’s 2000 Leagues under the Sea; they play symphonic electronica with a dream pop sensibility and at times, they sound rather like Emily Haines fronting the
Track Of The Day – AELIUS – ‘Echoes’
AELIUS is the name of Caesar Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Buccellanus Augustus, or Hadrian to you and I. It’s a pretty apt name for electro-duo Martin Roberts and Lee Tyler to have adopted as their collective
Track Of The Day – The New Fabian Society – ‘Cyclophymia’
The New Fabian Society unleash a brutal raw jackhammering sonic assault, imbued with the sort of dark drama bands like the Editors can only dream of aspiring to. The band describe themselves as a “bi
Track Of The Day – Bon Bon – Lois Lane
We happened across a couple of Sian King’s demos last year (for it is she who is Bon-Bon, but shhh keep that under your hat) and recall being rather impressed. And it would certainly not have been
Track Of The Day – Kid Kin – Le Prieur Rockets.
This week we were guest reviewer on Tom Robinson’s Fresh on the Net which was hugely enjoyable and opened our ears to lots of exciting new artists, which is of course Fresh on The Net’s
Track Of The Day – Velvet Two Stripes – ‘Fire’
Having been one of the first UK blogs to write and interview Velvet Two Stripes, tipping them for BBC 6 Music and presenting them with one of our famous “Pipster” awards last year, we are
Track(s) Of The Day – Shinies
New musical discoveries are normally unearthed using a wide variety of resources, be it old school word of mouth or via new music champions such as Amazing Radio and BBC introducing or indeed wading through
TRACK OF THE DAY – The Kaleidoscopes -‘Coming Up.’
The Kaleidoscopes are from Birmingham (UK) and they produce the sort blissed out dream pop that will doubtless garner countless My Bloody Valentine comparisons. Yet it’s an association you feel the band can live with,