Tag: indie

  • An array of unexpected releases this week with plenty of quality to choose from.

    Single Reviews 05/04/2025
  • Is Djo basic being basic, or a legitimate multi-hyphenate artist?

    Djo: The Crux
  • Walking a fine line between pretentious and genius the new album comes out on the right side of the divide. Out on the 4th April.

    Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong – A Complex Musical Journey
  • Seven years after the last album and four years after Winston Marshall departed under a cloud, Marcus Mumford has put the rest of the ‘Sons’ back together.

    Mumford and Sons: Rushmere
  • Has it really been 25 years since The Hour of Bewilderbeast was launched?

    Badly Drawn Boy 02 Oxford March 15th
  • Another week stacked with talent and tunes.

    Single Reviews 22/03/2025
  • Quietly positioning themselves into the mainstream consciousness over the last few years this hardworking band are primed to blow up.

    The Lottery Winners: Koko – Rising Stars of Indie-Pop
  • Sooooo many good tracks this week. All on the playlist, no time to discuss them all here. Single of the Week: Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke – This Conversation Hard choices for single of the week but this collab between…

    Single Reviews 15/03/2025
  • A fine evening of free rock at the Purple Turtle! Reading Indie Life are starting to get twitchy about all these amazing free gigs at the Purple Turtle. We get to see really good bands… and we don’t have to…

    Alffa Review: Welsh Rockers Live at The Purple Turtle March 10th.
  • Great new tracks from Reading Indie Life favourites The Certs and Baby Said this week along with locals The Dazed Minded. Single of the week: SOFIA ISELLA – Josephine Sofia Isella catches the eye and the ear more with every…

    Single Reviews 08/03/2025