Tag: indie
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An album full of stripped-back singer songwriter goodness. Some albums are loud and noisy, others quiet and intimate. This glorious debut falls firmly into the latter camp. Clara Mann is a multi-disciplinary artist who enjoys painting and works in a…
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It’s The Ting Tings Jim, but not as we know them… The Ting Tings in a delightful 450-capacity venue in Shepherds Bush, yes please. Only £20 a ticket, hell yeah! However, in their long absence they have been reincarnated as…
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A smaller selection this week, there were just too many good new albums to listen to! Single of the Week: Lucy Rose – Pale Blue Eyes An outstanding new single from Lucy Rose, a lush expansive tune designed for easy…
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One of the stars of last years ‘Are You Listening?’ Festival in Reading drops a full album. Where this album lands with you is likely to come down to where you stand on ‘The Streets.’ If you find them witty,…
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Wigan’s indie finest unleash a cracking new album. I will freely admit to not giving the Lathums enough credit, unfairly ignoring their first two albums until recently. It seems bizarre to think they were initially put together by an Arts…
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A surprise release from Fontaines DC headlines this week’s new singles. Single of the Week: Fontaines DC – It’s Amazing To Be Young Tonally this sounds like material from Romance so was probably recorded at the same time. Either way,…
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I have fallen down a Youth Lagoon rabbit hole and I am enjoying it immensely. I love an album that comes from a different place, a different story or perspective. One of my favourite albums of last year was built…
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The Irish Post-Punks are back again with another strong album. The Murder Capital are not so much a band as they are a mood… There is always an edge to them, a sense of impending intensity. That is not to…
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The Londoners deliver an intense and barking mad 55 minutes on the 16th of February.
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Reading Indie Life feel like interlopers at this intimate gig full of the band’s family, friends and elements of the Gob Nation collective… but are blown away by the brilliance on display. I have been to a lot of venues…
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