Tag: new-music

  • 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
  • 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…

    Exploring Clara Mann’s Captivating Debut Album ‘Rift’
  • 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…

    Inside The Ting Tings’ 2025 Comeback Concerts: Bush Hall March 2nd
  • 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…

    Single Reviews 01/03/2025
  • 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,…

    The Streets Influence in Antony Szmierek’s New Album
  • 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…

    The Lathums: Matter Does Not Define
  • 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,…

    Single Reviews 22/02/2025
  • 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…

    Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream
  • Quite a few releases from local bands to enjoy this week amid a package of very good tunes. Single of the Week: Ex-Vöid – Down the Drain A great track from a phenomenal album. This really showcases the Ex-Vöid MO…

    Single Reviews 15/02/2025
  • Single of the week is going K-Indie (Well, we have K-pop, can we make K-indie a thing?) this week… Single of the Week: Balming Tiger – Wash Away Balming Tiger are a genre hopping alternative music collective from South Korea…

    Single Reviews 08/02/2025