Indie, Rock & Alternative

Silent Interlude – ‘Holding Game’

Niamh Walsh, Niall Cooke, Shawn Brennan and Seán Walsh make up the new Dublin band…

Intro: Anna B Savage – an intense brittle minimal howl

There’s a magnetising to the music of Londoner Anna B Savage that draws you in,…

Bitch Falcon – ‘Breed’

Bitch Falcon have returned with a new track to followup their recent ‘Wolftooth’ single. ‘Breed’…

Fierce Mild’s dance pop punk EP is tons of fun and has things to say

Taking their cues from political girl bands who made a big impression in the past…

Premiere: Listen to Fight Like Apes’ brand new album

The third album from Fight Like Apes was born out of a period of upheaval.…

Rocstrong – ‘Hold Ya’

Andre J.P Bangala is back with another slice of funky rock music from his Rocstrong…

Roosevelt – ‘Night Moves’

What I really like about the music of Marius Lauber AKA Roosevelt is his ability…

All Tvvins – ‘Too Young To Live’

All Tvvins’ new single ‘Too Young To Live’ has a slower gait to it than…

Hear the great debut single from Belfast’s Pleasure Beach – ‘Go’

Pleasure Beach are a new band from Belfast, who formed in a Belfast coffee shop…

Album of the week: Braids – Deep In The Iris

The music of Montreal via Calgary band Braids has often been characterised by skittering digital…

Watch Spies’ new video inspired by the movie Splash

Spies’ Sea Creature EP (stream here) has spawned a new video for the title track.…

Listen to SOAK cover St. Vincent’s ‘Digital Witness’

Bridie Monds-Watson was asked by Rookie Magazine to cover St. Vincent which she did in…

Listen to And So I Watch You From Afar’s new album Heirs

And So I Watch You From Afar’s fourth album Heirs is released Friday here on…

Future Islands return to Letterman and release new single ‘The Chase’

Future Islands have released the new song they cut at Abbey Road for Record Store…

Lung Dart – ‘B OK’

The music of London-based duo Lung Dart has a desolate feel to it, as if…

Torres’ second album could be huge

I had Torres pegged as a Nashville singer-songwriter when she first came around. Mackenzie Scott…

Lyttet – ‘Saint Etienne’

Kildare musicians Claire Nicole and Peadar Kearney make reverb-drenched air-dried music that crosses indie, folk…

Amber Run – ‘5AM’

The Nottingham band Amber Run’s music dips into elegiacal atmospheric ballads and indie-rock reminiscent of…

Calm Candy – ‘Tunnels’

I just stumbled across this beautiful song on Soundcloud from Portland duo Joe and Amelia…

Album of the week: Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

There aren’t many bands out there who sound like they care what people think less…