Roosevelt Radio
Roosevelt Radio from San Francisco in the USA is made up of Ben Ross (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keys), Adrian McCullough (Bass, Vocals), Joel Line (Lead Guitar), Sarah Morgan (Keys, Vocals) and Emma Hyatt (Drums). San Francisco? I would have sworn not North of the Watford Gap – yes that is a London joke. Grab a search of the M1 in the UK and […]
Strangers Pass
Strangers Pass has been around since 2008. Based in Rahway in the USA the trio of Robert Sadowski (Vocals/Guitar), Frank Gattuso (Drums), and Ken Thorstensen (Bass) bring the world some home-spun alternative indie. America always amazes me, my politics are well expounded to those who have followed the links proffered from time to time, but on this occasion I am not dealing […]
The Mad Pride
The Mad Pride, from Wollongong in Australia is in essence a solo vehicle for the progressive / indie / psychedelia / folk /rock multi-instrumentalist Rowan Galagher to get his thoughts out to the world, he does use occasional additional players. A vocal which in some ways reminds me of David Bowie adds a lustre to the brooding presence that emanates from the […]
Band of the week 15th to 21st January 2012
The band of the week on the Indie Bands blog for week-ending 21st January is the Oxford in England based band – We Aeronauts. The band was reviewed in November 2011. We Aeronauts. For more of the best bands from around the world join the indie bands blog on facebook.
Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose, is from Nashville in the USA and it will come as no great shock to learn that there is more than an element of Country in the output. The strength in the out-put lies in the heartfelt compositions. I haven’t suddenly gone all woolly jumper on myself, but just because a tune doesn’t have a disturbingly loud […]
Baby Scream
Baby Scream is an indie band from Buenos Aires in Argentina. Juan (Vocals and guitars), Hernán Pascual (Lead guitar), Raúl Marcos (Bass) and Claudio Salas (Drums) Val Doonican came to mind watching the band sit as Baby Scream played, but it makes sense. The complex instrumentation singles out the band for a listen. Would the tortured English be better in native […]
Pennan Brae
Pennan Brae is a solo singer / songwriter / instrumentalist from Vancouver in Canada with a strong visual element and a sense of exploration. Pennan Brea and I have been in contact for quite some while and although I have managed to post some of his videos on Indie Music Videos, I never seem to […]