Band of the week 27th February 2010
The Drums from the USA take the number one spot on the indie bands blog band of the week chart. The Drums have just concluded a successful European tour and head back to the USA riding the crest of developing world wide enthusiasm.
Band of the week: Top 10. Saturday 27th February 2010.
The Drums USA (+ [...]
Bombay Bicycle Club at Cambridge Corn Exchange February 2010
Bombay Bicycle Club arrived at Cambridge as part of the Shockwaves NME Awards tour, playing a 45 minute set as the fourth band on for the night.
Just recently every good gig I have gone to see involves driving through the rain or snow or ice, last night I had the whole lot, that led me [...]
Brett Gleason
Brett Gleason a solo artist from Brooklyn in the USA was originally drawn to music after a childhood accident left him with a severe speech impediment. He found an affinity with music and continued to develop his instrumental versatility while expressing the isolation of world with limited verbal communication in his compositions. Now in his [...]
Pete Um
Pete Um is a solo artist from Cambridge in the UK, who takes the concept of experimental music to a new plane. His tracks are recorded directly to a computer, a 4 track or reel to reel tapes. Pete uses his computer as an 8 track machine adding his own inimitable instrument playing in real [...]
January 2010 thanks
Once again I would like to pass on my thanks to everyone who makes the website possible.
The new website design has now been in place for a couple of weeks and I hope everyone is finding it easier to navigate. Thanks to Web Action in the UK for the template design and in particular to [...]
Vermillion Sands
Vermillion Sands from Italy are a four piece band comprising Anna (guitar & vocals), Nene (bass), Ciao (drums) Kran (fuzz and rhythm guitar). Formed by two bands merging in to one a couple of years ago, their out-put is dramatically understated.
Bopping round the room, is perhaps not the best way to write an article, but [...]
Them Bird Things | Free track
To mark the start of a mini -tour in Finland, Them Bird Things are making available for a limited time a no strings free track.
To obtain the free track it is as easy as sending an email:
Just contact Them Bird Things at thembirdthings @ gmail.com, mention the indie bands blog link in your email and [...]
The Supernovas
The Supernovas from London, have been around in one form or another since 2003, but the current line-up of Joei Silvester (Vocals / Rhythm Guitar), Rizo (Lead Guitar), Panashe Nyandoro (Bass) and Moses Elliott (Drums) has been together for three years. The songwriting is split between Joei and Rizo, with the instrumentation developed in rehearsal. [...]
The Pocket Gods – Plan Nub Behind the Fridge
In the inimitable style that is The Pocket Gods, I received a promo copy of their new LP, Plan Nub – Behind the Fridge, which the introduction track announces is an aural homage to B Movies, snacks and UFOs.
And with that we have lift off into Nub Country, with Trailer Park on Mars which is [...]
The Brassic tour dates January and February 2010
The Brassic are working hard to secure some more dates for the next couple of months. Five dates have so far been announced.
15th January 20:00 Cafe De Paris, London W1
27th January 20:00 Mother Bar, 333 Club, Shoreditch
5th February 20:00 Rag & Bone @ South of the Border, London
12th February 20:00 Dirty [...]
