Stairs to Korea
Stairs to Korea is - Will Vaughan – based in London, England producing heartfelt experimental indie-pop. I could waffle for hours about Will Vaughan, but I am unsure that it would add much to the jot of the experience of a solo artist who has a sound which explains it’s own roots. website That said, I [...]
The Kavanaghs
The Kavanaghs, despite sounding like a family name from an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery are an Indie-pop band from Rosario in Argentina. Alejandro Pin (Vocal / Guitar), Tiago Galíndez (Vocal / Bass / Piano), Diego Vázquez (Guitar) and Sebastian Cairo (Drums) have extensive international touring behind them as well as a couple of LPs. It was the sheer fun in [...]
Fanfic
Fanfic is a two piece Electro-pop band from San Antonio – USA. RanDingo 777 8===D and Joe Green are relatively new off the blocks and by the sounds emerging are a duo to keep an eye on. Aside from the music, Joe also doubles as a writer, political researcher and activist – so how could I not [...]
Cuckoo Chaos
Cuckoo Chaos are a five piece indie-pop band from San Diego in the USA - Scott Wheeler, Jackson Milgaten, Jeremy Scott, Dave Mead and Garrett Prange play up-tempo soul searching dance music. I was alerted to the band by Lefse Records, who regularly have entries on the website. The effervescence bounces out of the speakers, careers [...]
Bye June
Bye June from Rockville in the USA comprise of Gil Kline (Vocal / Guitar), Gunner Sledgeski (Drums) and Daniel McGreal (Bass) oh and how I like a slice of irony Rockville and Bye June are exemplary. Americana comes shooting out of the speakers as we hit pop indie in the middle of summer, love the construct of Rockville and [...]
Izabo
Izabo - Ran Shem-Tov (Vocal / Guitar), Shiri Hadar (Keyboards), Yonatan Levy (Bass) and Nir Manzur (Drums) emerged back in 2003 from Tel-Aviv, Israel and since then have ploughed a straight line. Then from Anova Music, arrived Izabo and life felt warm again. The east and west collide in the Dead Sea and we can all lay back and wallow [...]
FM Belfast
FM Belfast marks a foray into Reykjavík, Iceland where I find the couple Árni and Lóa who formed the band in 2005 as an idea to send music to their friends, soon found Árni Vilhjálmsson and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason and here we sit, except we don’t really, as they say sometimes, you will find up to 40 [...]
Coastal Cities
Coastal Cities a quintet from High Wycombe in England are made up of Declan Cullen (Guitar / Vocals), Lewis Slade (Drums), Dan Hardy (Bass), William Clark (Synths) and Sean Semmens (Guitar) and are brand new out of the starting blocks. Coastal Cities have set out their stall with some evident ambitions, as I was contacted by that good old Theo-PR and [...]
Spectrals
Spectrals is the vehicle Louis Jones from Heckmondwike in England, uses as his means of spreading his music to a wider audience. There is a noticeable proliferation of solo artists from this region of England, each with very intense and personal messages to eviscerate and examine. After a first release in 2009, Spectrals have gained a broad [...]
Alphabet Backwards
Alphabet Backwards from Oxford in England started life as James on his own with his guitar, but then came some additions - Paul, Josh and Bob Tom, subsequently Steph joined on the behest of her brother Josh and so the ground was set. Indie Pop has the danger of being bland, mind-numbing nothingness, but then I didn’t need to say [...]
