Whistle Peak review of the LP Half Asleep Upon Echo Falls
The quintet from Louisville in the USA who make up Whistle Peak - David Boston (vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, banjo ukulele, xylophone, keys), Billy Petot (vocals, ukulele, xylophone, keys, tambourine), Jeremy Irvin (electric guitar, xylophone, backup vocals, egg shake, handclaps), Mike Snowden (funky bass) and Garrett Crabtree (drums, percussion) have a new LP set for release on 14th February 2012 – Half Asleep Upon Echo Falls. [...]
Talk to Angels new Single Hickory Dickory
Talk to Angels a four piece indie band from Bradford in England - Mickey Dale (Keyboard /Vocals), Craig Kaye (Guitar /Vocals), Lee Waud (Bass /Vocals) and George Riley (Drums) are immediately of the time and with a new LP coming out in mid 2012 have a single release out on 30th January, Hickory Dickory in advance of the album. Hickory Dickory is three [...]
Foxes! a review of the eponymous debut LP
Foxes! is a four piece band based in Brighton – England, with an EP released in April 2011 – The Panda Bear Song, they have nestled in to the South Downs after migration from Oxford and have their debut LP, an eponymous 12 track coming out on 10th January 2011. Sometimes while I write about [...]
1,2,3
1,2,3 from Pittsburgh in the USA is - Nic Snyder (vocal / guitar), Josh Sickels (drums / percussion), Mike Yamamoto (guitar / keyboard) and Chad Monticue (bass / vocal / glockenspiel) a quartet who grind out that gritty realism you expect from their home territory. Urban edged industrial influences resonate through 1,2,3, there is no pretentiousness here, just rugged sounds [...]
Stellarscope Album review
Stellarscope, a perennial favourite on the indie bands blog, have a new 11 track album set for release on 25th November 2011, blending indie-pop textures with throwbacks to the last two decades of the 20th Century. As soon as I have links for the release of the eponymous album. I’ll share them, for now, this is what [...]
Cosmo Jarvis | Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? – album review
Cosmo Jarvis returns with another of his releases, this time Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange?, which came out on 26th September 2011. There are various versions of the album, so I’ll just concentrate on the 11 core tracks in this review. The album opens with Gay Pirates, which initially reminds me of Friggin’ in [...]
Gaoler’s Daughter – St. Peter
Gaoler’s Daughter the London band who feature quite regularly on the indie bands blog have a new single out, St. Peter. There is no mistaking the distinctive sound of Gaoler’s Daughter and St. Peter refreshes the mind as to why they are a band who should be gaining far more exposure. The unmistakeable voice of [...]
Pink Narcissus – Review – Block Your Ears / Shield Your Eyes
Pink Narcissus from Brighton in the UK, brought out their latest EP a couple of months ago. Block Your Ears / Shield Your Eyes a 6 track EP which sees them shift a gear on this, their third release. Opening with some great open space guitar, Pink Narcissus pull the ears in to focus with [...]
Vegas with Randolph | Above the blue
I received the new CD Above the Blue by Vegas with Randolph,which I rammed in to the car player and enjoyed, then thought, how on earth did these guys from the USA get my address. Eventually I gave up thinking and contacted Eric Kern. The band comprises: John Ratts, Eric Kern, Dave Purol, Dan Aylestock, [...]
