The Steepwater Band | The Stars Look Good Tonight
The prodigious energy of The Steepwater Band, finds another avenue, with the release of the 4 track single The Stars Look Good Tonight out on 23rd February 2010.
There are a couple of surprises with this release: Firstly that they actually manage to find the time, their never ending tour schedule, which sees them heading over [...]
Stuart Newman
Stuart Newman is a solo artist from Brighton in the UK, who plays mellow acoustic music. His music, which he creates and arranges himself is drawn from a range of influences, from the ’50s to the 21st century.
After a long day, the music of Stuart Newman, is great for winding down with. Containing interest and [...]
Gaoler’s Daughter – The Only Way To Travel EP
Released on 29th November the EP by Gaoler’s Daughter, The Only Way To Travel, * finds the band in retrospective mood. The EP is subliminally cheerful as the EP is one full of tracks with superb dance beats.
Opening with picked guitar supporting the distinctive voice of John Sterry, quietly the drums are picked up [...]
The Swing Movement – Recently released
The Swing Movement are concentrating on creating some new material at present, but have one show scheduled for this month: Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds on 26th November.
Whilst they are preparing their new material, Patrick, sent me over three tracks which were recorded earlier this year.
Fighting Freakshow Circus has the band playing tight and well paced [...]
Reader’s Wives – Secrecy and Sex EP
Available from 9th November is the Reader’s Wives debut EP Secrecy and Sex. The five track EP showcases the superb songwriting skills, which mark out the Dublin based band from the run of the mill.
Sexually attracted to myself, is a lilting piece of work which provides a breadth of humour, superb instrumentation and real [...]
Jon and Lynn – Last Road to Home
Looking at the visualisation of Last Road to Home, it shouldn’t work, but once again and Jon and Lynn have shown that the duo makes it all happen as it should.
On each occasion that it seems the duo are about to miss an instrument as Lynn reaches a pause, Jon responds with a bass line [...]
Melody Nelson – The Other Side / Lost Again
Released on 2nd November the single The Other Side / Lost Again sees Melody Nelson at their best.
The Other Side sees the trio in superb form, as they play through a track which relies on tight and controlled musicianship. allowing Aidan’s vocals take the listener on a well paced and expressive lyric, with just the [...]
Jon and Lynn – Fool that I am
It isn’t often that the indie bands blog takes any notice of a remix, Jon and Lynn have taken ‘Fool that I am‘ to a new area.
Lynn manages to hold strength throughout the vocal, I can hear Jon working the bass hard to keep this together. As he said on a previous exchange he is [...]
New releases by The Swing Movement
Pat from The Swing Movement alerted me to two new tracks the band have just released and I am pleased to be able to make them both available on the indie bands blog
To the Bone and Tarantula.
Both explore a slightly different tempo and mood from Jigsaw, which is featured on The Swing Movement article and [...]
Negro Fluo – La caída en armonía
Jorge Niklison has been experimenting again and his musical persona Negro Fluo has just made available Duraznos en liquidación and La caída en armonía as a teaser to an upcoming EP.
I wish this were available on vinyl, as La caída en armonía mixes as Jorge acknowledges reverse voices and I am sure reverse sounds though [...]
