Mono Stereo – The London gigs November 2009
Sometimes a series of gigs is just destined not be what it was meant to be and Mono Stereo had one of those trips in November. On arrival in the UK, the band arrived in the UK at Stansted airport and everything was going well so they thought, but unfortunately admin caught up with them. […]
Band of the month – November 2009
A new entry to the charts and straight in at number one for the band of the month top 20, Krakatoa from the UK Band of the Month November 2009 top 20 chart Krakatoa UK (new entry) Brittni Paiva USA (up 16 places) Reader’s Wives Ireland (up 13 places) Mono Stereo Sweden (down 2 places) […]
Jon and Lynn New release – Downtown
Jon and Lynn continue to release new arrangements of classic tracks and this week, I have been sent Downtown: Downtown- Jon and Lynn I think this is perhaps one of their best arrangements, as the Bass is played to the extremity of its range with some fantastic slap and picking from Jon. I just hope […]
Band of the week 5th December 2009
New to the charts this week and heading straight to the number one spot on the indie bands blog, band of the week chart is Them Bird Things, a Finnish / American collaboration. There is presence in the charts this week from four different countries, as the website continues to reflect the musical tastes of […]
The Steepwater Band – Spanish tour 2010
The Steepwater Band are heading in to Spain for a couple of weeks beginning at the end of February. Angela has hinted there may be some UK dates added, as news develops I will get it posted. February 2010 25- BILBAO, KAFE ANTZOKIA 26- MADRID, EL SOL 27- GIJON, ACAPULCO (EL CASINO) 28- VIGO, LA […]
Galapaghost
Galapaghost from New York, USA, makes for an interesting contrast to Brittni Pavia. Both solo artists who use the Ukulele. Another solo artist, Casey Chandler uses the same instrument to create a completely different mood. Galapaghost successfully takes the pitch of the Ukulele and incorporates it while using different instruments and manages to generate out-put […]
Them Bird Things
Them Bird Things, formed in late 2007, as collaboration between singer Salla Day, from Finland Steve Blodgett and Mike Brassard, established and renowned songwriters from America and producer Will Shade along with Timo Vikkula (Guitar), Esa Jussila (Bass) and Ville Särmä (Drums). Salla loved the songs written by Steve and Mike and formed a band […]
Ashdowne – Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Ashdowne have made available a great track, Mad Dogs and Englishmen and we are able to offer you a download and a listening on the Indie Bands Blog. When Ashdowne were trying to narrow down the track list for A Warning to the Curious (available on *, they found a few tracks that they didn’t […]
November thanks
To the great bands out there who provide the blog something to write about, many thanks for doing what you and and long may you keep doing it. Without advertisers on the blog, the whole thing would be impracticable and a few of our key sponsors deserve special recognition for their support. To the donor, […]
Jon and Lynn – Cry me a river
Having been busy pursuing projects for much of November, Jon and Lynn return to the studio to create a superb jazz blues version of Cry Me a River Cry me a river – Jon and Lynn I found myself drifting into a smoke filled cellar bar as I listened to this, a great rendition and […]