Band of the week – top 5 chart w/e 22nd December 2012
The band of the week top five chart for w/e 22nd December 2012 is Running The Risk in a chart made up of bands from three different countries in two continents. 1. Running The Risk (USA) War Pigs is available on * 2. Soundmeds (Sweden) 3. Fire At Night (England) 4. Queued Up (USA) 5. […]
Hitherside
Hitherside is the Antwerp – Belgium – based rock duo of Jennifer Summer and Sam Oerlemans. Formed in the summer of 2011 with the pairing of Belgian national Sam who is a multi-instrumentalist and Jennifer an expat from the USA, on vocals and guitar they have made a strong start to their project with an audience […]
The Humans
The Humans is the drone rock quartet of Dan, Dave, Dave and Damian from New York in the USA. Drone is a sound that on occasion settles in to my ears with comfort and I happened to be in one of those occasions as the email landed. The material is dipped in psychedelic ’60s rock and […]
Audioshock
Audioshock is the alternative indie rock four piece of Jack Kinden (Guitar / Vocals), Billy Banyard (Bass / Vocals), Charlie Banyard (Drums) and Max Minus (Keys/Synth) based in Sandwich, England. With the ability to stray in to melodic big stadium rock and earthy indie rock Audioshock makes for an interesting band, which in their moments of travel retain a tidal-wave of sound which features […]
Southern Brotherhood review of Magic Carpet Ride
Southern Brotherhood from Bournemouth in England release a new 12 track LP Magic Carpet Ride on the 21st December 2012. I first met Andy De Rosa in late 2010 when he was playing in a London based out-fit Andy De Rosa and Electric Mojo, he has since relocated to the South coast of England where […]
Fire At Night
Fire at Night is an alternative rock band from Farnborough in England comprising Scott Swain (Guitar / Vocals), Mark Tyas (Bass / Backing Vocals) and Adam Pollard (Drums / Backing Vocals / Electronica). Thrumming bass rattles out of the speakers like a ripple of corrugated steel wending its way across the room and the listener stands […]
Soundmeds
From Linköping in Sweden we find Gus Ring (guitars / vocals), Anders Persson (drums / percussion) and Jacob Häggberg (bass / backing vocals) who make up the alternative indie band Soundmeds. On hitting play your ears will immediately recognize the open spaces and melodic influences must be from Scandinavia. Once again we find a band exploring isolation and vastness with visual creativity through […]
fiN
fiN is an indie rock band from London in England with a four piece line up of Luke Joyce (Vocals/Guitar), Jonny Garner (Guitar), Kerry Lambert (Bass) and Simon Harding (Drums). Grabbing opportunities in both hands despite the recession, fiN aim to raise a sense of good time, challenging the negativity spilling around the world. With generous sound levels the band […]
Queued Up
Queued Up is Todd Summers, Brendan Gill, Brett Hinton and Jack Saturn from Portland in the USA who deliver new wave pop. The real joy of Queued Up is how they are able to take some fairly detailed compositions and work them in to an easy sound with a hallmark guitar jangle as the two guitars […]
Band of the week top 5 chart 9th to 15th December 2012
The Indie Bands Blog band of the week top five chart for w/e 15th December 2012 is topped by Kollaps from Hungary. 1. Kollaps (Hungary) 2. ALARMs (USA) 3. Violet Class (England) 4. Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (England) Invisible is available on * 5. The Struts (England) Join the Indie Bands Blog on Google+ […]
