The story of Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is one of journeys – physical, spiritual, and a combination of the two. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this material,” Firek explains. His moves from Detroit to Nashville, then to New York City, and now on […]

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Alt-rockers Team Picture have revealed their third and final release of 2016 in the form of brand new single Potpourri Headache, a delicious audio picnic for all and sundry, in which layers of sweet, syrupy synthesisers and girthsome guitar noise become welcome bedfellows for a luscious aural sandwich of floaty-voice sounds. The Leeds outfit have […]

4 piece Gothenburg, Sweden unit Rome Is Not A Town released their debut 7” “Stupid” in late 2015. With their noisy postpunk they soon found a special place in the hearts of everyone with a fondness for cracking guitars and some furious drum beating. Swedish media got excited and the biggest ones such as Festivalrykten, […]

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Strange Waves, from Florence Alabama, just released their first single since the release of their EP Walls last year, we featured 38th Parallel from that release in November 2015. Strange Waves is a dynamic rock band that came together in Florence/Muscle Shoals, Alabama in the summer of 2012 under the name Walls of Red Wing. […]

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Having burst onto the scene earlier this year with efficacious debut track ‘My Love’, Suffolk duo Amethysts have returned with second single ‘Stones’ which sees the duo rise once again from their rural oasis with a more electronic sound. Preceded by a sample of lead singer Clarice Parrott’s voice, ‘Stones’ manifests daydream vocals with washes […]

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‘Lights Out’ is a first glimpse into the raucous sound of Dead Naked Hippies. Written in the hallowed walls of Temple of Boom and produced by Matt Peel (Eagulls, Pulled Apart By Horses, Autobahn), the track embraces the post punk aesthetic of the burgeoning Leeds scene whilst dancing around punchy alt rock. ‘L.O.’ tells a […]