Category: indie
Gringo Star – All Y’All
If you thought this sounded retro then you’d be on the money as it comes from the now dusty environs of 2009. From an Atlanta band that have gone on and recorded a follow-up just last year. Given their Beatles […]
Slowdive – Machine Gun
What with Reading getting promoted it’s probably apt that one of her most famous (sorta) bands is rolled out for old times sake. And boy did this 5-piece have a lasting influence, to this day my mind often wanders back […]
Al Scorch – Working Dream
Coming from the West of Ireland I was naturally indoctrinated in the art of traditional music. Hardly worked though as in my infinite wisdom I chose to ignore every strain of the genre that came my way. I was to […]
Ican Ican’t – 3 Nil-Nils
In 2002 mp3hugger was a mere twinkle in this blogger’s eye so there was never any chance that Ireland’s impressive run in that year’s World Cup would be commemorated in an online capacity by us. 10 years later and with […]
Jonka – Every Other Day
Been a while since an electronic track has been kickin’ around here but ‘Every Other Day’ is an absolute beaut. The Brooklyn based couple behind Jonka offer a semi-gospel vocal that is propelled towards the heavens courtesy of an uplifting […]
Conduits – Top Of The Hill
Not quite shoegaze (they do mention Slowdive and MBV in their bio so it’s no coincidence) but a direct descendant nonetheless from this Omaha band who are tantalisingly going on tour with Cymbals Eat Guitars. What a contemporary retro feast […]
Toy – Left Myself Behind
This really is quite an extraordinary 7 minutes, especially the molten instrumental breakdown in the second half. And quite unexpectedly it comes from a group in the first flush of youth straight out of London town. They’ve been feted before […]
Apollo Ghosts – What Are Your Influences
Been somewhat diverted with the imminent arrival of tiny hugger number 2 and the small matter of our tribute compilation to the Boys In Green (more of which later). So listening to new sounds has been a fleeting activity recently. […]
Real Estate – Beach Comber
Before they neatly landed on our laps courtesy of last year’s ‘Days’ New Jersey band Real Estate already had form. Witness the opening cut from their 2009 debut, a simple rolling jangling number that dispenses with widescreen theatrics in favour […]
The Spook of The Thirteenth Lock – The Brutal Here And Now (Part 1)
Of course the beauty of Dublin’s The Spook of The Thirteeth Lock is that they somehow utterly appeal to both the traditional and foraging-for-new-music people sets. I choose to say ‘sets‘ for that is the type of foot activity that […]
Bishop Morocco – Old Boys
Torn between a warped and jangling demeanour early doors ‘Old Boys’ soon hits its groove, and in the process becomes a splendid porthole into the sort of music that Sweden’s Labrador Records has been producing for years. Bishop Morocco are […]
Arbouretum – New Scarab
There are a handful of people I’ve met through the internet who are now my foremost sonic prompters. People who send me short emails about a song or an act that they think I’ll like. In the vast majority of […]