Among 'Sucking It Out'’s streamlined chorus and catchy reverbed harmonies is a startlingly spirited guitar solo, whose hue of harpsichordal distortion is one of the components that keeps the listener guessing over the track’s brief course.
Read MoreWatch/review: Seward – Sweet Kick
The inventive electro-folk fusion is a compelling, confident example of unorthodox art that raises expectations for the Barcelona band’s new album
Read MoreLive review: Slow Club at Paper Dress Vintage
As Slow Club prepare to release their new album, Giedre Zaveckaite reflects on a recent live performance from the band at Hackney’s intimate Paper Dress Vintage
Read MoreListen/review: SULK – The Tape Of You
Musically tight and lyrically beautiful, 'The Tape Of You' keeps the listener in a constant gentle sway and never seems to let go of a high feeling that strings your ears along for the whole ride
Read MoreLost In Transmission 7
Presenting five crack new tracks to help you celebrate winter's end (hey, there's no harm in being optimistic)
Read MoreWatch/review: SULK – Black Infinity (Upside Down)
'Black Infinity's beautiful simplicity hooked me somewhere in the middle – much like being wrapped in new bed sheets, it takes a little while to get snug but once you are the feeling is glorious.
Read MoreLost In Transmission 4: 11/12/15
It may not be remotely festive, but this set of sonic baubles is most definitely a gift. Our latest playlist unwraps new sounds from The fin., St Tropez, Paddy Hanna, Ecca Vandal and Zaflon. Just press play...
Read MoreListen/review: Eliza Shaddad – Wars
'Wars' starts with a guitar riff slowly bleeding through a touching vocal line that seeps in later. It’s quite different to the Eliza songs I'm used to but still features her sweet, sultry vocals on top of the track. There is a certain roughness to them now,
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Listen/review: Sudakistan – Mundo Mamon
Latino influences are infused throughout, which brings a nice extra element and helps to distinguish Sudakistan’s sound from the wall of punk that slams you in the face for the rest of 'Mundo Mamon'
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Listen/review: Boddhi Satva – Skin Diver (feat Teedra Moses)
The first thing that grips you is those vocals, which are absolutely gorgeous and go down smoother than a finely aged spirit, whetting an appetite that is then satisfied further by a drumbeat adding unexpected dance rhythms
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Listen/Review: Sheepy – Wild EP
Reviewer Dein Moore is truly feeling Sheepy: "‘Wild’, is a trip down the psychedelic lane with a healthy dose of pop hooks and ska-punk riffs and beats to make sure the trip is permanently engrained in your brain."
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Live review (poem): Joel Sarakula at Servant Jazz Quarters 21/5/15
Joel Sarakula's official single launch for 'Northern Soul' brought out the laureate in our contributor, who expressed his praise in prose...
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Watch/Review: Slum Sociable – Anyway
‘Anyway’ is lent an easy momentum by its assuredly understated rhythm track, and currency by the digitalist timbre of its vast bass drop. Otherwise, it is spacious and symphonic chillout, layered with charming reverbed harp, clipped piano and the faraway soulful lament of the lead vocal.
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Live review: Shiners and Bad Sounds at The Macbeth, London, 29/4/15
Shiners came out seeming determined to top Bad Sounds, strumming furiously and pulling shapes, fingers never leaving the fretboard throughout their Eighties- and Nineties-influenced ska-flavoured rock.
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Listen/Review: Slug – Greasy Mind
Live review: Simian Ghost & Strong Asian Mothers – The Finsbury 23/2/15
There were more loops and backing tracks to follow from another four-piece, Sweden’s Simian Ghost but, along with more considered facial hair and added diffidence, the balance was weighted firmly in favour of the analogue, the tech touches an enhancement to twee indie-guitar pop, given clout by the strength of its melodic inspiration.
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Listen/Review: Shark Dentist – Cut Myself Shaving
Any band defining themselves by the sub-genre ‘sandwich metal’ warrant attention, and one glance at Shark Dentist’s Facebook page is enough to know theirs isn’t the vibe to accompany earnest soul-searching.
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Listen/Review: Shiners – Just Got Paid
Watch: Sara Lowes - I'll Find You
On 23rd February Sara Lowes releases her new full studio album following 2011’s debut ‘Back To Creation’. The popular musician plays keys in The Earlies which has led to work with Daniel Johnston, King Creosote, Jens Lakeman, Jim Noir, Jesca Hoop and Dawn Landes.
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Watch / Review: She Crazy - Zombacalypse Now
Disorderly, frenetic and bone rattling, She Crazy are a cacophony of the best beer-in-the-air songs and ‘did I do that last night?’ moments that any band could wish for. Like being strapped in the dentist chair with Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist from The Hives controlling your valium intake, the first single from the debut She Crazy EP is everything you wanted from the band and more.
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