DXRKKNGHT: The Tampa artist bringing the European sounds of post-punk, dark wave and alt rock to the states
DXRKKNGHT is a project that formed from encouraging friends to share his musical experimentations to the world. The latest EP ‘WXSTED YOUTH’…
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DXRKKNGHT is a project that formed from encouraging friends to share his musical experimentations to the world. The latest EP ‘WXSTED YOUTH’…
The Isle of White slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd is proudly flying the flag high for the tiny island in Hampshire as the 25-year-old…
Coming out as non-binary, gay, transgender or any gender is never easy, but for Utah’s Addison Grace, the music industry was ready (mostly) to embrace him. The 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and social media star has fast made a name for themselves as a singular new artist, showcasing their one-of-a-kind perspective through mesmerising bedroom pop and a bold, funny, utterly idiosyncratic online persona. Last month, the Salt Lake City artist released his debut EP ‘Immaturing’, the five-track EP is a project that sincerely documents his challenging experiences growing up. Making personal music for a universal audience, these intimate songs somehow manage
Forced to focus on writing and recording, Banji honed in on their identity as a band. Off the back of their Great Escape Festival performance in May, Banji frontman Morris Brandt speaks with abridged. About their forthcoming debut album Freshcakes. The iconic Brighton festival would be the band’s second-ever festival performance in the UK (following Liverpool Sound City) and they were met with a wonderful, appreciative crowd. Morris said: “We loved Brighton. We’ve never been there before but was super cool, everyone was really nice. It was a good day, sunny and it was fun on the beach there. “The
Behind the bustling cargo shipyard and cultural city of Southampton is the 60s psych-rock artist Darling Darling making inroads across the south of England. Already one year into his smoothly sardonic and enthusiastically empathetic project, mastermind Matt Bisgrove has released three singles including his latest ‘Strangers’. It’s one of Bisgroves’ most mature pieces of work yet. The twinkling sounds, vocal layers and soaring atmospherics are stylistically embedded like you’re playing it on a vintage record player. Incorporating a lick of modern R&B from Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, ‘Strangers’ is a tasteful play on love, heartbreak, pity and pain all
The South Coast trio return with a bang as new single ‘Naturally’ starts a new era for The Manatees. Why do all good things come to an end?…
The Minnesota indie giants as you know it are “dead”. The new album ‘LP3’ marks an exciting new age as Hippo Campus explore who and what they are. Jake Luppen, Nathan Stocker, Whistler Allen, Zach Sutton, and DeCarlo Jackson have all been friends since middle school and have spent a huge amount of their life thinking all about Hippo Campus and what journey their band will take. But what we hear in the band’s third album ‘LP3’ is the individuality, self-expression and honesty. It’s been a long three and a half years since 2018’s Bambi and in that time we’ve
Despite their quick rise up the music ladder, The Lathums have kept their feet firmly planted, taking one step at a time. Frontman Alex Moore talks us through how they turned a dream into reality. They might be just four working-class lads from Wigan, but deep down inside the bellies of Alex Moore, Scott Concepcion, Jonny Cunliffe and Ryan Durrans was a fire burning like no other. Sitting down with Alex over Zoom, five days after their performance at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse for the album UK tour, he is very humble about the band’s progression. “It’s mental. Just living the
It’s been a long journey for Cambridgeshire alternative rock quartet Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison but after three years of hard work, it is all beginning to pay off. At ICM we have been following the band all the way up to the launch of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Everything’s Affected’ in October this year. It’s been a pleasure to see the band flourish in all these years. The traditional approach does still work – you still can gradually build up a following one step at a time. It’s been a natural process which has not exactly been
Starting from the beginning on any project can be incredibly frustrating, but for Lapels it has been a blessing in disguise. Speaking with singer, guitarist and songwriter Andrew and lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nathan from the band, we uncover more about how the band came to fruition as well as their rocky road to the fast lane. Since their formation in early 2018, the East Midlands-based four-piece have been enjoying a lot of rewards in recent months following their signing to Marquee Records but that hasn’t gone without a lot of hardship. Before releasing debut single ‘Waiting Lights’ in the
It’s just over 24 hours until Nottingham’s Amber Run headline 110 Above Festival tomorrow night in a long-awaited return for live music…
There’s not long to go until we head to 110 Above so we caught up with Birmingham quartet The Clause who are dying to play a festival…