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Artists to Watch #2 (July)
With plenty more insanely good songs coming out from the indie landscape, we've listened carefully and found our darlings for this week: here they are... This Time for Real In the heart of Hamburg's underground scene, This Time For Real emerges as a raw, unapologetic...
Nilipek.: A Liberation
Nilipek., a singer-songwriter from Turkey, released her fourth album, "Uydurdugumuz Oyunlarla," in May 2024. Nilipek.is known for blending complex emotions with poetic Turkish lyrics and her soft voice with minimalist, yet compelling arrangements. Her debut album,...
Aqualine in Interview – The Next Big UK Breakout band?
Aqualine are a young indie band from Guildford, UK who have developed their own unique sound that mixes lofi rap, electro indie and shoegaze in a way that's all their own. With their new video and single 'Tomb' they're staking their claim to be the next UK breakout...
Vinyl Floor in Interview
Vinyl Floor are one of the smorgasbord of great Scandinavian bands (how do they do that? Is it the exorbitant price of alcohol and the darkness??) with an authentic feel for some deeper level of the Americana vibe. We listened to them and loved what we heard so we...
Caged aFfair in interview
Formed in mid-2023, Caged Affair is an alternative rock band based out of Asheville NC (USA). Led by Tyler Kemmerling, a dynamic vocalist and guitarist who writes, records and produces their genre-bending music, the band’s neo-grunge punk hybrid sound has drawn...
Interview with Bleu: Personal struggles & Pent-up human realizations
Bleu is a musical artist who has created and inhabits his very own sonic landscape. Murky, swirling reverb-drenched sounds of desolation that pull you nevertheless in, the US indie/rap artist draws inspiration from musicians and film-makers who "create their own...
Indie Artists to watch #1 June ’24
Welcome to our brand new series where we feature new independent artists that have caught our ear. This is a (by-no-means comprehensive) list of the artists that we feel are worth checking out. Enjoy! Madeline Rosene - Words...
Interview with Italian indie band Tanz Akademie
Tanz Akademie is a 6-piece indie / post-punk band from Piedmont in Italy. Having recorded their brand new debut album 'Hullabaloo' in just one week, they're heading out on tour across Europe, delivering their powerful, eclectic mix of post-punk, indie rock and a touch...
Lola Young- This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway album review- Magnetic up and comer bares the high and (mainly) the lows
Review by Ameena Ceesay Singer- songwriter Lola Young has been on the incline since debuting in 2019; made remarkable considering she’s still a relatively young name in the game right now. The steady stream of new releases has brought us to the launch of a brand new...
Almost Twins in Interview
Almost Twins is an indiefolk act from Leipzig based around their singer and songwriter Max Grüner who not only looks but also sounds like the second coming of Erlend Oye of Kings of Convenience fame. So if you're out there missing your fave plaintive indie band, sing...
Lucidez in interview – Ab Jetzt Bin Ich Laut
Lucidez is a singer/songwriter from Bernau near Berlin. Over the last 8 years she has composed and sung her own songs, mainly in the areas of pop, rock, Latin and singer/songwriter, making waves and making music with her refreshingly honest take on pop and pop life....