All shimmery and dreamy and layered, MONEY fits right in with the Bella Union aesthetic. Personally tracked down by Simon Raymonde after selling out a series of local shows last year, it’s not difficult to see what got the industry legend so excited; these Manchester boys seem to be making more …
The Sunshine Underground are a band you might vaguely know if you were into guitar music about seven years ago, but generally they’ve done well to not bother the music radars since their very pleasing debut ‘Raise The Alarm’ and relative smash hit ‘Commercial Breakdown’. They’re keen to dive straight …
In the Valley Below are a two piece vocal group made up of Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob based in LA. Their songs are a heady mix of surrealist, swirling vocals, synthesizers and a deep sexy melancholy that infuses their musical outlook. Complicated? Certainly. But also intensely listen-able (you can …
Led by chief songwriter Zach Yudin, who’s reportedly had some of these tunes laying about since his days in the similarly breezy Oregon Bike Trails, Cayucas’ sleeves display their influences – and their geographical origins – like badges of honour. Accusations of lacking originality would likely be batted …
The last few years seem to have churned out a lot of forgettable “and the” named bands who nearly made it, but didn’t quite. Luckily for Melbourne-based duo Gypsy & the Cat, their sophomore album, The Late Blue, shows that they deserve to join my list of actually …
It’s all new beginnings for Melbourne’s Gypsy & the Cat. The duo – comprised of former DJs Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers – have upped sticks and are releasing their sophomore album, the meteoric ‘The Late Blue‘, on their own Alsatian Music imprint in the UK this …
When listening to ‘Only in December‘ – the latest single from Melbourne duo Gypsy & the Cat‘s sophomore album, The Late Blue – it’s important to remember that pesky seasonal switch down under: remember kids, December is the peak of the great Aussie summer. So, when the …
If you’ve ever wondered what would be the outcome of two Aussie DJs getting together and forming a space-rock band, we might just have the answer for you in Melbourne’s Gypsy & the Cat. The Victorian duo – comprised of Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers – first came to …
Rounding out our week-long love-in with Manhattan’s Guards, the decibel-pushing trio have provided us with this stripped back re-imagining of In Guards We Trust‘s thunderous ‘Coming True‘.
In place of the original’s fuzz-laden guitars and monumental wailing choruses, the three-piece – with added accompaniment – have …
Good novels need to be well written with captivating characters, plot twists and a healthy dose of drama. Kent-based five-piece Story Books are beginning to show how they live up to their childlike namesake on their debut EP, Too Much A Hunter, thanks to the thought-provoking words of tender-voiced …
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