If you were lucky enough to bag tickets for Slaves’ intimate club tour last month, you’ll have remembered being welcomed to their dingy venue of choice by a feisty set from Welsh group Estrons. For those who weren’t, seeing Estrons on those kind of tours should soon become things of the past anyway. They’re destined for bigger and sweatier things.
Back in April, NME described Happy Meal LTD (now stylised as HMLTD) ‘as a band who genuinely seem to stand for something different.’ Their kooky songs, chaotic live shows and ever-changing look quickly started chatter about them being one of Britain's most exciting new bands - even if the only glimpse you could get of them was at a live gig, or afterwards in some shaky homemade footage.
A couple weeks back, London musician Isaac Gracie released his second full EP ‘Songs In Black And White’. When Gracie started turning heads late last year, his only press photo was an amateur live shot and much of the early buzz would originate from his hauntingly beautiful live shows. So it's quite fitting that Gracie is sticking to that ethos by recording his new release in a live setting.
What do we know about Harlea? Right now, virtually nothing. Last Friday, the North Londoner dropped her debut song, the stomping ‘Miss Me’. In less than a week though, she’s racked up a near 100k streams across streaming platforms without a single interview.
Once in a blue moon something brand new comes along that just cuts through. You had it almost simultaneously in the US and UK back in 2010 with Odd Future and WU LYF; two groups whose first releases (scratchy demos, websites and self-made videos) literally drew a metaphorical line in the sand between them and, well, everybody.
Following last night’s triumphant display at London’s Lexington, one of 2016’s best new bands Black Honey have dropped a new video for their latest single ‘Hello Today’.
It's easy to see the '60s as a golden age for pop culture: [a]Jimi Hendrix[/a] and Jim Morrison were still knocking about, festivals were often free and The Beatles were still a unit. If you're of that opinion, then The Lemon Twigs are definitely for you.