We met Foy Vance for the first time at the Greenbelt Festival where we was wowing crowds with a serious of beautifully crafted acoustic sets mixing guitar, voice and his loop machine. By far one of the stand out performers of the festival we’ve been loving on his album Hope ever since.
From the Press Release
Usual tags such as ’singer-songwriter’, ‘folk-soul’, ‘troubadour’ are perceived with a considerable amount
Ten Bears are one of the most exciting indie bands I’ve heard this year. They’ve already been picking up radio play on Radio 1 and playing venues and festivals across the country. With a new record in the pipeline, hopefully they’ll be getting the nationwide exposure they deserve soon.
Hailing from Manchester, and with an unbelievably powerful live presence, TEN BEARS are here to stay. Lead by their
This track recently arrived in the IndieLab inbox and has been soothing and intriguing us ever since. We’re looking forward to catching Paul live at some point soon to see the live show is even half as interesting as his press release…
Imagine Kraftwerk if someone spiked their punch with absinthe, and you’re halfway there.
Paul Green is the controller of a synthetic orchestra of beautifully fluid deeply-layered
This Morning Call has been described as “Portishead on anti-depressants” and “LCD Soundsystem with a hangover”. The musical moniker of Manchester producer Ben Heyworth, This Morning Call has a quirky mix with electronic and indie influences with an ear for sonic textures mixed with genuine melodies.
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“This Morning Call are one of the most wonderful bands we have heard this year.” (Channel 4… Continue reading
Hailing from the out skirts of Manchester hard edged, sub pop, band The Vanguards have been working in the studio producing tracks and playing round the UK in 2008, with their latest single ‘Regress’ being a hit with the local and student press and radio.
Within months of forming, The Vanguards were recording in The Charlatans studio, Big Mushroom, with legendary production duo Dave Tolan and Jim Spencer at
Just had this great little track dropped into our Sound Cloud Dropbox. Softly beautiful and mellow, it evokes feelings of late night firesides under starry skies. From the Cannes born Julie Peel, this is taken from her debut solo album with Near the Sun which is released on American Laundromat Records (ALR) on September 22.
“Most of the tracks were first takes,” Julie notes, which manifests itself in
I caught these guys at the Un-Convention closing party and they just blew the room away. Signed to the King Tuts Label in Glasgow, they are a bundle of punk electro energy that really come into their own when playing live. Voted X.F.M. and LEVI JEANS ‘ONES TO WATCH 2008 and recently getting through to the quarter finals of T4’s Orange Unsigned they released their debut single S.I.C.K.O… Continue reading
Anybody who counts My Brightest Diamond, Sujan and The Postal Service amongst their influences is on my wavelength, add into the mix a lady with a gorgeous voice and some recorder love and you’ve got an awesome little band from Manchester who are well worth checking out. They’ve picked up airplay on Steve Lamacq and are doing a run of showcase gigs for the In The City event in Manchester… Continue reading
The Paris Riots were recommended to us by Blue Print Studios and they’ve been on the mp3 player ever since. Obviously a good proportion of the gig going public agrees with us as they’ve just won the SupaJam unsigned competition to appear on the bill at the Benicassim Festival in Barcelona this July along with Kings of Leon, Oasis, The Killer and Franz Ferdinand amongst a bunch… Continue reading
I’m sure I’m coming quite late to the party blogging about this video but I love the ingenuity behind it. One of the main challenges bands have these days is making their music or work stand out against the noise of everybody else promoting their latest product. One way to cut through it all is just to come up with a killer idea that gets everybody talking and blogging about… Continue reading
We’re loving the new ‘Silence Breaks’ EP from The Red Labels. Recorded with producer Guy Massey at the Dublin Sun Studios it’s a storming energy filled record.
With a modern sound which evokes the remnants of 1970s raw rock n roll, combined with a return to grass roots and with a sense of pure energy and determination, The Red Labels have been described as energetic, raw, and
I caught the video for Everything Everything’s new single on the Manchester TV channel during a run down of the top 10 bands from the city. The single, Suffragette Suffragette is being released by XL’s new imprint label ‘Salvia’ meaning they’ll have one of the best UK indie labels behind them which is a huge coup for the band. Fingers crossed we’ll be hearing a lot more from them… Continue reading
