Elk began as a home recording project. Eric Luoma, former singer and frontman for the alt-country band Bellwether, was recording lo-fi acoustic based songs with his wife, Kari on piano and violin. The recordings made their way into the hands of drummer Chadwick Nelson and Bass player Aaron Lundholm, both veterans of the Minneapolis band the Hangups. Soon, the recording project grew into a full-band effort, and the foundation of… Continue reading
We love this great track from Mary Epworth and have dubbed it ‘Psycho Folk’ – Enjoy!
“Spectral deer stomp your face” Available on 7″ from handofglory.co.uk
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Love this little Electro Pop EP from London based Cop On The Edge.
From the press release….
They’re Donna Summer milking cows with The Fall. They’re holding the dartboard while Duran Duran and Magazine play for the world championship. They’re sleeping with Giorgio Moroder’s wife behind his back and are terrified New Order are
This dropped into the inbox, it’s a rough live recording but the song writing has got some real character. The only info supplied was that David’s Lyre is alternative, big beat, pop birthed in London and in residence in Manchester. David’s Lyre has been remixed by the likes of JaKwob and The Last Skeptik.
I can’t find much info on these guys aside from the tracks they’ve dropped into my dropbox, check out the nicely recorded epics on soundcloud.
From the Myspace Blog
I would rather dip my toe in the freezing artic water and be bitten by a digit eating whale, a whale who perfected the art of digit biting in the dojo of Hakkoda-san, from the fifi master 70 years his
Just received these great trippy tracks from Defend The Melody, Australian based but touring internationally it looks like it could be a really beautiful album when it’s released on Payne Street Records.
Defend the Melody are like, really really deep and stuff. Like the ocean. As complex as a sewage system that leads to the ocean. We are deep with crap. Or in deep crap. We eat fishes
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.
More This Morning Call Love
“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
