Derby/Leeds, UK singer-songwriter EDD SAFFELL has just released his new single, Off My List, a beautiful rapid-fire acoustic fueled indie-pop ballad with folk stylings. The song is possibly a look at the silver linings of a...
Record/Start: Rock F...
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Brighton, UK solo artist Simon Cowan, known through his project, RECORD/START is about to release his double A side single ‘Rock From Afar / Followay’ on limited edition cassette this 20 February via label...
Two Cartoons: Horizo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, Two Cartoons formed in early 2011, with a reported initial mindset to harness and channel the feel of summer and their continued love for bands like Best Coast, Wavves and The Drums. Within...
Plastic Handgun: Int...
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Mark Di Giovanni, otherwise known as PLASTIC HANDGUN, is an independent musician and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada who just released his first full album on January 11th that was composed entirely of experimental indie...
Someday I Will Miss ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not too long ago a Croatian native informed us there’s not much you can do in their town of Karlovac except for taking long walks by its rivers and apparently “recording songs about ordinary love.” This...
Huxtable: Attack
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Huxtable are a 2 piece riff rock band based in Kilmarnock Scotland, formed in early 2014. The duo of Jordan Yates and Marc William Brown released their debut release as a mini-album in July called “We Are...
Chastity Belt: Time ...
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Walla Walla rock band Chastity Belt has just released the excellent featured single from ‘Time to Go Home’ the first full length for the label Hardly Art, seeing its release date in a few short months on March...
The Outdoor Type: Ar...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Melbourne songwriter The Outdoor Type writes of modern Australian suburban life. Sonically, a blend of alt-country guitars and analogue synth drones, his music is reminiscent of home-grown artists from the late 80’s. ...
Static in Verona: Bi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
You may remember our daily feature on multi-talented Chicago musician Rob Merz and his project, STATIC IN VERONA. Well, we ran across his fantastic sophomore album again while casting our net into the musical sea over at...
The Hard Aches: Die ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From the Restless Years free indie artist celebration compilation comes Adelaide Australia band THE HARD ACHES. They’ve got a four song EP out, Organs & Airports, with the first track ‘Die Young, Die...
Randolph’s Lea...
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Happy New Year from all of us here at IR! From the free Olive Grove Records sampler comes Randolph’s Leap, an 8-piece Glasgow-based folk-pop band. Today’s featured track and another of RL’s excellent...
Cafeine: Love Diseas...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Montreal artist Xavier Cafeine is preparing to release his next album New Love on February 17th and has just put out the first excellent holiday flavored single, “Love Disease (Christmas in New York).” While the...
HAWK: Hush
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London based indie rock foursome, HAWK have released their latest single, Hush a few days ago on December 8th. It is apparently the first release from the group’s forthcoming EP ‘Clock Hands’, and if this...
Broadbay: Plasticine...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Broadbay are self-described Noise makers from Northampton via Brighton who sound something like Yuck, Dinosaur jr or the Cloud Nothings. They’ve got a new single out called ‘Plasticine Dream’ which outside...
Plastic House: Stock...
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Following on the heels of their recent ‘Invader’ EP, Manchester UK indie rock four-piece PLASTIC HOUSE have just released a new stellar track in their arsenal, Stockport Syndrome, available through the Soundcloud...
Gold Spectacles: Ste...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London, UK baroque pop band Gold Spectacles released their stunning debut single “Steal You Away” this past January 25th. Formed in 2012, Gold Spectacles is the collaborative venture of two British...
Courtesy Tier: Somet...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn blues-influenced rock duo Courtesy Tier is Omer (guitar) and Layton (drums), who’ve been playing together for the last seven years, but they weren’t always a duo. As members came and went, they...
Moonbabies: Chorus
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After seven years, Malmö Sweden’s MOONBABIES are lining up to release their next album coming out in Spring of 2015. In anticipation of their fourth full-length they dropped the double single release...
Victory Kicks: I Got...
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London based lo-fi indie rock group VICTORY KICKS have announced that a new record is on the way – The Young Flood EP, arriving this November 17th on the group’s own label Unmanned Aerial Vinyl. It’s...
Cambridge Park: Firs...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ed Jefferson is a self-taught 25 year old multi-instrumentalist from Bristol, U.K who creates music under the moniker CAMBRIDGE PARK. He just recently issued a new EP entitled Bricks, three excellent songs that are...
Moving Parts: The Fr...
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Moving Parts is an indie beach rock band based in Minneapolis, MN, who came together three years ago, releasing two EP’s along the way. Today’s feature comes from “Music From the Monastery”, a five...
City and the Sea: Tr...
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Hamilton, Ontario band CITY AND THE SEA recently released the newest and second singles from their latest effort, issued as a Double A side. The first single “Venture” was released in July followed by...
Copper Lungs: Cloud ...
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Dundee Scotland pop-rock four-piece COPPER LUNGS have just released their free download single Cloud Nine, out officially this past 27th October 2014 via Thin Hippo Records. This follows the release of their self-titled EP...
Such Sights: Crooked...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sheffield based five piece Such Sights recently released their debut EP ‘Where Hell Begins’, which you will love if you are into alternative rock, pop punk and metal and influencing bands such as Taking Back...
Meet the Blue: Take ...
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Toronto Canada duo Meet the Blue were originally based in Limerick Ireland where they built a small loyal following while self releasing their first demos. They issued the debut EP “Flux” in 2012 with engineer...
(the) How Much: Löff...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Santiago, Chile’s (the) How Much recently released the first single from their upcoming self-titled release and its a doozy. The vocals and instrumentals remind me a bit of Alice and Chains and Jane’s Addiction,...
The Ocean Party: Hea...
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The excellent new single Head Down is taken from The Ocean Party’s forthcoming 4th album “Soft Focus,” out October 31 in Australia & New Zealand via Spunk, and November 4 in the US via Jigsaw. While...
Glass Oaks: Screens
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After recently stumbling headlong into the new single ‘Screens’ from the Lynchburg, Virginia indie folk-rock four piece, Glass Oaks, I found they based their inspired band name from “the creative expression...
Jungle Doctors: The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We lucked out on a recent dive into the vast musical mash of Soundcloud, running into a handful of excellent tracks from London indie pop-rock group JUNGLE DOCTORS. Apparently in a little less than a month’s time the...
Thalassocracy: Shime...
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We recently had the pleasure of running into today’s featured track over at soundcloud after diving through multiple releases, getting stopped in our tracks with Shimensoka. The name of the song looks to translate to...
Thrills: Dominic
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A few months back one of the members of Philadelphia band Vacationer [Michael Mullin] released the leadoff single, Dominic from his debut LP, Thrills of Constantly Collapsing and we’re now excited to be able to...
The Staffords: Poor ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Poor Folks Live’ is the second single from Melbourne Australia rock band, The Staffords’ soon to be released debut album ‘It Kills Me’. Todays spotlight is a follow-up to their last single,...