New Music Spotlight: Shanghai Blues ‘Swim’
The clean, crisp opening to ‘Swim‘ drives a feeling of lucidity throughout the track, as if Shanghai Blues are embracing listeners in their watery depths before beginning an introspective journey…
New Music Interview: Dylan Cartlidge
Colour us impressed. After pricking ears with his striking first single ‘Love Spoons’, exhilarating newcomer Dylan Cartlidge has returned with something bigger and bolder. The 22-year-old multi-talented singer’s new tune…
New Music Spotlight: Wild Ones ‘Invite Me In’
Wild Ones latest release ‘Invite Me In‘ aptly gives instruction to listeners who are easily seduced by its tender introduction. A firm midpoint between glitch pop and ethereal, dreamy 80s…
New Music Interview: The Ocean Party
It’s time to get acquainted with the land Down Under’s best kept secret. Aussie sextet The Ocean Party make hazy guitar music that oozes nostalgia – an evocative and bleary…
New Music Spotlight: Rhys Lewis ‘Wish I Was Sober’
Rhys Lewis is fast becoming a firm favourite at Hidden Herd thanks to his breathtakingly emotional tracks and passionate live shows. His soulful new single ‘Wish I Was Sober‘ is already familiar to the growing…
New Music Interview: Seeing Hands
Fake Laugh, Day Wave, Swimming Tapes… it’s hard not to fall for dreamy jangle-pop that evokes the hazy summers of yesteryear. Go ahead and add Seeing Hands to that esteemed list of newcomers, because…
Live Music Review: Flyte at Patterns in Brighton on 16.09.17
Flyte‘s brilliance has been brewing for some years now, so it’s with bated breath that Brighton awaits this UK tour date in support of career high point ‘The Loved Ones’.…
Live Music Review: Victorious Festival in Portsmouth on 25.08.17
Southsea seafront is a shocking slash of vibrant colours and glitter-coated faces, as the glorious Saturday sun beats down on the second day of Victorious Festival. In the same vein…
New Music Spotlight: Child Ivory ‘Angie’
‘Angie‘s tender opening tickles listeners with a tropical flavour, nestling itself between chilled instrumentalists such as Bibio and early indie from the 80’s; a mixing bowl of clean, layered guitars…