The Sons Of Faow Verny – Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Rather than attempt to introduce this band via my own words, I will use theirs as I feel it really hits the nail on the head and will almost certainly provide context for what you are about to hear: ‘The Sons Of...
The Quartet Of Woah – Lisbon, Portugal. To Lisbon now for an audio trip a long time in the making. We have been meaning to sit down with the latest release from The Quartet Of Woah for a little while and with the festive season over and work calming down,...
Feast Fest – The Mother’s Ruin, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Named after a man and the second-coming of his adoration of live music, Feast Fest is the second of its kind and will be gracing The Mother’a Ruin in Bristol this coming February all the while being graced itself by...
Despereaux – Oslo, Norway. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. It is far to say that Oslo Hardcore band Despereaux are very much as in as they are out of that very genre label. Hugging The Cactus is the band’s second release this year and to say that...
Kill The Drama Queen – Luxembourg/France/Belgium. Fresh Picks are designed to give readers all the reasons they will need to indulge in whatever facet of underground music we come across, a short – ish – take on a band or artist to entice the prospective listener with enough name-drops, genre-tags...
Sounds Of Swami – Keighley, England, United Kingdom. Sounds Of Swami are band that create intrigue before you press play. The Keighley four-piece first raise your eyebrows via who they cite as their influences, with the likes of At The Drive-In, Fugazi, The Bronx and Hot Snakes brashly and unashamedly...
Bent Knee – Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I first came across Bent Knee on Amps For Equality‘s To Chechnya With Love – Vol 1 charity compilation – Click Here. The included track, ‘Queen of the Conquest’, immediately made an impact on me with it’s strong vocal hook, amid a selection of other tracks...
Lambhorn – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. MF goes through phases. These phases are for the most part completely out of our control, for requests flow as they do and with that sentence comes the use of word “flow” which is perfect to describe the manner in which Bristol progressives Lambhorn...
Bellatrix Y Ori – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The Bristol based Bellatrix Y Ori describe themselves and their operation as thus: ‘We formed specifically to record in the studio so I suppose we’re doing things a bit backwards’. To admit such a thing is respectable and I would say personally,...
Cicero & The Orations – Goldens Bridge, New York, USA. ‘You want that sound you’ve been looking for? Then you’re in the right place.’ What was to become the Goldens Bridge, New York, based Cicero & The Orations formed in 2009, where a fusion of sounds from playful contemporary Indie...