The man behind Eitha Da is Wrexham musician Ben Dempsey Sawin, formerly of the cosmic garage-punk quartet Mowbird. This new project keeps him close to his roots, as Southern Fried Ruthin is a raucous 90 seconds of hook-laden garage rock, with the wonderful inclusion of a Hammond style keyboard too. The track comes from a debut …
Alejandro Moreta Sánchez is a Spanish born multi instrumentalist based in Budapest, and he’s just released his first album under the name of Music Illness Cash-Machine called ‘Off The Road‘. It contains a stunning array of musical flavours, from modern classical to dark folk, but Gun Runner gets a Showreel entry, not just because it’s …
The Brahms are a lively 4-piece band from Utrecht in the Netherlands, and after releasing 2 EPs in 2015 & 2016, and playing over 70 live shows last year, they took a break to recharge their batteries. That break seems to have worked wonders as shown by this first release from their debut album (due …
London based Tom Hickox has been featured here many times since I first came across him five years ago, such is the quality of his impressive writing, vocals, and live performances. He returned this year with his outstanding second album, Monsters In The Deep, which has not just seen his songwriting progress and cover some …
The long journey from India to Thousand Oaks California (via Beijing, Hong Kong, and Fiji!) has certainly produced results if this sunny indie hip-hop gem by Abhi the Nomad is anything to go by, as it will have you whistling and dancing in no time! Half of the rap & hip-hop duo ‘El Capitán’, he …
The energetic alternative rock from Cardiff 4-piece (or are they?) Estrons has already been featured here, initially back in 2015, and then in the Best of 2016 Mixtape, and they return with their first release of 2017 with the equally impressive and raucous Strobe Lights. It gets a Showreel entry though, because the track has …
Cardiff 4-piece Himalayas have come up with an infectious new single in Thank God I’m Not You, full of raucous guitar riffs, furious drumming, and a chorus that breaks any national speed limit! It’s already appeared in the May Mixtape, but it gets a Showreel entry too because the video, by Tom Large from GreenNova …
Sublime! In Emerging #44 we described this track by London based solo artist Lorne as having “poignant lyrics, smooth vocals & some cinematic piano work”. Now the cinematic angle has been added to by this atmospheric and dreamy video, directed by Gonçalo Almeida, which captures the mood of the song just perfectly. The track itself …
Sax & drums & rock ‘n’ roll… the first Showreel entry of 2017 – when song and video are in perfect unison – isn’t a new release but comes from mid 2016, however it’s far too good to overlook. London based collective Melt Yourself Down play a stimulating mix of avant-garde jazz and punk, with …
It can’t be easy to create a brilliant track, and so it’s surely a double challenge to then add an outstanding and engaging video, which complements the song just perfectly. It does happen of course, and so here are some of the best I’ve come across in 2016, with links to the directors (where possible) …
