Alternative Friday

helping to spread the word about impressive new & under the radar musicians

Klaxons – Golden Skans
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Kings of Leon – Supersoaker
Small Words – Neat Little Package
The History of Apple Pie – Mallory
London Blackmarket – Checkmate
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Echo & the Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
The Wombats – Patricia the Stripper
The Duke Spirit – Surrender
Cee Lo Green – Satisfied
I Am Arrows – Green Grass
Suede – She’s in Fashion
Burning Shapes – Bad Karma
The Kingsmen – Louis Louis
Classic Plastic – End of the Film
Flutes – Kilburn
Minor Threat – Minor Threat
Reel Big Fish – Take On Me
Palma Violets – Step Up for the Cool Cats
FM Belfast – Underwear
Skint & Demoralised – The Thrill of 30 Seconds
Julian Cope – An Elegant Chaos
Stereophonics – Graffiti on a Train

Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
Hard Fi – Fire in the House
Metric – Gimme Sympathy
Cage the Elephant – Come a Little Closer
Birds vs Planes – Relative Worth
Mourning Birds – Oh Yeh!
The Rakes – Ausland Mission
John Wean – For The Girl
Crystal Fighters – Follow
Centrefolds – In Your Blood
Dexters – Recover
Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Those Dancing Days – Fuckarias
Department S – Is Vic There?
The Members – The Sound of the Suburbs
The Vaccines – Tiger Blood
New Order – Round and Round
Saskwatch – Your Love
The Pioneers – Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege
Deep Sea Arcade – Granite City
Paul Weller – The Attic
Lou Reed – Satellite of Love
TOY – Left Myself Behind

White Lies – To Lose My Life
Frank Turner – Recovery
Echo & the Bunnymen – The Cutter
Manic Street Preachers – Show Me the Wonder
Suede – It Starts and Ends with You
The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin
Public Service Broadcasting – Signal 30
John Wean – New York Doesn’t Love You
Crystal Seagulls – Ups and Downs
Bombskare – Catastrofuck
Toots & the Maytals – Take Me Home Country Roads
The Shallows – Running for Cover
Johnny Marr – The Right Thing Right
Benjamin Schoos – Je Ne Vois Que Vous
Blondie – Atomic
Graham Coxon – Running for Your Life
Morrissey – I Like You
The Charlatans – This is the End
Electric Guest – Awake
The Neighbourhood – Afraid
Ash – End of the World

Here’s the latest batch of emerging artists to feast your ears on…

 

Small Words – Neat Little Packages
How many bands form for a school Xmas concert and are still going 4-years later? Not many I’d guess, but I’m glad West Yorkshire five-piece Small Words are as Neat Little Packages is a delightfully upbeat piece of guitar pop.

 

Tax the Heat – Devil’s Daughter
This is a great piece of lively Rhythm and Blues infused Rock n Roll from Bristol band Tax the Heat.

 

Wulf – Lairs
Lovers of wonderfully melodic tunes will surely lap this track up from London band Wulf, which is also the lead track from their upcoming debut EP, suitably titled “Born in London”.

Hard Fi – Living for the Weekend
Doves – Catch the Sun
Two Wounded Birds – To Be Young
The Vex – Martyr
Bleech – Adrenaline Junkie
The King Blues – The Future’s Not What It Used To Be
The Cut Throat Razors – Freedom
Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2
Pulp – Mis-Shapes
Delphic – Baiya
Swinging for Mars – Minimum Wage
Metric – Gold Guns Girls
The Arctic Monkeys – Snap Out Of It
Inspiral Carpets – Dragging Me Down
The Damned – A Nation Fit For Heroes
The Wedding Present – Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
World Party – Waiting Such a Long Time
Tripwires – Shimmer
Tom Odell – Can’t Pretend
The Luck – Muscles & Bones
The Bitter Springs – My Life as a Dog in a Pigsty

Miles Kane – Darkness in our Hearts
The Arctic Monkeys – Fake Tales of San Francisco
Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martin
Small Words – Neat Little Package
Pure Love – Bury My Bones
The Vaccines – Post Break Up Sex
The Weeks – Brother in the Night
Northern Portrait – I Give you Two Seconds to Entertain Me
Those Dancing Days – I Know Where You Live
David Bowie – (You Will) Set the World on Fire
The Stranglers – Go Buddy Go
Cold War Kids – Miracle Mile
Ooberfuse – Why Oh Why
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
The Wombats – Moving to New York
Shy Nature – Deadly Sin
Freddie Notes & the Rudies – Montego Bay
Secret Affair – Time for Action
The Rakes – Open Book
The Charlatans – Just Lookin’
Monaco – What Do You Want From Me
DC Fontana – Snake Charmer
Port Isla – Adventurers
Crystal Fighters – Bridge of Bones
Young Rebel Set – Red Bricks

Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From a Young Man
The Cure – Inbetween Days
The Strokes – Machu Picchu
Frank Turner – Losing Days
Nightmare Air – Escape
The Shallows – Thieves
Graham Coxon – Freakin’ Out
Voxtrot – Wrecking Force
This Many Boyfriends – Young Lovers Go Pop
Madness – Idiot Child
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Johnny Borrell – Pan European Supermodel Song
New Killer Shoes – Smooth
Paul Hegley Band – Blood Red Curtain Show
Clock Opera – Lesson No.7
The Clash – London Calling
Reel Big Fish – Brown Eyed Girl
Land of the Giants – Joanna
Suede – Beautiful Ones
Snippet – Celebration
Florence & the Machine – No Light, No Light
Chris King & Hotel Radio – True

Just because it’s August doesn’t mean there isn’t any great new music out there, and the proof is hopefully in this posting, which brings you a bit of pop, our regular dose of indie, a slice of Americana, and a sublime ballad. I think all four are wonderful, but which will be your favourite?

 

John Wean – For the Girl
I doubt that Scottish band John Wean’s greatest claim to fame is that they appeared in our very first Emerging post last year, however their latest release is another great piece of indie and rightly sees them included again.

 

Chris King & Hotel Radio – True
Smokey vocals and a wonderful melody add up to quite a superb track from this Americana influenced singer-songwriter from South Wales.

 

Winter of 82 – Bless This House
This is an impressive piece of guitar pop from Winter of ’82, who hail from Shakespeare’s country, i.e. Warwickshire.

 

Tom Hickox – White Roses Red
North London singer-songwriter and pianist Tom Hickox is another talented artist who also appeared here last year and this latest release from him continues his trend for quality ballads with unique and mighty fine vocals.

White Lies – There Goes Our Love Again
Blondie – Mother
Supergrass – Mansize Rooster
The Courteeners – Are You In Love with a Notion
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
The Pigeon Detectives – Take Her Back
The King Blues – I Want You
Pet Shop Boys – Last to Die
Phoenix – Entertainment
Your Explosion My Mind – Eyeball Kick
Adam & the Ants – Deutsche Girls
John Wean – For the Girl
The Libertines – Time for Heroes
Wire – Outdoor Miner
The Duke Spirit – Surrender
New Radicals – You Get What You Give
The Pioneers – Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Rudimental – Feel the Love
Craig Hansen & the Missendens – Today is the Day
The Postmarks – Go Jetsetter
Ash – Burn Baby Burn
James Dean Bradfield – Run Romeo Run
Spiritualized – Little Girl
The Luck – Heroes
Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi