Alternative Friday

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

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

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
PIL – Public Image
Primal Scream – Country Girl
Palma Violets – Best of Friends
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
Django Django – Default
Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army
Miles Kane – Quicksand
Saskwatch – Your Love
Tim Burgess – White
Public Service Broadcasting – Signal 30
By the Rivers – Run Home
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – War
Beady Eye – The Roller
Land of the Giants – Hide the Sausage
The Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance
Port Isla – Sinking Ship
Stornoway – Zorbing
Of Monsters & Men – Six Weeks
Nick Cave Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street

Here’s another varied mix of musicians to entertain you. I love them all but which will be your favourite?

 

Port Isla – Adventures
Norwich folk rock band Port Isla also featured last year in Emerging #8, and the strength of their wonderfully melodic sounds is repeated again in Adventures, while having seen them last weekend I can testify that they’re superb live too!
[Sorry – track removed from soundcloud]

 

Saskwatch – I Get Lonely
This is a great piece of soulful RnB, full of brass, and surely guaranteed to have you dancing. As with Port Isla, they were brilliant live last weekend at the Glastonbury music festival here in the UK.

 

Land of the Giants – The Drop
You can’t really pigeonhole Plymouth band Land of the Giants, but their blend of indie, ska, and blues rock is highly entertaining, while they put on a great live show, as they proved last weekend too!

 

The Cut Throat Razors – In Love With Your Lover
If you like ska influenced pop with a nice chuck of brass then Glasgow 10-piece The Cut Throat Razors should appeal, while also check out their excellent ‘gospel ska’ track Freedom from Emerging #16.

Four excellent but contrasting sounds make up Emerging #21, so have a listen to find out which one is your favourite…

Tripwires – Shimmer
Lovers of a more mid-paced but joyously noisy alternative rock should lap this track up from Reading band Tripwires.

 

The Pebbles v Ben Landis – I Never Met No One Like You
This is a wonderfully quirky piece of synth pop from a pair of promising teenagers from Brighton.
[sorry – track removed from soundcloud]

 

The Luck – Muscles and Bones
Muscles & Bones perfectly highlights the sublime vocals and strong melodies from acoustic duo The Luck, and is the title track from their excellent new EP.

 

The Pocket Gods – Searching for the Divine
Priding themselves as the being the “second best band in their village” (after The Zombies), this track is a great example of the hypnotic style of psychedelic rock that The Pocket Gods perform.

David Bowie – China Girl
The Walkmen – The Rat
Manic Street Preachers – Some Kind of Nothingness
Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Howler – I Told You Once
Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Martha & the Muffins – Echo Beach
Crystal Fighters – Love Natural
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
La Sera – Please Be My Third Eye
Blur – There’s No Other Way
Inspiral Carpets – Uniform
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Iron Lion Zion
The Shallows – Thieves
Public Service Broadcasting – Spitfire
Neon Neon – Mid Century Modern Nightmare
Electric Guest – This Head I Hold
Spector – Celestine
The King Blues – Holiday
The Arctic Monkeys – That’s Where You’re Wrong
Al Wilson – The Snake
To Kill a King – Funeral
Frank Sinatra – Cycles

Beady Eye – Flick of the Finger
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – There She Goes, My Beautiful World
Elastica – Connection
Frank Turner – Recovery
July Days – Electric Love
The Stone Roses – Mersey Paradise
Chapel Club – All the Eastern Girls
Young Rebel Set – Lion’s Mouth
Beck – Sexxlaws
Voxtrot – Raised by Wolves
The Rakes – 1989
The Beat – Tears of a Clown
The Slickers – Johnny Too Bad
Pure Love – Handsome Devil’s Club
Devin – You’re Mine
The Heavy – What Makes a Good Man
The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
Pulp – Common People
Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill
Cage the Elephant – Shake Me Down
Primal Scream – It’s Alright, It’s Ok
Invisible Hands – Storm
Richard Hawley – Coles Corner

Doves – Black & White Town
The Charlatans – You Cross my Path
Echo & the Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too
Evil Regent – You’re So Strange
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege
Hard Fi – Stay Alive
The VirginMarys – Just a Ride
Caesars – Jerk It Out
Those Dancing Days – I’ll Be Yours
Friendly Fires – Paris
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
Dexys Midnight Runners – Seven Days Too Long
Miles Kane – Darkness in our Hearts
Andy Lewis & Paul Weller – Are You Trying to be Lonely
Stereolab – French Disko
The History of Apple Pie – The Warrior
The Family Rain – Trust Me, I’m a Genius
The Enemy – Gimme the Sign
The Cure – Just Like Heaven [Bieber cover… honest]
Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
Of Monsters & Men – Mountain Sound
Flutes – Kilburn
Crystal Fighters – Bridge of Bones

Quite a diverse mixture of tracks greet you in this Emerging artists posting. I love them all, but which will be your favourite?

Invisible Hands – Storm
This is a wonderful piece of anthemic indie from Leeds band Invisible Hands. Storm had me hooked early on, so if you prefer your indie rock with a melody and great drumming then then I hope it grabs you too.

Paul Hegley Band – Blood Red Curtain
Bedfordshire blues rockers the Paul Hegley Band return with this excellent new single. I’ve seen them live a few times too and I can vouch that you’d have an excellent night if you enjoy a bit of blues.

Lost Winter – Secret Book
Secret Book is a delightfully brooding piece of instrumental electro with indie influences from Huddersfield band Lost Winter.

Ooberfuse – Why Am I Here
If you enjoy your electro pop then this track from South London 3-piece Ooberfuse should have you in a spin.
[Sorry, track removed from soundcloud]

 

The Libertines – Don’t Look Back into the Sun
Two Door Cinema Club – Cigarettes in the Theatre
Metric – Synthetica
Violet Bones – Chemicals
The Vex – Martyr
The Temper Trap – Science of Fear
Race Horses – Sisters
Classic Plastic – Bucket & Spade Escapade
The Jam – Strange Town
Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop
Ooberfuse – Why Oh Why
Mark Ronson – Apply Some Pressure
Public Service Broadcasting – Everest
Tom Robinson Band – Up Against the Wall
Fucked Up – Anorak City
The Shallows – Guessing Games
The Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before the Lights Come On
The Thrills – Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far)
New Order – 1963
Goldheart Assembly – King of Rome
The Boxer Rebellion – Diamonds
High Flying Birds – (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine
Shed Seven – Parallel Lines