Her Parents From: John Peels Dreams, United Kingdom With their wit, humour and the odd dash of vitriol noisy art punks Her Parents are the sort of band that would have been a permanent feature in John Peel's Festive Fifty. These refugees from Dananananaykroyd , Stairs to Korea and Internet Forever administer short, sharp, shocks to the [...]
Bridges and Powerlines From: Brooklyn, New York, United States I've been banging on about Brooklyn's Bridges and Powerlines for what seems like forever (27 months to be precise... pedantic ed Devils Round Up ) and they're back to claim their rightful place on your ipods/ipads and anything else you own that starts with an i. Their [...]
Wild Moccasins From: Houston, Texas Gag Reflections from Texan five piece Wild Moccasins has the pop smarts of vintage Blondie, the irrepressible pop energy of Friendly Fires and the indie credibility of The Sundays. It's one of the best indie pop songs you'll hear in 2013 and if there was any justice in this world of ours it'd be [...]
Lionhall From: Newcastle, United Kingdom The minimalist, atmospheric and fragile songs from Scottish/Geordie duo Lionhall sound like the xx dipped in ice. Rhiszomes with singer Ana's piercing vocals swooping over sharp stabs of Will Sergeant (ask your dad) like guitar, monk like chanting is utterly hypnotic. It sounds like the Cocteau Twins emerging from the thawing permafrost. Ana's pained vocals [...]
Charity Children From: Berlin, Germany I am so sorry I missed Charity Children's spot on the St Pancras Station Sessions. Their debut single is the simply delightful yet heartbreaking Elizabeth which single handedly rescues the ukele from the likes of the bumptious Mumford & Sons. If Elizabeth , with it's poignant [...]
Fun Adults From: Leeds, United Kingdom Fun Adults sound like Wild Beasts before they started to believe their own hype and The Associates at their extraordinary best. Listening to For Water is like hearing Hand In Glove for the first time. It sounds like music from another dimension, like it's been delivered fully formed by musically gifted aliens who live in their [...]
Hooded Fang From: Toronto, Canada Ode to Subterrania from Canadian garaginistas Hooded Fang sounds like The Divine Comedy on dexedrine. One listen and your life before seems somehow empty and pointless. Once inside your head it'll never leave even when the bailiffs come knocking. You need this in your life. [...]
The Kindling From: London, United Kingdom One day the world will catch up with the understated beauty and elegance of The Kindling . Until that glorious day you can luxuriate in the warm glow of being the first to discover them. Their new track Hunting Star is velvety alt folk with a bite. It slips down like [...]
The Marder From: Manchester, United Kingdom I stumbled across the mysterious The Marder while looking through the marvellous Sways records back catalogue. Although this is at least four years old it still sounds as fresh as newly minted polos. The Judge sounds like The Strokes if they were angry young men from the back streets of Salford rather [...]
Kult Country From: Manchester, United Kingdom If you take the essence of what made The Jesus & Mary Chain so dangerous, Echo & The Bunnymen so mysterious and Joy Division so dark & disturbing and sprinkle it over some Mancunian psyconauts and you get Kult Country the best [...]
Young Knives From: Ashby De La Zouch, United Kingdom Wow I didn't see that coming. Young Knives return with a track that is as far away from their pop punk early years as it's possible to get. Driven by a frenetic, electronic riff that sounds like The Woodentops rapping over a Kraftwerk album on 78rpm Reproduction [...]
Young Wonder From: Cork, Ireland Flying in from the left-field is Electrified from Cork electro duo Young Wonder . It shivers and jerks like a marionette having a panic attack. Launching with what sounds like a Fatboy Slim offcut it soon switches into a twitching, bewitching track all skittish beats and odd blips and beeps while singer Rachel perfects her kooky [...]
Grass House From: Yorkshire, United Kingdom Spinning As We Turn from Yorkshire outsiders Grass House is destined to be a festival anthem. It's been compared to Tuung and Pink Floyd but all I can hear is The Waterboys slowed down to walking pace. This is Mike Scotts Big Music reinvented for the 21st Century. Go [...]
The Bird & The Monkey From: Bonny Scotland If true originality was as lauded as c list celebrity in the shallow, superficial world of 2013 pop then The Bird & The Monkey would be unbiquitous. Meet The Maelstom is yet another track from the Bird & The Monkey conveyor belt of quality alternative pop that deserves pride of place on your itunes playlist or [...]
Mise En Scene From: Winnipeg, Canada I was fortunate to be amongst the sparse but enthusiastic crowd at St Pancras International Station on Thursday night to catch Canadian alt popstrels Mise En Scene . The duo, ably supported by a good friend of theirs, bashed out some ear splitting indie pop that brought St Pancras to life. [...]
Mellow Grave From: Auckland, New Zealand Yes it's a hat trick for Auckland on the Devil's blog this week. Oxygen from Mellow Grave may be 2 years old but it sounds like the future of music. Somewhere between Joy Division and trip hop lies Mellow Grave. If Ian Curtis was still alive this is the sound he'd be making. If [...]
Cool Cult From: Auckland, New Zealand There is clearly something in the water in Auckland that is helping so many great, alternative, underground bands to flourish. Tonight's serving from the treasure trove of alternative New Zealand are Cool Cult (who have now morphed into a band called Trust Punks who will feature on a future blog post). If My Bloody [...]
God Bows To Math From: Auckland, New Zealand The internet is a wonderful thing. Years ago the only way to hear interesting, exciting, challenging new music was by tuning in on the late night dial to the John Peel show. In 2013 with the likes of Soundcloud, Bandcamp and other technological innovations you can discover and uncover bands from the other side of the [...]
The Wytches From: Brighton, United Kingdom On their next single, Beehive Queen (out in June on the increasingly impressive Hate Hate Hate Records), Brighton pychonauts The Wytches sounds like The White Stripes triple filtered through one of Pink Floyd's liquid light shows. Go Try [...]
Pet Friends From: London, United Kingdom I'm not going to attempt to impress you with all sorts of obscure comparisons and florid descriptions of Pet Friends' The Love Threshold Fallacy . It doesn't need it just take a listen and fall in love with it like I have. Go Try [...]
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