Greater Manchester’s most in the know radio host Shell Zenner broadcasts the best new music every week on the UK's Amazing Radio. You can also catch Shell's broadcast right here at TVD, each and every Thursday. Advertise here with BSA
Stuart Gadd is a promoter in London, and runs monthly night Club Radio Free Europe. Stuart is also a freelance writer for Artrocker magazine, and in the past has written for Record Collector magazine. Writing for such publications has helped nurture a love for discovering the old and the new, and has honed his skills as a promoter in the discovery of music further afield across Europe and beyond. Club Radio Free Europe highlights the best of emerging music in a different country, from Europe and beyond, each month. [...]
Glaswegian indie boys Cherri Fosphate have just released their debut EP "Burning Youth" this week. The video for "Losing Teeth" is a track taken from the EP and a perfect little slice of Cherri Fosphate's perfectly formed indie rock. Comparisons have been made to bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes, "Losing Teeth" definitely feels like an homage to the latter with smatterings of old-skool Biffy Clyro in there for good measure. The video itself features a lovely looking young lady getting ready for a shoot with the band, painting them gold as [...]
Anglo-Irish electro inspired four-piece, Saturday Night Gym Club are back with their second EP "The Nowhere Team" in June. After turning more than a few heads last year with debut EP "How To Build A Life Raft," the boys have developed their sound further, delving into soundscape inspired, ambient dance, and electronic textures. They're an exciting outfit and more than deserving of our Artist of the Week. So far, the band have released two delights from "The Nowhere Team" including the free title track download and a brilliant video for "Terra Firma." Their visual [...]
More great sounds coming from Scotland—there's no stopping the volume of quality bands coming from its cold and blustery shores. The Deep Red Sky are absolutely marvellous and majestic. With a debut album due out very soon, they are more than worthy of our Artist of the Week. They've already released their single "Zombies," which was also a free download available from their Bandcamp. The single was a beautiful introduction to the Edinburgh based five-piece who cite their influences as Snow Patrol and Biffy Clyro. [...]
Greater Manchester’s most in the know radio host Shell Zenner broadcasts the best new music every week on the UK's Amazing Radio. You can also catch Shell's broadcast right here at TVD, each and every Thursday. Advertise here with BSA
The/Das are an electro duo from Berlin, only they can't really be described as an electro duo. They flirt with the idea of electro, techno, and dance but never fully immerse themselves within any of these. In fact, they call their unique brand of music "techno tenderness." It's this understated approach to their music which makes their debut EP "Speak Your Mind Speak" so special. Opener "Have No Fear" feels like the start to an evening. The/Das, duo Fabian Fenk and Anton K. Feist build the track perfectly—it's epic yet introspective. "Keep This" is one [...]
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band arrived with debut album F*ck You! I'm Keith Top of the Pops a few years back. The concept was simple; Keith TOTP writes music that seems fun and honest, but is layered with melodic and lyrical satire. He's somewhat of an understated genius, yet the beauty is that he doesn't take himself too seriously at all. Keith's second album TOTP 2 is out end of May and features an array of musicians: Charley Stone (The [...]
Greater Manchester’s most in the know radio host Shell Zenner broadcasts the best new music every week on the UK's Amazing Radio. You can also catch Shell's broadcast right here at TVD, each and every Thursday. Advertise here with BSA
Electro duo Death Rattle impressed us with their last EP "HE&l" which channeled the energy of Sleigh Bells and Zola Jesus. However, with their second EP "Fortress," the band have taken a side step into the darker corner of the genre creating majestic soundscapes and haunting electro-pop melodies. Each track weaves and blends into one another with Helen's haunting vocals entwined within the ambient melodies. "White Ropes" is a calm start and feels more like a comedown track rather than a triumphant start to an EP. However, before [...]
Sam Thomas released "I'm Gonna Be A Witch" this month along with a debut video to accompany the track. He's the son of an opera singer, but also takes influences from the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and My Bloody Valentine. Sam Thomas' single "I'm Gonna Be A Witch" is majestic and beautiful and you can hear where his influences have really taken hold—in the slow build up, the crescendo, and the fade out. There's almost no start or end to the song, with a dreamy essence underneath the melody. [...]
Woodenbox are a curious beast; this Scottish alt-folk sextet make music that sounds wonderfully vintage without that horrid "retro" tag—which means you're basically about to listen to something your Dad would've bopped to in the '60s (nothing wrong with '60s music by the way, but I take it those reading will understand what I mean.) Woodenbox have the perfect balance of sing-a-long loveliness with a nod to times of old. This is the first official single taken from their forthcoming second album End Game. They've already released the free track "Roll For Me" [...]
Cherri Fosphate are another Glaswegian musical highlight, and it seems there's no stopping the amount of talent coming from Scotland at the moment. These guys have already been touted on the radio as the next ones to watch, and with their EP "Burning Youth" out on May 11th, we can see why. Their music is full of rollicking indie rock, harking back to the naughties when bands like Bloc Party and The Strokes were carving a path. Their recently released free download "Wool" is a brilliant example of their [...]
Flutes recently released their second single "Kilburn" this month. The single was taken from their self-titled debut album and by the looks of the video, these boys don't take short cuts when it comes to their art. The video features the actress Lorraine Stanley who has appeared in Made In Dagenham and BBC's recent series Mayday. After appearing in Paul Andrew Williams' indie hit London to Brighton, she's maintained cult indie status amongst her fans and peers. She's perfect [...]
The Birthday Suit's latest single "Uh-huh Uh-huh" showcases the band's fuzzy side and harks back to guitarist Rod Jones' Idlewild roots. The single is taken from the band's second album A Conversation Well Rehearsed and is a departure from "Less Worthless Years," the first single released from the album last summer. "Uh-huh Uh-huh" is crunchy, spiky, and gloriously ramshackle indie rock, a sound that Idlewild honed well back in the day and you can hear this shine through Rod's perfectly executed riffs. It's his knack for wielding what may at first sound like a [...]
Unmap are a mysterious four-piece signed to German label Sinnbus . They've only just unleashed the free download track "When To Lead And When To Follow" and we're already hooked. The track mixes soul, electronica, hip hop, and a little R&B. Their sound could be likened to a more upbeat Bonobo spliced with a little MS MR, but there's such a blend of different genres here that you should probably just listen for yourself. What we can tell you is that this has us absolutely dying to hear more. [...]
Greater Manchester’s most in the know radio host Shell Zenner broadcasts the best new music every week on the UK's Amazing Radio. You can also catch Shell's broadcast right here at TVD, each and every Thursday. Advertise here with BSA
Cave Painting's "Rio" is taken from their forthcoming EP of the same name. The EP is out on 29th April via Third Rock Recordings. but we just couldn't wait to present this sonically lush Brighton based band to you—so, they're our UK Vinyl Video this week. Soft vocals build along with the beats and stunning imagery here to create a beautiful picture. A girl wanders the night in a space helmet as colours and images wash over her like a dream. Although the video's message isn't very upbeat, the music makes you feel as though [...]
Quickbeam, although based in the Scottish city of Glasgow, sound as though their souls belong to the rolling hills and epic landscapes of the highlands. With their self-titled album about to be released via Comets & Cartwheels on June 3rd, this is a band that should be firmly placed on your "ones to watch" list for 2013. The Scottish four-piece make stunning music that transports you to other worlds, much like the way Sigur Ros do by creating beautiful, fairytale like soundscapes. Monika Gromek's vocals are akin to Low's Mimi Parker—delicate and emotionally charged. [...]
"Kilburn" is Flutes' second single taken from their self-titled debut album. It's a single that shows a band mature beyond their years and will leave you yearning for more. The track builds beautifully with ominous vocals, intricate guitars, and finally vocalist Godfrey's deep lilting tones declaring "Burns said he could've predicted this, what did he know, what did he know?" The song is centred around the lesser known north London area of Kilburn where the band play with the imagery of Burns and Byron sitting in their local, tragically wooing the opposite sex over [...]
The Vinyl District
The Weeknd - Kiss Land
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action - Album Trailer
Holy Ghost! "Dumb Disco Ideas"
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" (Official Video)
She & Him- I Could've Been Your Girl
[Listen] Daft Punk - "Horizon" (Japanese Bonus Track)
MP3: Daft Punk – “Horizons” (RAM Japanese Bonus Track)
DAFT PUNK – GIORGIO BY MORODER – HOUSEMEISTER EDIT
Ta-ku – “Love Lost” (Daughter Edit)
mp3 :: Other Comfort > Dye My Things
