5 New Indie Injections

Weekly Fuel With 5 NEW INDIE INJECTIONS – Part 2

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Weekly indie fuel

16 January 2023

Artist: PRETTY ADDDICTED
Who: Utterly cool British spooky
punk-wave-electro-Goth artist.

New single: HEATER

TUTV: Heather sounds like Courtney Love, pretty addicted on Nina Hagen
while banging her head to a wall and thinking she’s Fever Ray in the end.

Crazily awesome, right? you bloody betcha.

PRETTY ADDICTED: Facebook – Instagram
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Artists: LONG TWINS
Who: KV Hopper – a musician and product designer living in Portland, OR – and Elizabeth LoPiccolo is a musician, film photographer, and performer living in Brooklyn, New York.

Single: WALKING AND WORKING
Piece from their upcoming EP ‘Everyone in Water‘ out 20th Jan (digitally)
and 21st Feb (Vinyl) via Hidden Harmony Records.

TUTV: Trippy, dancey, vibey and dreamy. This contagious pop tune is
so refreshing and stimulating, brightened by LoPiccolo‘ uplifting vocality
that it puts a big smile on your face.

Tune in.

LONG TWINS: Instagram
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Band: LEATHERETTE
Who: Italian post-punk act.

Single/video: THIN ICE
From their buzzing debut album Fiesta.

“Musically, it’s a nervous mid-tempo post-punk-ska orchestral tune, sort of Talking Heads-esque. Lyrically, it is quite representative of our approach, both as people and as a band. An approach that can be summed up by the famous Winston Churchill’s quote: “If you’re going through hell, keep going”. We learnt, as musicians and young adults, that things tend not to work properly way more often than they do. But it’s not a big deal, It’s actually what makes life, love and art so special”.

TUTV: Mid-tempo razzle-dazzle groove you can show your best ska moves to.

LEATHERETTE: Facebook – Tour Dates 2023
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Band: SWAN HILL
Who: A fuzzy alt rock band from Wales.
The Pixies, Weezer and Pavement think
they’ve died and gone to Jazzmaster heaven.

Single: UNLUCKY

TUTV: Unlucky has a slow-mo Dinsosaur Jr slacker vibe fueled with glowing
guitars. It has a slowly but surely addictive impact after a couple of spins.

Feel lucky here.

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SWAN HILL: Facebook
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Photo by Gavin McCleod

Artist: CHRISTIAN TURNER
Who: Canadian singer-songwriter.

New single: NOBODY BUT YOU

“Have you ever been so helplessly in love with something that you know is without a doubt, so bad for you? For me, that love isn’t for a person but a twisted state of mind. For ‘Nobody But You,’ I wanted to create a dark dreamy atmosphere with a lot of room for vocals. I wrote this song on piano, in a tiny closet on a cassette player, with the hope that it would sound a lot bigger than reality.’

TUTV: Nothing But You is an electrically-charged reverie, a guitar-and-vocal powered stroke with an insidiously hypnotic effect. Top stuff!


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CHRISTIAN TURNER: Instagram

5 NEW INDIE INJECTIONS – Week 46 – 2022

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14 November 2022


(Photo credit: Diana Villalobos)

Artist: THE CORAL SEA
Who: California-based singer-songwriter Rey Villalobos.

Single: YOUR FEATHERS UP
From new album ‘Golden Planet Sky’, out 20th January 2023

Villalobos: “I was floating around the city at the time, in a blurry dream state, contemplating all the time spent and wasted on imposters. Encapsulated perfectly
in the lyrics “I am feeling lost and weighted, superficially unrelated, fix me up I’m tired
of waiting I’m jaded ugly so outdated, I’m gone, I’m gone.” I am feeling lost and weighted, superficially unrelated, fix me up I’m tired of waiting I’m jaded ugly so outdated, I’m gone,
I’m gone.”

Your Feathers Up is vitriolic and fast paced, blending deep guitar riffs recalling
the fervent songs of Arcade Fire, with a lush, dreamier Americana hue.

TUTV: This is an addictive groove with a catching flow, near-whispering vocals
growing in avid intensity along the way and a sticky chorus. All elements for
a top tune.

Listen/watch here…

THE CORAL SEA: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: JUSTINE PAYNE & CO.
Who: Musician, composer and performer, describing himself
as a “natural born underdog.” With over 15 years of experience
in the industry

Track: TOGETHER AS ONE

Payne describes how his life is changing throughout the song, but no amount
of fame or distraction could deviate him from the one he loves. The tender lyrics
contrast in the baddest way possible with Justine‘s gritty delivery.

TUTV: Expect a slow-burning slacker cracker with poignant Dinosaur Jr echoes and
garage rock reverberation stoked up by cranked-up guitars. As the song progresses
Payne spellbinding voice takes over. Breathtaking.

Tune in here…

JUSTIN PAYNE & CO: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: LINEBECK
Who: Hamilton-based indie dream pop quartet.

Track: WASTE MY TIME

Their 3rd single. A song written before the band ever came together.
Lead vocalist Chrys and guitarist Mom used to perform as an acoustic
ukulele-guitar duo before starting Linebeck.

It was inspired by modern dating in the digital age and the misgivings
that come along with it. The lyrics in “Waste My Time” speak to the feelings
of fear and reservation in the beginning stages of a relationship – wanting to
protect yourself before getting too invested, and asking for open and honest communication before putting your heart on the line.

TUTV: Amplified dream pop spiced with
shoegazy guitar layers and crystal vocals.
Exquisite piece.

Listen here…


LINEBECK: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: VELVET BEACH
Who: An indie trio from Toronto, fusing a wide range of sonic elements with
emotive lyrics, the band arrives at a unique sound through each member.

Track: HOME (IS IT TRUE?)

Lead vocalist Matias Gutierrez was inspired to write the song after reading an article
about the effects of the pandemic on the lives of independent artists in North America.
He sympathized with the feelings of frustration and helplessness particularly through his own experiences during the pandemic and feeling like he wasn’t in control of his own life.

It’s a soul-stirring pearl of a ballad. The combination of twinkling guitar
play, a spine-chilling cadence, and melancholic vocals work grippingly.

Think Lou Barlow and Sebadoh at their dreary best.

Score!


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VELVET BEACH: Facebook – Instagram
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Artist: TIRED COSSACK
Who: Canadian singer-songwriter

Single: LILAC PAIN

This song isn’t written by J Mascis, but
it could have been. Similar mix of slacker
rock and shoegaze vibrations. Electricity.

Stream/buy here…


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TIRED COSSACK: Instagram

5 New Indie Injections – Week 41 – 2022

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New rad indie cuts to re-charge your batteries with, weekly

10 October 2022


(photo by Niklas Hawkesworth)

Band: RED LAMA
Who: Formed by five friends from Svendborg, Denmark in 2011. Since then, the sextet has been refining their unique take on psych rock, music for the inner journey, carried forward by melody, groove and soundscapes exploding in grand crescendos.

New single: CHAOS IS THE PLAN
Third shared track from the upcoming new
album – their 3rd – Memory Terrain, landing
on 4 November.

Johannes Havemann Linnet Kissov (lead singer): “Chaos is the Plan is very much about atmosphere. The industrial, smoldering and slightly clubby atmosphere seems almost cinematic to me. The final form of the lyrics depicts a semi-sociopathic character drifting aimlessly quietly in the shadows, in disturbingly calm dialogue with himself.”

Expect a hypnotic and magnetic psych jam moving
hauntingly propelled by a groovy bass riff, sinister
synth layers, weeping guitars and emotive vocals.
Grand score!

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RED LAMA: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: TWIN CITY
Who: Gritty Indie Rock & Roll band
based in Bristol, UK

New single: LOOKING GLASS

The sassy swagger of early Oasis and the energizing emotionality
of the Manics. Pretty cool, right? You betcha. Electrical Britpop
at its fervent best. Fabulous stroke!

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TWIN CITY: Facebook
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Artist: LE CYGNE NOIR
Who: Little is known about the identity of this British musician.
His debut album Shadow of a Wrecking Ball was released in 2019.

New single: BURN BUNDY BURN
A piece from the upcoming Halloween
EP Death & Consequences, out on 28 October.

Noir: “I was writing at the piano and kept feeling a tap on the back, I was initially scared to death, I could feel a strange dark force feeding me words which I wrote down’ and decided to embrace it and use it. It was all I had. Sometimes inspiration can come from a strange place, and this was quite intense to say the least.”

Set at the frenzied speed of 165bpm, ‘Burn Bundy Burn‘ lurches out of the stereo
like Squeeze having a stab at “Bat Out Of Hell” while dialling up the fear factor to 11. The song is about American serial killer Ted Bundy (1946-1989).

It’s an zipped earworm fos sinister souls motorzied with schizophrenic
guitars, sultry sax fragements, pitty piano touches and menacing vocals.

Smell the sizzling sound
of the electric chair below…

LE CYGNE NOIR: Facebook – Instagram
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(Photo by Ally Gonzalo)

Band: YES WE MYSTIC
Who: Indie art-rockers from Winnipeg, CA

New single: HEAD RUSH

Epic sonority, amplified pop grandeur, towering vocals
and an overall stupefying saxophone-spiced cantata. Stellar!

Tune in and get puzzled…


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YES WE MYSTIC: Facebook – Instagram
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Artists: NEIN DANKE
Who: Femal fronted acid punk duo. A crossover between German punk, Wave / Postpunk and Industrial. They pair uptempo tracks with dadaesc German lyrics on the adversities of life (as a woman and in general).

New single: GEISTERBAHN
From the pair’s new forthcoming EP.

This electronic kamikaze knockout rushes and races
like a fucked-up runaway train on its way to crash.

I dig this. You’ll dig this. I went bonkers, you’ll go bonkers.
I jumped up and down like a kangaroo on drugs, so will you.

Right here, right now…

NEIN DANKE: Instagram

5 New Indie Injections – Week 40 – 2022

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New rad indie cuts to re-charge your batteries with, weekly

3 October 2022

Band: GRLwood
Who: The musical project of singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Rej Forester that started solo in 2016. GRLwood currently performs as a duo, consisting of Forester and drummer, Mia Morris.

Single: KID BRUISES

The track maintains a retro, dream-like beat with punching vocals that hone in on the song’s message. This single deals with the often taboo subject of child abuse, and suicidal feelings from an early age. Although it can be hard to digest, the reality is that many children are in situations where they have similar feelings. Now that Rej is out of that situation, she is healing her inner child, and through this song, she hopes to help others feel less isolated in whatever they are going through.

Kid Bruises is a massive power-pop shout-out fed by anger, frustration
and hearftelt resentment following horrible experiences as a child.

Share this around your social media. It’s a crime to ignore this awful reality

GRLwood: Instagram
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Band: RATOON
Who: Indie youngsters from Wales

“Think youthful arrogance, raucous guitars, explosive drums and anthemic vocals
soaked in enough saturation to get you sweating and begging for more. That’s Ratoon!”

Single: MY MONEY

“It’s about the current climate. The government and current climate seem to be inflating the cost of living and the working man seem to be having their hard earned money taken away. Whether it’s increased tax and electric, to gas to heat their home.”

This is what real punk ‘n’ roll is about. It’s played by young wolves who rattle and clatter with a critical attitude, rebellious vim and titanic tunes like this. Holy smoke, here come some juvenile must-hear gunslingers.

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RATOON: Facebook
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Band: FEEP
Who: Boston 4-piece born from a cosmic spark shooting a
across the void and into your sensory organs.

Debut single: TAKE A PILL

Robert McDonald (guitarist/co-vocalist: “It’s a sarcastic commentary
on today’s society, and how we must tone ourselves down in order to belong.”

This spellbinding mid-tempo psych jam circles around a bad-ass rotating
riff that you can’t get out of your flipped-out mind afterward for a while.

Trust me, FEEP will be your new favorite medication.

Buy your pill here.


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FEEP: Instagram
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Band: SOURDOUGH
Who: Rebellious noisenik trio

Single: MIND AND BODY
From their brand new debut EP Outlet. Check it out here.

Jacob Kyte (singer-guitarist) says, “We’ve come out the arse-end of a global pandemic,
only to be greeted by a massive increase in living costs, with a government that doesn’t give
a fuck about their country, or have any interest in fixing it — but kudos to them for no longer hiding their disdain for ordinary people.”

This is a full-blast-on sharp-cutting sledgehammer.
Nasty, provocative, and in-your-ugly-government-face.
Hell yeah!

Stream/buy here.


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SOURDOUGH: Facebook
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Artist: GRANT BOYER
Who: A singer-songwriter from Alliston, Ontario
bringing Edgy Rock with a dash of humour – don’t call it dad rock.

New single: DE-EVOLUTION

“The melody and words for “De-Evolution” came pretty easily, after a brief exploration of social media. I learned really quickly that it’s best to ignore the majority of what people are arguing about online, regardless of whichever side they are on. That idea inspired the lyrics.”

Is it the end of the modern world, as we know, it? I have no clue, really,
but it’s not like we all do enough to avoid a total breakdown.

Anyway, Boyer, translates his pessimistic views on this matter into a guitar-insane blues belter for all of us who don’t care but should. Play it to the max and hope that one day – rather sooner than later – everybody loves everybody.

Turn up the heat here.

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GRANT BOYER: Facebook

5 New Indie Injections – Week 39 – 2022

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New rad indie cuts to re-charge your batteries with, weekly

26 September 2022

Band: ODONATA
Who: French psychedoommetal band.
Dark progressive sound with ancient spirits inside.
New single: ORIENTAL MEMORIES

A persistent, reverberating, menacing riff rotates on and on like
a nightmare in motion, messing your head up the way you actually like it.
This is a dirty groove jam extra fueled by nervous guitar sequences and
eerie vocals.

No rest for the wicked.
Fuel for restless minds.

ODONATA: Facebook
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(Photo by Shannon Greer)

Artist: DMITRY WILD
Who: Garage rocker, actor
and writer from New York City.

Single: THE SWEETEST THING
Piece from his forthcoming album
Electric Souls. More info here.

Wild: “‘Sweetest Thing’ is also about evolving and growing as a person
and one day you let the fear go and swim in the ocean rain, but all that
is done to punk shoegaze raunchy guitars that are reminiscent of Jesus
and Mary Chain and perhaps about of New Order in the bridge to have
it all explode in the guitar attack till the end,”

If you liked/like the post-glam-punk vibrancy
of the Scottish Reid brothers, you’ll like this
pschocandy stroke too, definitely.


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DMITRY WILD: Facebook
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Artists: LateCambrian
Who: Brisk pop/rock duo
from Brooklyn, NY

New single: HOMELY RAYA
From their tiptop new – 6th – album Future Snacks.
Stream it here.

Homely Raya is my fav cut. It’s an addictive psych groove with a trance-inducing flow.
Bang-on beats, flickering guitars, lots of sonic layers, and a duet chorus that brought
The Kills immediately to mind. Home run.

Check out the vibe…


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LateCambrian: Spotify
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Band: THE SAMURAIS
Who: A four-piece indie rock band from the South Coast of England. The band started out in 2018 playing covers gigs before spending lockdown working on their original material.

Debut single: SILENCE OF THE DAY

What a classy way to start writing/releasing your own songs. Silence Of The Day is a classic mid-tempo power ballad – think early Travis – growing in vivaciousness and devotion along its perfervid course. Add a short fiery guitar solo and you have a winner of a debut.


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THE SAMURAIS: Facebook
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Band: UNDERCOVER MARTIANS
Who: Hailing from both sides of the Donegal-Leitrim border in the North West
of Ireland, this four-piece merges classic rock and punk indie sensibilities, drawing influences from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, and Green Day.

New single: SARCASM IS SEXY

“The song is our poppiest to date. It still retains some of the raw instrumentation of our early singles, but is more polished and structured. Lyrically, the song deals with the initial stages of a relationship- all of the nerves and excitement that comes with meeting someone and falling in love for the first time. It simultaneously describes the anxieties and uncertainties of early relationships, as well as all of the exhilaration that comes with them as well. It is the first taste of our debut EP, which will be announced following the single release, and is one of the lighter moments on the EP as a whole.”

Wah-wah guitars with jangly echos and a sturdy drum/bass beat propel this indie belter. The twitchy resonance of the vocals reflects a feeling of insecurity many will recognize. Electrical romanticism for yearning earthlings.

Press play here…

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UNDERCOVER MARTIANS: Facebook
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See/hear you next week, music junkies

5 New Indie Injections – Week 38 – 2022

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New rad indie cuts to re-charge your batteries with, weekly

19 September 2022

Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Quirky electro tandem from Valencia, Spain
Track: THE BIG MACHINE NEVER WRECKS

From the duo’s new blustering EP Tarblood / Cement Skin.
Buy/stream it here

“It is a raw sound, which seeks to reproduce the sounds of the suburban factories,
among which we lived when we were children. The sound of the Great Machine of
Industry at full throttle. We are happy because we believe that the album transmits
that strange energy typical of today’s big cities, wrapped in smog, pollution and
decadence.”

The EP’s opening track is a beating steamroller propelled by a repetitive,
head-twisting Chemical Bros-like techno riff and tense vocals. It gets
under your skin without asking. It’s a pitch-black sledge-spammer.

Get baffled here…


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SPAMMERHEADS: Facebook
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Band: SUNSHINE RIOT
Who: Indie grungers from Boston, MA.

Track: JUST SAY SO

The opening (and my fav) cut of their new rowdy 7-track Sparkle Baby 2000.

Sarkling new EP which lands somewhere between The Replacements and Nirvana.
Led by a pair of well-received singles (“Just Say So” and “Parole Board”) and a whole
lot of college rock and jangle-pop melody, the whole record is a gateway to autumn..
You can buy the EP via Bandcamp.

Just Say So has a post-grunge and slacker rock plangency that balances, sonically,
between Sebadoh and Dinosuar Jr. Infectious, bluesy, and spiked with jangly
guitars and ardent vocals.

First-class score.

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SUNSHINE RIOT: Facebook
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Band: THE SPEED OF SOUND
Who: Longtime rock outfit. Throughout their long journey,
they have always been idiosyncratic, counter-intuitive and
perpetually looking for something new.

Track: CHARLOTTE

One of the new double A-side single.

After a punchy drums/haunting vocals intro this jagged jam explodes
with fervid firepower and turns into a psychedelic trip driven by feverous
guitars. Midway the roller coaster restarts heading to a sinister finale.

Ace!


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THE SPEED OF SOUND: Facebook
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Artist: TRIPPTHEGOAT
Who: Rapper from Malvern, Arkansas
Track: WRE3CK

TrippTheGoat: “It’s different, I tried to make it completely different
from anything you ever heard. I just want people to know my power.”

Swirling flow, funky pace, waterfall rapping, and sticky as hell.

Catch the vibrant vibe here…

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TRIPPTHEGOAT: Instagram
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(Photo: Niamh Barry)

Artist: SKINNER
Born Aaron Corcoran
Who: DIY slouch rock musician
from Dublin, Ireland

Track: COMMANDER TRAINWRECK

Skinner: “It all started when I was let go from my shitty office job that I hated. At the time I thought “this is great, I’ll just take some time off and spend it writing loads of music then I’ll
get a new job”, but it didn’t really work out that way. I didn’t know what I was doing with my life. I invented the character of “Commander Trainwreck” as a way of embracing my situation. I wanted other people to know that it’s okay to fuck up and if you need some time, then you need some time. I think everyone needs to be Commander Trainwreck at some point in their lives.”

For all the messed-up minds out there, here’s the ideal anthem that can be a consolation for your confused reality and despairing emotions. Commander Warinwreck will show the way with this terrifically magnetic groove that turns slowly but surely into a nasty I’m looking like shit rocker. Stand up, get up and fight for your right to fuck up.

Right here, right now.

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SKINNER: Facebook – Spotify

See/hear you next week, music junkies