Dreamwave create the kind of swirling, garage psych rock which is brimming with melody and guitar fuelled adrenaline blasts in equal measure. With new EP ‘Moon Dogs’ due for release on 25th April 2025, and several sold out shows already under their belts, we caught up with this Bristol bunch to find out more: Who’s […]
“I think we’re massive attention whores! I love being validated by strangers. And I think the options are: go to Morrison’s car park at two in the morning, and hope someone you know, fancies me, or, start playing music.” No, you did read that right, that is the drummer of HUNYBEES Louis Bailey stating the […]
They may have been part of the Creation Records scene in the early 90’s but The Telescopes are a band who have led the way in psychedelic swirling indie for over thirty years. Now very much the solo project of Stephen Lawrie, The Telescopes have a new album on the horizon, ‘Songs Of Love And […]
The supposed sound of paisley; hijacked more than any poorly guarded airliner, ubiquitous in how many optical migraine inducing outfits it indirectly spawned and with the quasi-surrealist art style associated being metaphorically copped so many times… it would probably cajole the late Salvador Dali into being a subscriber of Falangism if it were to offer […]
Following the release of Southampton based 4-piece Regent’s latest single ‘Dirty Little Sinner’, Sophie Nebesniak briefly spoke to the band to find out a little bit about them. What is your music like? If someone were to listen to you, without knowing anything about you, what would they hear? Our music is like a blend […]
Suspect iterations of this style aside, it’s worth taking into consideration this genre isn’t entirely dominated by inarticulate screeching and ‘bleak’ (yet ultimately facile) nuances about Satan, speeds wheels or law breaking. The idea of turning expression into something hyper aggressive wasn’t always a shtick, as these titles should hopefully display; I think the anti-intellectual, […]
Over the past few weeks we’ve been working with ReverbNation to offer independent artists the opportunity to introduce themselves. With over a thousand applications and counting, we’re pleased to give Alto Key the floor today. Who are ya? Hey! I’m Alto Key. I’m a London-based artist who makes indie/alternative music which isn’t too heavy. Sort […]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]
The ‘New Wave’ moniker covers an expanse of styles that would probably be best represented by a diagram depicting rainfall (representing: subgenres) over a large, undefined area of landmass (representing: aforementioned genre) within the planet we presume to own. To narrow down this amorphous projection involves one of these musical offshoots (see above) that unsurprisingly […]
Forever confusing the folk of the norm owing to the ill-defined nature of the title, forever the niche unwittingly associated with metallic visors and florescent flares, in turn associated with the Philip K. Dick/Ghost in the Shell/*placeholder futurist adjective* envisioning of what the passage of time may result in, as though theorising that cycling attire […]
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 18 JULY 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - BUSH: I BEAT LONELINESS
ALBUM REVIEW - AMY MACDONALD: IS THIS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR?
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 11 JULY 2025
LIVE REVIEW - PRESS CLUB: YES PINK ROOM - 09/07/2025
ALBUM REVIEW - GINA BIRCH: TROUBLE
SINGLE REVIEW - HOTEL MERCY: LUCKY
ALBUM REVIEW - GREET DEATH: DIE IN LOVE
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 4 JULY 2025
GIG GUIDE - JULY 2025
