They may not have released any music yet but we're excited about the prospect of Irish rockers The Elective
Introducing: The Elective
‘Very heavy pop songs’ influenced by cults and the Occult: An interview with Pagan
Given they're self-monikered as 'real-life/pretend vampires playing real-life/pretend rock and roll,' you might be surprised to hear Pagan describe their music as: "Just very heavy pop songs."
New Band of the Week: Runaway Hounds
Wolverhampton newcomers Runaway Hounds are making a real name for themselves on the UK indie rock scene with their fun, catchy anthemic indie rock sound.
Introducing: The Heard
If you like your rock dark and mysterious, heavy and distorted, twisted yet beautifully melodic then Swedish newcomers The Heard will be just the ticket. The Stockholm band formed of three former Crucified Barbara members - Ida (bass), Klara (guitar) and Nicki (drums) - who, when the previous band split, knew they wanted to continue... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Deadpan
Ready for something very different? Denmark's Deadpan are certainly that, with their 1980s-esque dark electronica vibe. Copenhagen-based Deadpan formed out of the ashes of previous project Deadpan Interference, with long-time friends Martin Emil Daa Funder, Max Cosnier and Sofie Westh continuing to carry the torch, and adding Arsene Survie then Christian Skibdal earlier this year. As... Continue Reading →
Introducing: The Garage Flowers
Camden dwelling quartet The Garage Flowers epitomise everything you expect from the north London region, honing a sound they describe to us as "dirty sweet glamorous indie rock'n'roll of the highest quality" and "drunken guitar pop." The Garage Flowers story begins with Joe Capaldi (vocals, guitar) and Jonny Webber (guitar) becoming disillusioned with the music scene in... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Mr Wu’s Pigs
From just about the most south-eastern town in England comes an engaging punky grungey sound that could easily have dropped out of the US west coast in the early 1990s. Deal, in Kent, based one-man band Mr Wu's Pigs offer up a fun garage-punk meets post-punk, grunge meets fuzz-pop sound that the man behind it... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Daze of June
The Danish city of Roskilde is home to one of Scandinavia's biggest music festivals and a Gothic cathedral that continues to house many Danish Monarchs among its 39 tombs. But now the city has unleashed something equally majestic and a band that can truly put the city on the map in the form of metalcore... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Man Shaped Wolf
I love a band name that involves wolves, mainly from the time me and a few pals (admittedly drunkenly) came up with the pipedream of a band called We Were Wolves many years ago. And on a similar theme, that brings us to London-based rockers Man Shaped Wolf, whose name I love and, luckily, their... Continue Reading →
Introducing: God Alone.
Ireland's God Alone. haven't even finished high school yet but they're making waves as purveyors of dark yet cathartic, largely instrumental music laced with metal overtones, which they describe as "Ministry of sound: post-metal edition." The Cork quintet of Jake O'Driscoll (guitar and occasional vocals), Jack O'Hanlon (drums), Cian Ó Maoláin (bass, even less occasional vocals and electronics), Seán Thompson... Continue Reading →
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