Introducing: Endtime Friendtime

West Virginia solo project Endtime Friendtime fuses diverse musical styles from heavy metal, rock and punk to indie and acoustic elements and somehow makes it work in a sound they describe as “unorthodox, elusive and undeterred.”

Music Industry: Promoting Unsigned Artists With QH Sound

Our latest Music Industry post focuses on Quadri Haruna, the Creative Director of QH Sound, a Kent-based music startup that aims to promote unsigned musicians.

Introducing: Quiet Pills

Cheltenham band Quiet Pills offer up an enthralling indie sound with edges of rock and shoegaze that they describe as “angsty Joy Division.”

New Band of the Week: Lilac

Reading band Lilac have crafted a musical genre we’ve never heard of before, “floral indie.” But dispel any preconceptions you have of what indie sounds like, as the band aims to change all that with engaging vocals and big guitars that embrace the spirit of rock’n’roll.

New Band of the Week: Rum Lad

Yorkshire-based indie-punk duo Rum Lad offer up a feisty soundtrack for the working class in a “council estate music” sound that they describe as “honest, angry and sincere.”

New Band of the Week: Pizza Crunch

Scottish quartet Pizza Crunch offer up an infectious sound that fuses alternative 80s influences with modern indie and rock, which they describe as “melodic, stimulating and introspective.”

New Band of the Week: PARKAS

Bristol-based garage rock band PARKAS – which allegedly stands for Please, Answer, Road, Kill, Alan – offer up an infectious groove and distortion-heavy fusion of deliciously dirty rock meets indie.