Since September 2012, drenched in full guitar feedback,
reverberating vocals, and fractured drums, Future is deafening noise pop that
has been described as a “sonic wall of sound.” The Parisian trio combines cold
melodies and atmospheric chords similar to the Jesus and Mary Chain and
Skywave. The band comes back with a new EP "Stay Behind EP" on
Anywave and a new formation.
Band Members:
Yann Canévet - Bass & Voice
Brice Delourmel - Guitar
Pauline La Chaceray - Keyboard
Minneapolis' NOMIA have been destroying the eardrums of
audiences throughout the Northwest for the past 8 years with a vibrant blend of
ambient guitars backed with an alternately restrained and crushing rhythm
section. On their debut full length, Iron and Rust, NOMIA seamlessly merge
achingly beautiful melodies reminiscent of post-rock giants Mogwai with the
epic intensity of instrumental metal outfits such as Russian Circles. The
result is an aesthetic all its own, straddling numerous genres while defying
precise categorization. NOMIA’s ambitious debut, recorded and produced by Adam
Tucker, manages to be simultaneously beautiful, powerful, and massively loud.
Based in
Aberdeen, in the North East of Scotland, The Nebyudelic Sound System is the
creative outlet of self taught & self proclaimed ‘arranger of sounds’,
Scott Leslie.
Scott’s first foray into creating music came when he decided to pick up a
guitar at 14. Using the primitive method of multi-tracking onto cassette’s
using a dictaphone and a tape player, he created lo-fi soundscapes that would
never see the light of day, and frustrated with trying to progress on his own
using the dictaphone method, he gave up playing his guitar for several years.
By the year 2000, his love of music had seen him trawl across the musical
spectrum, and had now become heavily into psychedelia, dub, funk, soul, gospel,
& delta blues. Feeling influenced by fellow Scots, Primal Scream & The
Beta Band, who both seemed to effortlessly mix up all these styles that he
loved, he decided to have another crack at getting the music in his head down
on to tape again. Armed with a sampler, a synthesizer, his dusty guitar, and a
4-track recorder, he began obsessively learning his craft in his room again,
and this time something clicked.
By 2005, confident enough that the quality of his latest tracks were good
enough to be heard by the outside world, he gave himself the Nebyudelic moniker
and could often be seen giving demo CD’s away to random strangers at gigs &
clubs, slowly building up a local following.
Now collaborating with many artists across the globe, going off on tangents
from track to track, never wanting to settle down to one particular style, he
keeps people guessing where he may just venture to next.
Generating thick
layers of sound that twist and turn through a complex labyrinth of reverb and
echo, Holy Wave are a garage-psych band from Austin, Texas who uphold the Lone
Star State's long-standing reputation for top-notch lysergic sounds. Featuring
multi-instrumentalists Joey Cook, Ryan Fuson, Kyle Hager, Julián Ruiz, and
Dustin Zozaya,
Holy Wave were
formed in 2008 when Hager and Ruiz decided to leave their hometown of El Paso,
Texas for the more musically friendly environment of Austin; the musicians
first drove from El Paso to Santa Monica, California to catch a rare show by My
Bloody Valentine, and then made their way back to their new hometown. After
making a name for themselves in Austin (and becoming regular guests at the
annual Austin Psych Fest), they released their first LP in 2011, Knife Hits
(the title comes from their favored method of smoking hashish).
In 2012, Holy
Wave released an EP, The Evil Has Landed, and these first two releases were
paired up on a 2013 collection called Evil Hits. In early 2014, Holy Wave
issued their second proper album, simply titled Relax.
Darling & Co are an alternativerock band that formed in late2011, consisting of Thierry"Pinpin" vocals,GilbertSelimanon bass,PatrickErialeon drums(allthree
formerSHOTGUN), joinedon guitarbyFredMazoyer(exAshtray)
andJeromeGoffinkeyboard. Thesevariedmusical influencesIncubus, U2, PearlJam, KyussthroughPink Floyd.The topicsspeakof
society, love and the environment, all supported by alowbattery
backedduo, and harmonizedguitar riffbyFredto high70'ssounding.
The groupplays throughout Noumea
entertaining their audience with their original compositions
andcovers. Darlingand Co
released their first EP “Close Connection” in March 2014.
In the Fall of 2013 Pete Groch
made his debut as an independent artist releasing his first extended play
production. Pete's songs tell stories of his journeys and everyday encounters
in a style that is optimistic and uplifting. Finding inspiration through great
music, simple living, and a year in San Diego, CA, he began to search for his
own blend of rhythm, tone, and rhyme.
After experiencing the West
Coast, Pete returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, PA, in August of 2004,
where he started to perform in local bars, restaurants, and coffee houses with
several aspiring musicians. He later arranged his first acoustic demo,
“Reflections.” In January of 2007, Pete moved to Kailua, HI, where he worked as
a line cook. A year went by and he left Hawaii artistically enriched with a
more fully developed sound. He then completed his second set of acoustic
recordings entitled “No-Frills."
Pete has also resided in Ocean
Isle Beach, NC, and Brisbane, Australia. He has visited Thailand, Bali,
Anguilla, Germany, and Ireland, where he was invited to share the stage with
local bands. His desire for travel and perspective continues to have a major
influence on his songwriting. Pete hopes that his music will encourage his listeners
to seek culture and creativity.
We formed in 2010 and have been rocking harder than any teen
garage band ever since then.
D-Day are a young rock band which has 4 members that breathe
new life into classic rock, taking over from their 1960's and 1970's idols.
Over the summer of 2011 they recorded a 6 track E.P. @ their rehearsing room.
Their songs are personal and powerful, and their live shows
rock! On stage, you will surely remember D-Day for their passion and joy for
playing.
In July 2012 they won the gig to support The Deans and Thin
Lizzy @ The Volvo Ocean Race Galway, Main Stage after entering the
"Getting To The Main Stage" youth music competition.
In September 2013 they pre-released a video for "Eyes
Open" from their self titled E.P. which was released on March 26th, 2014.
An organic sextet giving a diverse collection of music, from
laid back, chill out to stoner rock and many more places in-between.
Like these : Brian Jonestown Massacre, VU, Mazzy Star,
Spiritualized, Black Sabbath and early pink floyd you may like us, as it's who
we have been likened too in recent gigs.
From the roots of
our civilization Grafarvogur,Reykjavík, Iceland comes a band named after the
flowers you pick up, blow on and the seeds become airborne..That group is The
Dandelion Seeds. They have released a 4- song EP titled "Good Times With
The Dandelion Seeds", a 2 song EP called “Pink Street Sessions” and a 9
song self titled CD “The Dandelion Seeds”. The music is full of life and takes
you back to the time of psychedelic influenced rock 'n roll of the 60’s.
"...When the five fresh faced youngsters came on stage
something quite magical happened. These British invasion styled feedback
rockers created an amazing and all-encompassing wall of noise with sixties
psych-patterned videos overlaid on sixties soft porn and go go dancing
projecting in the background.
The gallery space turned out to be a magnificent venue, with
plenty of space for the musicians and plenty of walls for the sound to resonate
from..." - Anna Margrét Björnsson, The Reykjavik Grapevine
"Man, if there’s one band out there that’s getting us
somewhat excited about Icelandic rock again, it’s the goddamn Dandelion Seeds.
Those psych-rockin’ bastards have been lurking on the edge of (what passes for)
the local rock scene for a while now, playing some rather promising live shows
and releasing an EP (that we’re still unsure of where we can purchase, if it
can be purchased at all—those guys are so deep underground we can hardly tell
if they’re a figment of our imagination or not) that left us begging for
more..." - The Reykjavík Grapevine
Band Members:
Axel - guitar/vocals
Víðir - vocals/organ/guitar/sitar
Einar Björn - bass
Jimbo - guitar/vocals
Helgi - drums/percussion
Küduchild are
just a group of ordinary guys with a passion for music. Our sound is made up of
big slabs of searing riff, thundering bass, pounding drums and roaring vocals.
This is all liberally seasoned with classic 70’s , blues, and stoner rock
influences, and a large helping of psychedelia on the side. It’s kinda like
desert rock, but from South Africa. We like to call it Karoo Rock.
We just want to rock your socks and melt your
faces, and we hope you dig rocking out to our grooves as much as we love making
them.
“Coz we’ll be
here tomorrow, to hi-five you yesterday. Peace.”- Adventure Time
Band Members:
Matthew Kennedy (Vocals/Guitar)
Aidan Billing (Drums)
Etienne Buys (Guitar)
Nick L'Ange (Guitar)
Louis Neilson (Bass)
The Green Tambourine Band are a Psychedelic group from
Edinburgh featuring Jack Burns, Liam Payne, Murray Pettit, Ross Lynchehaun and
various guest musicians. We self-produce all our own music using vintage
analogue equipment and we gig regularly. We like gitars, sitars, stars,
tambourines and tapes.
Those home-made style recordings may be giving it their best
shot at clinging on to the indie masses, but the past few months have seen an
undeniable shift towards bigger and bolder sounding songs. Even the lo-fi
darlings of a few years ago like Tennis or Dum Dum Girls are setting their
sites on something a bit more ambitious. It can be hit and miss of course;
either taking you to a new level or polishing away all the charm that made
those records such a success in the first place. Sydney band The Fixators
finalised their line-up in 2012 and there's no doubt where they stand in all of
this. After a debut EP, they now release 'Colourblind' to coincide with a tour
of their homeland's sweltering east coast.
Showing much ambition with their music, the quartet are
taking aim at the mainstream, but doing so under the guise of an indie-rock
band. Their record collection probably contains a few classic stadium-rock acts
such as U2, but their sound isn't quite so unashamedly commercial. The plan
here seems to be to impress with the sheer force and tightness of their tunes,
while enchanting music fans (not just those who buy two albums a year) and
trying to capture a decent share of the market. Granted, this track may be a
bit too sanitised for some, but its inch-perfect production and storming chorus
is made for both heavy radio rotation and filling cavernous venues. If things
go their way, there could be some pretty big crowds at their gigs before long.
Filling rooms around the country with rich vocal harmonies
and charged guitar riffs, Tail Feather are creating some of the most exciting
groove-led music around.
The band’s first single 'Spellbinder' spotlights the band's
bluesy, 70s rock ethos. Teamed with a suitably psychedelic video, the band has
received praise from the likes of the 405, Shiny Shiny New and Never Enough
Notes.
On stage, Tail Feather manifest a confidence which brings
the audience to tipping point; the band have firmly laid their hat and made a
home in some of the best live venues the UK has to offer.
Currently working with producer Graham Dominy (Robert Plant,
Ray Davies) on a slew of new material, the latest offering from the foursome
comes in the form of the double A side – ‘Knocked Down/All of a Sudden’
Crafted in a vintage style, recorded to analog tape and
brandishing an array of influences ranging from Pink Floyd to Peter Green's era
Fleetwood Mac, be sure to download the release come March.
"...a smotheringly psychedelic affair made light by
lucid riffs and soft-rock melodies that seem torn from Fleetwood Mac’s
songbook." - Shiny Shiny New
"Thumping, catchy, and sun-glazed - Tail Feather bring
nostalgia and soul together for a 70s indebted experience." - The 405
“...Spellbinder brings awesome psychedelia together with
yearning 80s groovy solos: an exciting throwback combination for a band you
need to keep an eye out for.” - Never Enough Notes.
Local Missoula flavor, no bad aftertaste... Missoula’s own
Red Carpet Devils have been playing loud, fast, aggressive rock and roll in and
around the Garden City since 2011. Come see RCD and you’ll receive a generous
portion of riffs, howls, harmonies, flying hair, flying mic stands, and wailing
guitar solos. Red Carpet Devils are Jay Van Dinther (lead vocals and guitar),
Leah Van Dinther (bass and vocals), Ryan "Shmed" Maynes (drums and
vocals), and Brad Craig (lead guitar).
The Bad
Jones are a rock band from the Bay Area known formerly as Soul Pie.
Upon changing their name, the band has reemerged with a new attitude and sound
in efforts to focus their strengths as songwriters and more importantly to shed
a fresh and reverent light on what they see as the currently dormant state of
Rock and Roll. Lead by singer Jesse Ray (pictured center right) and guitarist
Tommy Odetto (pictured center left), this longtime songwriting duo have
combined forces with hometown friends John Varn (keys, pictured far right) and
Tim Baker (bass, pictured far left). Together they aim to help set the stage
for the coming resurgence of Rock.
No Operator is a five-piece Rock/Metal band from Vancouver
Island. Their sound blends heavy, intricate riffs with melodic vocals, and an
extreme commitment to writing great original music. No Operator pride
themselves in being a true rock band: doing both electric and acoustic
performances; using no backing tracks, samples, or metronome; and using 100%
real instruments in the studio. After three years of steady gigging; sharing
the stage with the likes of Protest the Hero and Incura; No Operator released
their debut album "Weather and War" in August 2012. In 2013, No
Operator performed 29 times, expanded their line-up to a five-piece, recorded
singles "State Your Allegiance" and "Sitka", were featured
on Shaw TV, won a "Stelly Award" for Album of the Year, and received
their first airplay on commercial radio (99.3 the Fox, 106.9 the Wolf). With
2014 shaping up to be their biggest year yet, No Operator promise great things
to come.
Band Members:
T.J. Muhl (lead vocals)
Oliver Galloway (guitar, vocals)
Ben Hughes (guitar)
Steve Holtby (bass, vocals)
Dave Weibe (drums)
Marrus is a Rock band hailing from Bogotá,
Colombia experimenting with a large spectrum of sounds from 90’s Alternative
and Grunge, to Psychedelic and Progressive Rock. Marrus have just
recently put out it’s first self title EP and are currently working on a full
length album packed with aggressive guitar solos and smooth vocal melodies.
Vertical Corridors are a four-piece Psychedelic band out of
Cornwall, UK who’ve just exploded onto the music scene with their debut CD
titled “Vertical Corridors”. The album is steeped in the 60’s era Psychedelic
sounds reminiscent of Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and the bands that skirted the
Haight Ashbury / NYC Pop Cultures. Watch this band closely, as they’re already
turning heads.
Band Members:
Curtis - Guitar & Vocals
Ben - Drums &
Backing Vocals
Ash - Bass
Asa - Organ &
Synth
Holiday Murray is a band out of Cape Town South Africa comprised of James Tuft, Justin Davenport,
Chris Carter and Ellis Silverman. Their 10 song self titled debut album
“Holiday Murray” released in May of 2011, received rave reviews by industry
persons and fans alike. Touring has seen their popularity grow even larger and
on March 19th, 2014 they released an EP titled “Puffadder Sessions”
that is sure to catch a lot more ears. Jump on board and have a listen to
Holiday Murray!
Maginot is a three piece rock band from Astoria, NY that
focuses on well-crafted, energetic songwriting. Big Changes, the band's debut
release, is a 4-song mission statement for world domination that calls to mind
such influences as Guided by Voices, Maritime, and The Strokes with its power
pop flair and infectious melodies. Rich Seibert (vocals/guitar) recently
switched to spray deodorant, much to the chagrin of his youth. Laney Coletti
(bass/vocals) only likes women that look like her, and rightly so. Dan Hillier
(drums) is a struggling author of band biographies. With the release of Big
Changes this August, the band look to take their sound to the live circuit
around New York and beyond, and look to continue releasing songs in order to
satisfy the growing demands of an insatiable public.
“Synapse” is the second EP released on March 18th,
2014 by “Maginot”. Have a listen and enjoy.
METЯOPOLIS, a rising steampunk
inspired Alternative Rock band from Bury St Edmunds are currently making waves
at rock venues across the country with their dynamic and original sound.
Seamlessly blending Sci-fi Nu-Wave and Prog Rock, they have really lit up the
growing Steampunk rock scene.
" We are trying to focus the
largely eclectic steampunk genre into a defined style that is both true to the
sub-genre, whilst still accessible to the public at large"
Managing to gain fans spanning
the world in a very short time, this tight 5 piece band of seasoned musicians
write original retro-futurist music with a dystopian slant, that really
captures the imagination, whilst also managing to knock out slick guitar, pounding
drums and catchy synth licks.
With plaudits coming in from
genre leaders Vernian Process, Abney Park and BB Blackdog, Metropolis could
well become the vehicle Steampunk needs to go mainstream.
