With new releases on the horizon for both Nervous Twitch and Charley Stone, their sets were joyful and companionable at Nottingham’s JT Soar on their 28 March 2024 date. Line-up: Nervous Twitch, Charley Stone (Sophie Diver also on bill, but I sadly arrived too late to catch their set) Venue: JT Soar, Nottingham Date: 28 …
Fightmilk conclude their UK tour for 2021 album Contender with a last-minute date at Derby’s Dubrek with Jemma Freeman and The Cosmic Something and Nervous Twitch. Line-up: Fightmilk with Jemma Freeman and The Cosmic Something and Nervous Twitch Venue: Dubrek, Derby Date: 28 November 2021 Derby; on a wintery Sunday night where the roads are …
After 2 cancelled years due to the pandemic the beloved indiepop festival Indietracks has announced they are no more, and their 2019 festival has become their last. Popoptica editor Sarah Lay watches the festival depart. You always think you have more time, until you don’t. The rhythmically comforting clacking on the annual trip along the railway …
Electronic musician MALKA teams up with songwriter and composer Inge Thomson for this wonky electro-pop single ahead of a compilation amplifying the talent of female and non-binary songwriters and producers in Scotland. Artist: MALKA and Inge Thomson Track: The Bliss Label: Tantrum Records Released: 29 September 2021 Find it: Spotify | Soundcloud If you like …
Surf-rock instrumental and musical hauntology is the order of the day on the first single from The Incomprehensible Static – solo project of Pete Darrington (Cable, GodNo!) out on Reckless Yes ahead of a debut album. Artist: The Incomprehensible Static Track: Quarter Mile Burnout Label: Reckless Yes Released: 8 October 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | …
Ahead of a debut album slated for release in early 2022 ethereal indie pop band Night Palace share their first single from it, Into The Wake, Mystified, on Park the Van Records. Artist: Night Palace Track: Into The Wake, Mystified Label: Park the Van Released: 29 September 2021 Find it: Spotify We are at the …
Following the release of second album Hexentanzplatz last month Alice Hubble is set to play Nottingham this week – we got to know her a little better in just 7 questions. Following on from her 2019 debut album Polarlichter Alice Hubble‘s second long player, Hexentanzplatz, is described as ‘one lady at home with her enormous collection of synthesisers’. …
Written for The Lone Women Wood in Flashes of Wilderness collaborative sound installation in Galloway Forest Kat Five’s Sylva247 is a meditation on the relationship with the forests. Artist: Kat Five Track: Sylva 247 Label: self released Released: 1 October 2021 Find it: Bandcamp In fairy tales the forest is a space of danger, but …
An absolute avalanche of new releases hit us in September 2021 as the pandemic-postponed records finally surfaced. We’ve whittled our shortlist down to just seven you absolutely must hear right now so here’s our albums of the month picks. After the drought, comes the flood. As albums have been delayed unintentionally or strategically as the …
Ahead of the band’s third album The Overflow New Zealand dreampop outfit French For Rabbits release ‘introvert anthem’ The Outsider. Artist: French For Rabbits Track: The Outsider Label: AAA Records (NZ / Aus) / A Modest Proposal (Italy) / Reckless Yes (UK / RoW) Released: 24 September 2021 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Being an …