With an increasing internet presence and upcoming appearances at major UK festivals, dream pop outfit Warpaint have achieved a proper cult following. With songs that aren’t always instant, it seems the live setting works surprisingly well for the US quartet.
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The Defiled unveil new Lego themed video
Ahead of their Sonisphere UK appearances this weekend, UK metal band The Defiled have unleashed a new Lego themed video clip for their song ‘Infected’, which can be streamed in full below.
FRANKS WILD YEARS – Four EP
After after five years of working and experimenting as a trio, alt-rock band Franks Wild Years added an extra guitarist to their ranks. The dual guitar approach helped the Mancunian outfit – in their own words – “hit upon the right formula”…and listening to the resultant EP ‘Four’, it’s hard to argue with that. They’ve not captured something that not only works, but works wonderfully, with songs possessing not just a depth of character and plenty of opportunity to show off their expanded line-up, but with each also given a more than reasonable send off in the production department.
Silver Arm UK tour dates
Still promoting their ‘He of the Slow Creep’ EP, UK noisemakers Silver Arm have a handful of live appearances upcoming…
SHERBERT – 2013 Never Happened
Following a couple of digital downloads, Nashville alt-pop band Sherbert released a five song EP ‘This Never Happened’ in the summer of 2013. With a host of influences taken from the Boston “scene” of the late 80s/early 90s, its shimmering pop qualities meshed with a grubby edge in a way that would surely please the younger Tanya Donelly. A few months later, they dropped a second EP ‘Stupid Hat’, largely constructed of more of the same…choosing not to tinker with what seems, essentially, a perfectly good musical formula.