From seemingly out of nowhere comes this beautiful new track from Bay Area artist Colin Wilde’s DIY-psych project Black Thumb. Utilising a pandemic-era recording that had long been gathering dust, it was shared with Inna Showalter (Whitney’s Playland/Magic Fig) who contributed lyrics and a customarily breathtaking vocal. Beginning with Wilde’s plaintive acoustic guitar strum, TheContinue reading “Black Thumb – The Other Side”
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Sea Fever – Live at Gorilla, Manchester, 2nd November 2024
Sometimes a gig is more than just a gig. Occasionally, when the band, venue, sound, people all come together perfectly in the moment, it becomes something bigger, something unfathomable. So it was for Manchester electronic quintet Sea Fever’s hometown show at Gorilla, truly a triumph in every sense of the word. From the very firstContinue reading “Sea Fever – Live at Gorilla, Manchester, 2nd November 2024”
Dream Bleeding – Swarm
Following on from the epic introductory track Suddenly I Remembered Your Hands, Scottish trio Dream Bleeding re-emerge with grace, beauty and raw power on debut single Swarm. Featuring a duet with Glasgow based musician/producer Bobby Kakouris, Swarm ebbs and flows between molten musicianship and pure melodic magic, ruining hearts in all the best ways withContinue reading “Dream Bleeding – Swarm”
Mt. Misery – Love In Mind
Hartlepool quartet Mt. Misery, lead by multi-instrumentalist Andrew Smith, have been charming keen ears throughout the year with a steady flow of single releases and an abundance of excellent live dates. Three years on from their debut Once Home, No Longer, sophomore album Love In Mind is an indisputable indie pop triumph. Ruminating on loveContinue reading “Mt. Misery – Love In Mind”
Teenage Tom Petties – Night Nurse
Ahead of the release of the self-titled third Teenage Tom Petties album on August 2nd, singer/guitarist Tom Brown has unleashed a second single bursting with pure, unrestrained DIY power. A relentless burst of soaring melodic riffery, Night Nurse dismisses the standard power pop verse/chorus/verse structure in favour of an unwaveringly propulsive momentum that builds towardsContinue reading “Teenage Tom Petties – Night Nurse”
R.E. Seraphin: Powering-Up the Bay Area Popscene…
The music of Ray Seraphin is somewhat of an outlier in a Bay Area underground scene renowned for its delicious jangle and fog enveloped fuzz. Giddy riffs and heart tugging solos are his trademark, brought down to earth by a keen eye for melody and an unmistakable street smart croon. R.E. Seraphin’s second album Fool’sContinue reading “R.E. Seraphin: Powering-Up the Bay Area Popscene…”
Aluminum – Fully Beat
Audaciously adept at refashioning the very best melodic twists and turns of 90s alternative, Bay Area fourpiece Aluminum have truly arrived with thrilling debut album Fully Beat. Reminiscent of a time when it felt as if the right chord change could alter your entire world, Aluminum bathe their soaring songwriting in a contemporary California coolContinue reading “Aluminum – Fully Beat”
Dream Bleeding – Suddenly I Remembered Your Hands
Arriving fully formed with devastating beauty, Scottish space rock trio Dream Bleeding have completely captured this blog’s heart with debut release Suddenly I Remembered Your Hands. Somehow both huge in scope but intimate in execution, the band extract every inch of emotion from their soaring sonic assault, with enveloping waves of sound collapsing into ethereal,Continue reading “Dream Bleeding – Suddenly I Remembered Your Hands”
R.E. Seraphin – Bound
Bay Area musician R.E. Seraphin returns with new single Bound, the first to be taken from his forthcoming second album Fool’s Mate. Both anthemic and intimate, it captures the essence of an artist in fullest flight and is a wonderful entry point for the uninitiated. Created in collaboration with Seraphin’s long-standing live band, Bound fizzesContinue reading “R.E. Seraphin – Bound”
Ship Full Of Bombs ep.7
My latest radio show is now available for streaming/download via Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Deezer and other leading podcast apps. Alternatively, you can visit http://www.sfob.co.uk and scroll down to the widget at the bottom of the page. Playlist: Monday 4th December 1) The Reds, Pinks & Purples – We Won’t Come Home At Christmas Time Continue reading “Ship Full Of Bombs ep.7”
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