Well our ears really pricked up when we heard about this guy from the trusted team at Quite Great PR , yes we know he’s from Yeovil and yes we know it’s not exactly New York but Running Round My Head is a really hypnotic track, overlayed by a great vocal that just drifts across…
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As a big fan of ‘vibey’ electronic music (I spend a lot of my time listening to tunes on Majestic Casual), when I first heard Glass Cristina it was an instant love affair, at Indie Crush, we’ve had a crush on them ever since! The new single Kings Of Nowhere is nothing short of a…
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Research conducted by the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) revealed which of the world’s musicians work the hardest based on a number of different factors. Taking Billboard’s top 100 artists from 2018 and 2019, the ICMP analysed the number of domestic shows, number of international shows, the total number of shows and number of countries…
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Bernie Sanders has surprised Ariana Grande by turning up to watch one of her concerts. Ahead of a Democratic debate that Sanders was attending in Atlanta yesterday (November 20), the Senator attended Grande’s concert at the State Farm Arena. Later, Grande shared some images capturing the moment on Twitter, along with a note showing her…
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AIM Ireland brings together representatives from across the independent music sector. Following a recent meeting of over 60 managers, labels, publishers, producers, promoters, PR agencies, festivals and more from across the independent music sector in Ireland, AIM Ireland (Association of Independent Music Ireland) has now been established. AIM Ireland will be associated with the Association of…
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A few months back a reviewer here at Indie Crush asked whether “pop punk has become stale and formulaic” – lamenting how “songs about suburbia, pizza, mountain dew, vans, skateboards, and Hot Topic are a dime a dozen, earning the genre a reputation as inauthentic and formulaic…” Now that may well be true – but we’re here…
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Throughout this week we’ve been counting down to Record Store Day in Cambridge with all kinds of juicy content. Having spoken to R*E*P*E*A*T Records about releasing RSD exclusive Flexi disc ‘Look Sharp’ here, and to Goldblume about contributing their track ‘Razor’ here, it seems only right that we talk to stars of ‘Look Sharp’ Side A Gaffa Tape…
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Founder of local record label Aaahh!!! Real Records, Ian Perry, has revealed that he was close to packing it all in recently. In a blog post on the label’s website, Perry reflected on hitting a landmark 100 releases and shared details about his struggle with the financial demands of the label. Read the full blog…
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Subterranean festival will return to the Cambridge Corn Exchange this year. The one-day rock and indie festival will take place on September 15 and feature an eclectic mix of touring and local acts. Indie-alternative Among The Citizens will be performing on one of the four indoor stages, alongside local singer songwriter Tom Lumley. Bury St Edmund’s garage trio Gaffa Tape Sandy will…
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The Survival Code have unveiled their second single, lifted from forthcoming album ‘Hopelessness of People‘. ‘Along The Way‘ hears the purveyors of pop-rock swap their stock-in-trade for an altogether heavier sound. Gone is the pogo stick-bounce of previous single ‘Not Working‘, monstrous riffs and a breakneck pace imbue the cut with a sense of urgency that…
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ICYMI, the big music news this week is the return of mid-noughties Brit rockers, Bloc Party. Earlier this week, the band announced that they will be playing their ‘Silent Alarm’ album in full at six European shows in October. And, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the tour’s London date at Alexandra Palace sold out…
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How I survived the tumultuous voyage into my twenties.