The only word you hear more than ‘punt’ in Cambridge is ‘Goldblume‘. These guys have been conquering the live circuit like there’s no tomorrow and yet we still can’t get enough of their cathartic alt-rock. Thank goodness, they’ll be satiating our hunger with a taster of their forthcoming album, this Record Store Day. The local heroes will…
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Saltfen have done a grand job of inhabiting every corner of Cambridge since dropping their EP ‘Birthday Letters’ last month. The four-piece have been plastered across the city’s airwaves and gig listings, undoubtedly gaining swathes of fans with their buoyant indie rock. Saltfen aren’t just a textbook indie band though. There’s a duality to their…
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The Wholls Tues 13 March | 19:30pm | The Portland Arms | £7 | Tickets Having taken notes from the likes of Sundara Karma, The Hunna and The Amazons, The Wholls are the latest band to graduate from the school of British indie rock. The four-piece will bring their stock-in-trade swagger-fuelled anthems to Cambridge’s The Portland Arms,…
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LIVE REVIEW THE GO! TEAM, ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON 15TH FEBRUARY 2018 The album sleeve of The Go! Team’s new record ‘Semicircle’ is a visual smorgasbord. A jumble of characters in colourful attire are wielding instruments in a school gymnasium, collectively looking like a misfit American high school band. This image perfectly captures the spirit, colour…
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Who: Amethysts Hometown: East Anglia Line-up: Clarice and Simon What’s all the fuss about? It’s fair to say that last year was something of a launchpad for Amethysts. The electronic pair saw their singles skyrocket to six-figure plays on streaming platforms, subsequently earning them significant airplay from a spate of the music industry’s bigwigs. Chuck…
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Every Monday we invite a music mogul to put their finger on the pulse and prescribe hot tips, sound advice, and reliable remedies for independent artists. Got a question for an Indie Doctor? Tweet @monkjackpublish using the hashtag ‘asktheindiedoctor’ or email us at monkjackpublishing@gmail.com This week’s Indie Doctor is Jane Beese, Head of Music at Roundhouse.…
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Every Monday we invite a music mogul to put their finger on the pulse and prescribe hot tips, sound advice, and reliable remedies for independent artists. Got a question for an Indie Doctor? Tweet @monkjackpublish using the hashtag ‘asktheindiedoctor’ or email us at monkjackpublishing@gmail.com As Independent Venue Week wraps up its fifth annual celebration, our…
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When The Survival Code aren’t tearing apart venues up and down the country, you can hear them plastered across the airwaves, making themselves unignorable on the rock scene. Continuing their bid to draw more ears and eyes to their music, the duo have now released no-frills anthem ‘Not Working’ accompanied by a brilliantly irreverent video. The track…
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Marmozets have shared a track-by-track video of their second album ‘Knowing What You Know Now’. In the clip, which is the first of two parts, the band relive the process behind the first four tracks on the album. Speaking about their most recent single ‘Major System Error’, the Yorkshire quintet reveals that the track only…
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Kele Okereke will play an intimate show at Cambridge’s The Portland Arms on the 23rd of April. Having played the same venue back in 2004 with his iconic indie band, Bloc Party, the frontman will be returning under his solo guise in spring this year. The Bloc Party frontman said his forthcoming tour was for “…playing some…
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Haus frontman and lyricist Ashley Mulimba has never been one to shy away from tricky topics in his songwriting. Last year, the band released a string of politically-charged singles that blended elements of math-rock with a clever pop sensibility, earning them well-deserved attention from the mainstream media. Having been predictably quiet over the Christmas period,…
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The Wombats – Cheetah Tongue The Wombats have dropped another single from their forthcoming album ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’ and it’s a banger. Marrying the sound of the golden Madchester era with elements of Britpop, ‘Cheetah Tongue’ is yet another stellar effort from the Liverpudlian trio, suggesting that their fourth album may be…
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