Deerhunter have announced they will play two intimate New York-area shows before departing on a European tour in May. The band will be debuting both new songs and a new line-up. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 9th March at 10AM EST. Work has begun on a new album, with a single expected in mid-Summer.
4AD / Deerhunter / Garage / Georgia / Indie-Rock / Psychedelic / USA
Swym is the recording project of Scottish writer and recording artist, Nassif Younes who has announced the release of his debut EP “Your Distraction” to drop on the 17th November via Swym Records. The EP was mastered by Nick Watson (Deep Purple, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac) at Fluid Mastering, London. Your
Aberdeen / Alternative / Fluid Mastering / Indie-Rock / London / Nassif Younes / Scotland / SWYM / Swym Records
Milan-based alt-rock trio The Ghibertins release deluxe edition of their debut LP The Less I Know The Better on November 17th via MOB Sound Records. Hailing from Milan, the band consists of Alessio Hofmann (voice & guitar), Alessandro Fogazzi (guitar & bass) and Lorenzo Rivabella (guitar). The Ghibertins formed in 2012
‘Let it Sway’ is the new single from Tokyo-based indie-rock band DYGL (pronounced day-glo). The single is set for release on the 24th November via Hard Enough and was produced by The Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr and The Strokes’ producer Gus Oberg. Stream ‘Let It Sway / Let It Out’
Albert Hammond Jr / Alternative / DYGL / experimental / Gus Oberg / Hard Enough / Indie / Indie-Rock / Japan / post-punk / The Strokes / Tokyo
Interview by Shannon Lawlor The Octopus Project are an experimental indie-pop band from Austin, Texas. Since 1999, the quartet have released numerous singles, six extended plays including a split album with psychedelic-pop band Black Moth Super Rainbow, four film scores including a 2014 Sundance Film Festival favourite Kumiko, the Treasure
Art-Rock / Austin / electro pop / Electronic / experimental / Folktronica / Indie-Rock / Interview / Peek-A-Boo Records / Post-Rock / Texas / The Octopus Project / USA
DYGL are a Japanese alternative indie-rock band consisting of members Nobuki Akiyama (vocal & guitar), Kohei Kamoto (drums), Yotaro Kachi (bass), and Yosuke Shimonaka (guitar). Formed in 2012 while studying at Meiji Gakuin University, they’d all been members of high school bands and were keen to exercise their musical creativity.
Alternative / DYGL / experimental / Indie / Indie-Rock / Interview / Japan / Tokyo
Friends since childhood, Daniel Rumpel, Johannes Herbst and Lucas Fendrich first formed HUNGER in 2014. The intention was to create a truly dark and cinematic sound, with standard song structures and melodies disregarded in favor of the tone and evocation of the music. Once they’d developed a batch of demos, the
