Isle Of Wight native Lauran Hibberd returns with the release of her new cut ‘What Do Girls Want?’ to high praise including from the big dawgs at Spotify who popped this beauty on their ‘New Music Friday’ playlist last week. A bouncy continuation of Lauran’s brand of off-kilter indie-pop, ‘What Do Girls Want?’ channels…
Here’s a beauty for you – Dahlia Sleeps’ new single ‘Settle Down’. The release comes as the second offering from their upcoming EP ‘Love, Lost’ that is set to be released by the end of the year. Recorded and produced in the band’s own basement studio in South London ‘Settle Down’ is ‘A dialog…
Tennyson and Holden, great names for a couple of brothers originally from Byron Bay. As you would expect these two are as handsome as they come. But enough of all the jealousy, lets get down to the music. IMBIBE is the new musical partnership of brothers and ‘Mirage’ is the first offering from the…
DID SOMEBODY SAY BLOC PARTY!?! Nah, it’s actually ‘Like A Fever’, the latest release from Newport’s indie maestro Jack Perrett, a track so full of energy that it’s been getting loved up by the likes of Janice Long on BBC Radio Wales and Charlie Ashcroft on Amazing Radio. ‘Like A Fever’ is a face-paced,…
Brooklyn-based HOAX recently released their funky second single “Grow”. Self-described as making the ‘the beautiful sound of sadness’, the five-piece indie-pop band come through with something a little special with this chic sophomore release. Laden with funky guitars, deep and groovy bass-lines and a little tingle-tangle of the tambourine, ‘Grow’ is a serious indie…
Here we are again, YACK! Magazine with another debutant. This time around we have the first release from South London based alt-pop artist Jamws. Recorded at Resident Studios in West London and mixed by Jamie Ward (Maybeshewill, Dark Dark Horse). Jamws debut release ‘Catalina’ is a solid mix of lo-fi instrumentation with spaced-out pianos…
Aussie artist Japanese Wallpaper has popped up with first release in two and a half years, “Fooling Around”. Already picking up the love from major tastemaker Clash Magazine, the 21 year-old comes through with a dizzying display of synths and textures of electronica layered over a magical lyrical narrative. On the track he explains,…
We’ve started a new feature here at YACK! – Track Of The Day – Highlighting our favourite releases from the week. We were going to start this next week but Tim Atlas came along and made it impossible for us not to make ‘Sidestep’ our first ever Track Of The Day. Tim Atlas appears…
Magdalena Bay is a pop duo comprised of 22-year-old Mica Tenenbaum and 23-year-old Matthew Lewin. The duo began writing together in high school and started making pop as Magdalena Bay in 2016. Taking inspiration from retro pop songwriting and contemporary production– the result has been a collection of upbeat and synth-driven singles. After a…
Kiran Leonard is new name to us here at YACK!, and we’re pretty glad we got the email to be frank. Having recently announced details of a brand new album ‘Western Culture’, Kiran Leonard has just shared the new video for “Unreflective Life”. Leonard is a 22 year old musician from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester.…
Consisting of four early twenty-somethings, CALM is an alternative band based in South London. Originating from all corners of the UK, the four-piece combine elements of anthemic nineties Britpop with slick grooves. A promising debut from a band we simply can’t wait to hear more from. “VIVID” is a coming of age…
Well, this is a saucy little track. Surrey based indie dream-pop band Softer Still released ‘Turtle Bay’ last month the first single to come from their forthcoming debut album ‘Nuances’. Already being compared to the likes of Wild Nothing and DIIV by the big boys NME and CLASH, the four piece now come through with an…
