Making into the top three Artists Of The Year is Brighton’s FUR. Although there hasn’t been a huge amount of recorded output from the quartet this year they have given us plenty to get excited about for the year ahead. Having caught an absolutely packed out set at The Great Escape as well…
More heavy grooves for Tuesday (we might make this a thing), Newcastle’s SLEEPTAPE have come through with a punching new single in ‘Run’. The new release features massive grooving riffs and powerful, almost guttural vocals and incorporates some influence from the nu-metal things in the early 00s without the track feeling like a…
Something a little heavier for Tuesday coming from Seattle rock outfit Afterwords. Their latest release ‘The Deep End’ comes as the first track from the bands upcoming EP of the same title. Recorded by Grammy award winning producer Casey Bates (Pierce The Veil, MxPx), ‘The Deep End’ is a heavy, rhythmic offering packed…
Here is a track that is much more in the public domain than many of the songs that have featured in this list so far, so naturally we don’t need to describe the ins and outs of its musicianship, however what we will use this space for is to pour our hearts out…
Words by Mia Seabrook (@thtmusicperson) While they might not be on everyone’s radars right now, they’ve been around for a while now and they definitely deserve more attention. Formed in 2015, this this indie four-piece see themselves as the “connoisseurs of jangly dream pop”; a bold, but seemingly true statement. Since…
Pure Mids is a California based trio who blend the sounds of self-skepticism and optimism in an alternative, showgazey hue. Latest release ‘Don’t Quit’ is the latest single from the three-piece and follows on from the success of their debut eight-track album ‘Optimistic-ism’ that was released back in January. 80s styled drum machines…
ON/OFF/ON is the 80’s infused project from Brighton-based Henry Milne. As an artist that only started releasing in 2018, Milne as quickly grasped a clear concept of musical output and really made it his own. Already selling out headline show in his hometown ON/OFF/ON has dropped a smooth indie-pop jam just in time…
Wasn’t this the track that every Airways fan had been screaming for since they first played it live? By the looks of their social media accounts there was plenty of hype around this track well before it was released and that buzz grew exponentially once it finally dropped. It caught the attention of…
Southampton’s hottest export Wild Front chime in at number five on our artists of the year and with good reason. Our journey following the four-piece started way back last year around their sufficiently hyped ‘Psychics’ EP, and we were fortunate enough to have caught them playing at the NME basement. Having been on…
Guildford trio Simple Fiction recently dropped this little indie beauty, combining everything you know and love about the genre, with huge, crisp guitar lines and a crunchy bassline that keeps you moving throughout. Mixing the melancholy lyrics that are so trendy right now with uplifting, singalong choruses, Simple Fiction will definitely have a…
Back in 2017 Leicester based five-piece Easy Life released what has to be considered their breakthrough single ‘Pockets’, a track that is still popping up in high places – Most recently on the Fifa 19 soundtrack no less. Their stand-out for 2018 is undoubtably the relatably dark yet dreamy ‘Nightmares’, featuring the signature…
Based on the Isle of Wight Lauran Hibberd is a natural born story-teller, her songs are crafted with real care and have an immediate reliability, allowing you to lose yourself within them. In her own words she says ‘Don’t tell me stories, I’ll write songs about them’. 2018 saw a string of singles…
