Place To Be: Arcadian Vanguard Third Anniversary Showcase April 26th @ Muchmore's.

  Long Island resident Brian Last, creator of New York Sessions via Arcadian Vanguard, is putting on perhaps the most interesting show of the season on Saturday, April 26th celebrating it's third year and will include all the bands featured throughout the series. New York Sessions is dedicated to creating great live footage of the best bands in the city, and then getting them on the internet. The show is at Muchomore's in Williamsburg...

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Video: Tilapia - 'Crayon Brain'.

Alternative pop four-piece Tilapia (Ed Allen, Elliott Brown, Adam Dolby and George Wheeler) currently reside in South London and turned to rocking out (presumably with protective sheets up) in their own living room amongst (and then later on; splattered in) a selection of  primary school arts and crafts and party food favourites in their chaotic new video for current single, 'Crayon Brain'. By the end of the video they all look...

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Single Review & Video: Beautiful Boy - 'Love Me More'.

It's safe to say Beautiful Boy has been the most lovingly typed name, ever-flowing from our infatuated finger tips, onto this blog, ever since we were first made aware of the band and their introductory track, 'Home' around 7 months ago. Having wowed us with every emotional multifaceted track they've thrown at us thus far, we were still slightly surprised at the diversity of current single 'Love Me More'. These guys have really let their hair...

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Single Review: Nieves - 'Winter'.

The life of an independent music blogger generally means an inbox constantly overflowing with all types of high quality music submissions (and some pretty naff ones), often leaving you feeling like you have no new words or feelings to fully do justice to what you are hearing. With that in mind, it's truly a credit to a new artist when you know you're going to love a song even from just 3 seconds into the track. When you find yourself bursting...

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Single Review: Daniel James -'The Bridge'/ 'Stand With Me'.

For a considerable amount of time singer-songwriter Daniel James has been making great pop rooted music with soul/folk/gospel influences, earning him support from bloggers, radio personalities (including Zane Lowe), and more recently tour dates with the likes of Sam Smith and Saint Raymond -  two artists of whom his own musical styling's seems to be cut from a similar kind of cloth.  The...

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Band To Check Out: Human Pyramids - Free Download 'Tall Tales' & 'Relapse' Music Video.

Human Pyramids are an exuberant and eclectic orchestral post-punk ensemble led by Scottish born, London-based multi-instrumentalist Paul Russell, whose numerous handpicked accompanying musicians are scattered throughout the UK. With a soundscape perhaps as vast and culturally rich as the experiences, influences and spaces between the geographical locations of its UK collective, Human Pyramids are excitedly...

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Single Review: Oscar & The Wolf - 'Undress'.

Signed to PIAS recordings, Oscar & The Wolf are a Belgian four-piece comprised of Ozan Bozdag, Claudio Arduinim, Jasper Bullynck and Max Colombie, who have been working on their debut album 'Entity' with acclaimed English musician, composer, and producer Leo Abrahams. With 2 successful EP's under their belt (the ethereal folk tinged 'Imagine Mountains' and the more rhythmic and epic 'Summer Skin') Oscar & The Wolf have also played...

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Video: Phantom Runners - 'Chasing The Feeling'.

Brighton lo-fi/ dream pop four-piece Phantom Runners (Adam Al-Hilali, Arron Cassidy, Sam Slattery , Josh Gill) return with their second single and production support from multi-platinum selling Huey Morgan of Fun Lovin Criminals - who more recently is known as a radio personality, hosting his own Radio 2 and 6 Music weekly shows. New Single ‘Chasing The Feeling’ is the follow up track to the band's debut single 'It Takes Me Away' and was released...

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Single Review: The Night VI - 'Sienna'

'Sienna'  is not only the beautiful and sophisticated new single from London-based alt-pop six-piece The Night VI, it is also the 2nd single to be released on up and coming label, Duly Noted Records; who so far have scored a successful 2 out of 2 on releasing tracks from bands and musicians the blogging world can't seem to get enough of. Comprised of Sophie-Rose Harper, Jack Gourlay, Anna Pesquidous, Bo Morgan, Kristy...

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Artist To Check Out: Blooms.

Blooms is the project of Louise Cunnane, an Irish artist currently based in London, who has teamed up with Darragh Nolan of Sacred Animals on production to permeate the music scene with a powerful and chilling electronic r&b sound. Blooms striking debut single 'Skin' was released late last October, evoking goose bums in a similar shivering fashion as the mid-autumn winds it dropped amongst with a combination of sparse, unnerving synths...

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The Battles Of Winter - Live At The Macbeth, London, 26th March 2014

It could definitely be argued that the East End of London is home to some of the best music venues in the city. Its quaint back street pubs and bars offer night after night of great quality live music, affordable drinks and a warm and exciting atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in a room full of friends, even when every face in the crowd belongs to that of a stranger.  On the 26th of March we found ourselves in Hoxton's The Macbeth;...

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