Newcastle’s A Festival, A Parade have been making bold statements with breathtaking hit after hit. Latest offering, ‘Cold Shower‘ adds to a faultless run and from the onset creates a heady and unsettling effect. With its expanded sonic pallette, you will have barely enough time to catch your breath with its relentless cavalcade-esque atmospherics. This is…
Petticoat: ‘Ointment’
Petticoat’s notable production is once again seamless on latest release, ‘Ointment‘. With its pumping bassline, enthralling kaleidoscopic synth top line and pulsating percussive backbone, this will provide a soundtrack to elevate the senses. This deftly fastens together to make it a compulsive listen and illustrate one of the most promising producers on our horizon.
Spotify Playlist: Nostalgia
Welcome to the Podcart playlist.
Hop Along: ‘How Simple’
Hop Along has been one of the most favourable success stories in new indie music and their latest release, ‘How Simple’ adds to an impressive sonic catalogue. This moved between the powerful and the vulnerable, this is by no means an indie retro affair, but a vibrant anthem for you to sing at the top of your…
Adam Stafford: ‘The Witch Hunt (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)’
There is nothing more exhilarating in music for me than a fine remix. The marriage of Adam Stafford and Miaoux Miaoux is a perfect dream and this is sophisticated production.
The Twilight Sad: ‘I Won’t Clip Your Wings’
I remember the day I got a phone call from the producer at BBC 6 Music, I was standing outside my work and nearly ignored the call. “Hi Halina, it’s BBC 6 Music, we have chosen your 2 hour takeover and want you to come down for the Listener’s 6 Mix with Queens Of Noize.”…
The New Music Podcast: Episode 11
Podcart’s New Music podcast returns with Halina Rifai and Phoebe Inglis-Holmes. Please listen and enjoy and remember to check out the artists in more depth. You can listen/stream on Acast (below) or subscribe to iTunes. This week’s tracklisting is: Kathryn Joseph: ‘From When I Wake The Want Is’ Estrons: ‘Lilac Audio’ Grand Pax: ‘Destroyer’ Prinze George: ‘Airbourne’ Flaural: ‘Bounders’ Eliza Shaddad:…
From Me To You – The DIY/Independent Music Conference
Launched in 2014, the FM2U (From Me To You) is aimed at independent musicians with the intention of developing a strong community of artists who are working professionally to ensure sustainable careers in the industry.
Tongues.: ‘Not Like The Real Thing’
Tim Kwant has one of the most identifiable vocals in new Scottish music. His delivery is bold and almost theatrical in style and newest project Tongues. has certainly caught the interest thanks to pristine production and ambitious ideas. This is synth-pop with feelings, it might not be the strongest word that Kwant has produced, but…
Alexander Biggs: ‘Car Ride’
There has to be a nuance in a voice or a jolt in my emotions to really connect with singer-songwriters now. Indie folk is sometimes an oversaturated and generic field, especially of late and it takes something special to stand out. Alexander Biggs has penned and delivered an opulent ballad in ‘Car Ride’. HIs delicate…
No Comments