Really getting back into the swing of things now after the Christmas lull. Loads of cool new music for you to check out as a taste of what has been played, promoted and written about in the office of late. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cSbtLMdlRQBkvWFc3DTqh?si=r_nE_57rQhmrUxnRSWMJbA
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 171020
A quieter week all round but still some great music passing under the pen. Here's just a taste of it. Please explore the artists' back catalogue, check out some of their other tracks and perhaps even pick up a CD. Every little helps. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GA8oyo4TbAsUxvdJknSRb?si=QTO-W3WvRPmrD4XaCRrqUg
Not Your Fight – Stay Lunar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s safe to say that Stay Lunar have found their groove, and it is a good groove. Make that a great groove. Whilst so many of their peers are looking back to that much maligned decade…the 80’s…and finding inspiration in the twee-indie and synth-driven landfill pop which seems only to define it in hindsight or... Continue Reading →
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 190620
Another busy week scribbling away at Dancing Towers and so here is another short list of some of the fab and groovy waxings which have been under the pen, part of the PR push or which just floated into my orbit for a variety of reasons. If you like any of the tracks, check out... Continue Reading →
Dreaming That I’m Not in Love – Stay Lunar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a lot of nodding to the eighties going on these days. That much maligned time has finally shaken off it’s naff crown as the decade with no taste and, with enough distance between us, has now been embraced via shows such as Stranger Things, films like Ready Player One and by a wave... Continue Reading →
Catch Up – Stay Lunar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Stay Lunar has to be one of the more interesting young bands straddling the indie-pop divide at the moment and I’m not saying that just because they probably know where I live and no, I don’t owe them money. It’s true. Indie seems to have become a tad formulaic of late, the realm of airbrushed... Continue Reading →
Brainshake – Stay Lunar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Before you even find yourself engaging with the song itself, what really grabs you about Brainshake is the over arching sound that the band cloak themselves in. There is something wonderfully ethereal and slightly hazy woven into the sonic DNA, something that you expect from explorers of a more dream-pop or cosmic Americana sound but... Continue Reading →