[LISTEN] Bloc Party - The God Vibration

No it's not a mis-spelling of "Good Vibration", but it's the last song off their latest album "Hymns", and it's taken a while to find! This is only found on the 12" version of their album and doesn't come on until the record has been spinning quiet for 30 seconds.

The track was composed by Russell - much like the instrumental track off "Silent Alarm" which is called "Every Time Is The Last Time". So here's a rip off the record player for you all to enjoy.

Blossoms cover ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" for BBC Radio 1

Blossoms have covered ABBA's hit track "The Winner Takes It All" in a special live lounge slot on BBC Radio 1 for Huw Stephens' Piano sessions. It only sees two of the members cover the track with a special guest on the piano duties. 

Head on down and listen to it, very relaxing!

 

[LISTEN] TEN FÉ - Elodie

TEN FÉ are an electro duo residing in London and they craft some very poetic music, slightly romantic with a dash of Coldplay's pop swagger. Their latest cut is "Elodie" which has all of that, wrapped up in a delicate fur coat, this track really does warm your heart up. Listen to it below and tell me I'm right!

"Elodie" is out on 18 March 2016 on Bad Life Artists

Max Jury shares video for new cut "Numb"

If you're a YouTuber you might know of Max and his covers, but don't worry, we're going to get you right up to speed with his new track, and the video for it too. "Numb" is a heartfelt track with hints of gospel coming from the backing vocals, a dash of Americana and what sounds like a influence from the likes of Hozier.

He's been touring all over the USA with Lana Del Rey and Rufus Wainright so might not come to a surprise after listening to this that his debut album is slated in for a 3rd of June release via Marathon Records. 

Anyway, head on down below to check it out.

[LISTEN] Frances - Don't Worry About Me

Singer-Songwriter Frances has today revealed her brilliant new track, "Don't Worry About Me", which is a very gentle track laced with emotive lyrics and a stunning piano piece. Frances said this about the song - "I'm so happy to share with you, 'Don't Worry About Me'! It's an extremely personal, honest song and it means a lot to me that I'm able to share it with you all. I hope you enjoy it x"

You can stream it below.

[LISTEN] Vaults - Mountain At My Gates (Foals Cover)

Last week Vaults popped down to Dermot O’Leary's BBC Radio 2 show and asked them to perform an acoustic cover, they chose "Mountain At My Gates" and have turned it from an indie-rock song laden with guitars to a chilled out piano lead epic with some strong vocals.

Listen to it below.

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Lucy Rose & Rae Morris cover "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens

Two of the best voices in British music have come together again and have dropped into BBC Radio 1 to perform a very festive cover of "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens. The cover was recorded as a part of Huw Stephens show and his segment, Piano Sessions.

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[LISTEN] Barns Courtney - Goodbye John Smith

Barns Courtney has today revealed a rather sombre track titled "Goodbye John Smith". The Suffolk born singer has had an amazing 2015 with support slots ranging from Blur to The Libertines and next year he's supporting The Who at Wembley Arena and will be play his own headline show at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen in February. 

So scroll on down and fall in love with Barns Courtney stunning vocal-work. 

 

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[LISTEN] Billy Lockett - Burn It Down

After a rocky start to the year Billy Lockett is back with an absolute belter of a track, "Burn It Down" is a real heart-on-your-sleeve epic. With his trademark piano keys and strong vocals showcasing his talent once again you can't help but sit back in amazement.

The single is the title track of his upcoming EP released on November 13th through Selfish Records.

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[WATCH] Yes It's Ananias - Teddresse pt. IV & II [IAI PREMIÈRE]

It's the weekend, it's Saturday and that means we've got an exclusive track going up! Today it's the turn of singer-songwriter Yes It's Ananias, based in Switzerland he's been getting some serious attention off the back of his first LP and with this new piano lead track it sounds like he's on course to get just as much attention has he did before.

Stick this on and unwind, such a perfect way to ease into the weekend!

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Daily Download... Sisters On Wire - Take My Hand

You know the type, you're on soundcloud and someone who you follow re-posted a sound, you're intrigued, it's a new band you've not yet heard of, and even better, a new song! When we heard Sisters On Wire's new track today we were so glad we clicked on it! They're a band from Vilnius in Lithuania, and one could call it a relaxed-anthem, it just reminds us of Embrace, and that sound it making it's comeback!

Scroll on down to check it out!

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The Beach shares new track "Thieves"

We've been sent The Beach's new track "Thieves", and when we get something exciting as this we don't hang about! The Beach is a singer-songwriter from London, and that's pretty all we know about him. But what we do know is that "Thieves" has already been hand picked by Zane Lowe as his 'Next Hype', and after the success of fellow singer-songwriters as of late, people are certainly going to be standing up and giving him a play.

You can listen to the heart-on-your-sleeve track below, it's one of the biggest piano lead tracks we've heard since Tom Odell broke out!

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Rae Morris unveils "Unguarded (Live at The Arcola Theatre)" video

Our #1 'Sound of 2015' artist - Rae Morris - has revealed a live video of her performing "Unguarded" at the Arcola Theatre. The song is also the title track of her début album which is due for release on 26th January. The track was filmed at Rae’s recent collaborative show with visual artist Rupert Newman, you can watch it below.

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Paul McCartney features on Kanye West's new track "Only One"

Kanye West has uploaded an emotional ballad with none other than Paul McCartney featuring on the track, but if I'm nit picking here, the Kanye vocals seem to be auto-tuned, which takes a bit away from the song. But Paul's contribution to the song is worth listening to Kanye's dreadful vocals for.

Daily Download... Will Bloomfield - Peggle

"When my family moved from a townhouse to a farm way back in 2000, we got a beautiful, scruffy border terrier puppy and named her Winnie Peggle. For years, she would lie quietly by the window whilst I worked on songs and ideas on the piano. If she didn't like what I was working on, she'd let out a yawn, stretch her legs, and waddle off back to her bed. She was the sweetest music critic I've ever encountered.

Last week, after numerous health problems, she passed away peacefully at the grand old age of 13 and has left a huge hole in our family home. I started working on this piece a couple of weeks ago and finished it on the night she died so it seemed only appropriate to dedicate it to our much missed tiny bear.

Hope y'all like it x"

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SOAK covers Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

Next year is going to be a big year for singer-songwriter SOAK, after already performing at Glastonbury she's got a whole lot of attention now and the ball is seriously rolling now! It's just got even more momentum now after her BBC Radio 1 session, scroll on down to check out the cover of "Shake It Off".

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Tom Odell reveals cover of "Real Love" by John Lennon

The new single by Tom Odell is a cover of John Lennon's "Real Love", it's the track that's featured in John Lewis' Christmas adverts alongside some festive merriment, penguins and of course, Santa! You can watch Tom peforming the song below and pre-order the track on iTunes too!

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Port Isla's Will Bloomfield shares new track "Peggle"

The very talented Will Bloomfield and his band Port Isla have a new track out on Zane Lowe's show tonight (3rd November), but what a lot of people may not know is that Will has a new solo track out on Soundcloud to listen, stream and download.

 "When my family moved from a townhouse to a farm way back in 2000, we got a beautiful, scruffy border terrier puppy and named her Winnie Peggle. For years, she would lie quietly by the window whilst I worked on songs and ideas on the piano. If she didn't like what I was working on, she'd let out a yawn, stretch her legs, and waddle off back to her bed. She was the sweetest music critic I've ever encountered.

Last week, after numerous health problems, she passed away peacefully at the grand old age of 13 and has left a huge hole in our family home. I started working on this piece a couple of weeks ago and finished it on the night she died so it seemed only appropriate to dedicate it to our much missed tiny bear.

Hope y'all like it x"

INTERVIEW... Huunter

An interview from Huunter.

What would you describe your music as?

This is something that I struggle with. I worry that people might mistake it for a center of the road dance or classical album when its neither. Ive kind of settled with Modernist Classical Electronic Dance music.

What would be your major influences?

The album idea came to me when I was at Lollapalooza 2008. I was watching Booka Shade perform and what blew me away by their performance was the crowd. Each person was dancing to every kick drum beat and synth hit, I stood there watching in awe. I had never really listened to dance music let alone gone to a dance concert so seeing people responding to music like that was completely new to me. Just watching everyone dancing made me excited and made me want to dance. I wanted to be drawn into this communal dancing experience! I knew right then that I wanted to write music that would well up similar feelings in a crowd but I wanted to use classical instruments instead of synths. I worked pretty much on that seed of an idea for about 5 or 6 months and in that time I finished and early version of the title track and started on The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Which is where I hit a wall and realized that I wasn't really getting to the heart of the music I wanted to create. I then started listening to cheesy dance music like Tiesto to understand what in the music makes crowds communally dance like they did at Booka Shade. This inspired me to write "The Antitelephone" and work more on the first two tracks but I still didn't feel great them. The breakthrough came when I wrote The Entanglement. The song was written in about a day or two and it made more sense than all of the other tracks. So I went back and rewrote the other three. Just to give you an idea about the length of the writing process: The Entanglement literally took a matter of hours to write, had only one version and no rewrites. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle took about 10 months to write and had over 100 versions and as many rewrites. The Antitelephone took about 6 months had about 50 versions and about 30 rewrites.

The biggest influence in my mixing came from U2's "No Line On The Horizon" album. One of the first things that you will notice is Bono's crackly imperfect voice. And I realized that if there is any band in the world that has enough money to afford to make an album sound perfect, its U2. But they didn't make it perfect and all the vocal mistakes are there and unpolished. I wanted to do the same thing with the sound of my record. But since I am constrained to the perfect 1's and 0's of a computer I tried to mix the album with vintage effects to create a crackly analogue sound. Also I got it mastered on vintage equipment to add more analogue warmth and crackle. I absolutely hate the boring digital perfection of other electronic artists so I wanted to avoid that.

How long have you you been making music for?

Off and on since 2002 grade but not seriously until about 2007

What instruments or software do you use to create your work?

I use Logic 8 to write just about everything. I started out as a guitarist and sometimes Ill write things and transcribe them for other instruments. I have grown pretty tired of guitar and I really don't have any interest in playing it on a record. Hopefully that will change down the road!

And what is the creation process like? Do you lay down a beat and work from there or start off with playing around with instruments?

Usually I will choose a tempo and start laying down ideas. I put down as many short phrases as I can with out editing them. Once I have a couple down I will add about five layers of complimentary instrumentation. Then I choose my favorite and start building a song off of it. The Antitelephone and The Entanglement's idea seeds were written in the same day in the same Logic project. The Entanglement was a combination of two ideas put together. For The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle I wanted to write a dance song with Gregorian chant. Somewhere in the 100 or so rewrites it be came an operatic duet. I got a vocal teacher at my college to sing a couple of lines in Latin for the song. The female vocal was a lady that I had heard sing a solo at my church. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe's various parts were put together fairly shortly after Lollapalooza, the only thing that really changed in the rewrites was the drums and bass.

Any plans for single releases?

I released a single version of The Entanglement which is being promoted in the UK and Europe. It is going to be played on BBC 3's Late Junction Show. I also animated a video for the single (which there is a link at the bottom of the page).

(if so), would there be any bsides or remixes surfacing with the new single release?
I don't really produce any b-sides. I either work on something until it gets on the album or I throw it away pretty quickly. I am planning on releasing a remix album of The Ultraviolet Catastrophe in the late fall.

What has been your favourite artist from It's All Indie?

Although not very indie, Bloc Party/Kele would be my favorite. They caught my attention with Silent Alarm and oddly enough kind of followed my shifting musical interest over they years as they changed into an electronic band. That being said I do hope that they get back together and get back to their punk/rock roots.

(and finally), what would be your 'Track of the day'?

Lemon by U2. That song is so far ahead of its time. Impressionistic lyrics set against a synthy/gated guitar line and groovy dancy bass and drum combo. There is also a cello interlude which I love. If there is one song from any artist's cannon of songs I wish I could steal its Lemon. Zooropa, from which Lemon is taken, as an album 15 years ahead of its time. Radiohead gets so much credit with Kid A being the first great electronic rock crossover album. When U2 did it 10 years earlier and much better than they did (in my opinion).



Huunter - The Entanglement - Via Vimeo
Huunter - The Entanglement - Via Youtube
Huunter - Ultraviolet Catastrophe Free download Via Bandcamp
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It's All Indie Spotlight: Huunter

Huunter are from the USA, Brooklyn New York to be accurate and they have released a brand spnaking new album 'The Ultraviolet Catastrophe'. It is many things, modern classical meets electronic dance. It’s easy dance to, and with 4 electronic tracks it is also 40 minutes of pure electro fun. Lloyd Bourne (the one member of Huunter) sent me the album and having listened to it, I have to admit, it is a brilliant listen!



The most interesting track on the album is 'The Entanglement.' This is where Bourne creates a most harmoniously infectious, layered sound you can’t help but move to. It is also the closer to the album and the piano accompanied by the drums reminds me of late 90's dance music, the synths also make this track into my pick from the album.

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