The Vivids are from Long Beach, California their music recalls post art-punk touchtones like A Certain Ratio, The Names, Wall Of Voodoo, Gun Club or Devo and the Talking Heads at their edgiest, while flirting with psychedelic guitar leads and the occasional surf warble. This is their first UK single ‘AK-47′ The single will be released on June 17th...
Welcome to the 31st episode of the Right Chord Music, Lost On Radio Podcast. Presented by Andy Mort and curated by Mark Knight and Andy Mort, Lost On Radio is a weekly showcase of incredible undiscovered music overlooked by radio, or pushed to the late night fringes. This week’s featured artists: 1. Them Savages – Pretty Little Thief...
The Dead Heads, are a five piece from the Southern outskirts of Sydney, who play an eclectic mix of 60s psychedelia and 90′s grunge. Continuing the ‘dead’ theme, this is ‘When I’m Dead’ and it’s this week’s #FSOL (First Signs Of Love) featured track. First Signs Of Love tracks are the ones that grab you and consume your...
My first pick this month is a photo of Forever Can Wait, a Southampton based band who’ve made it onto the Red Bull shortlist to be one of the acts chosen to play at Download Festival in June (apparently you can vote for them here). Anyway I’m not here to plug bands….I’m here to talk...
Former band of the week Courts are back with a brand new single called ‘Refresh.’ Picking up where previous EP ‘No Knowledge No Heart’ left off, it effortlessly fuses funk and hip-hop to create an infectious, cool summer jam.
This is Los Angeles quartet WALLA and their new single ‘No Time.’ The name WALLA is a reference to the sound and murmur resulting from a large crowd of people. This intriguing band came together from diverse global backgrounds (Mexico / El Salvador, Italy, Indonesia, Brazil & Korea) and bonded over a mutual desire to make fresh...
Welcome to the 30th episode of the Right Chord Music, Lost On Radio Podcast. Presented by Andy Mort and curated by Mark Knight and Andy Mort, Lost On Radio is a weekly showcase of incredible undiscovered music overlooked by radio, or pushed to the late night fringes. This week’s featured artists: 1. Motorcycle Display Team – A Taste 2. The...
This track is actually a B-side but it’s so flipping good we’ve up-graded it. Burning Condors typically serve up a bluesy indie mix, akin to a roughed up Jake Bugg but for this track they explore a much heavier, faster punk sound. It works to stunning effect and perfectly matches the subject matter. Written in...
Surrey based quartet Our Lost Infantry have suitably described their new album as a ‘post-rock opera’. The band’s debut ‘The New Art History,’ was designed to be an experience for the listener. Not content with being standard, the band incorporated isolated pieces of music with separate lyrics, to create whole songs that rolled perfectly. Mixing...
This is ‘Deadbeat Sweetheart’ from Melbourne’s World’s End Press. It’s a sexy slow dance of a song that fuses a variety of styles including disco, krautrock and punk. World’s End Press have just recorded their debut album with Tim Goldsworthy (DFA / Mo Wax / UNKLE) and are off to the US to support Cut Copy...
We caught up with Polly Paulusma to find out more about her music, and her new acoustic, folk label Wild Sound Recordings. First up, what is Wild Sound? The back-story to the name is that ‘wild sound’ or ‘wild track’ is the special sound an engineer captures on a film shoot in the background, the...
Welcome to the 29th episode of the Right Chord Music, Lost On Radio Podcast. Presented by Andy Mort and curated by Mark Knight and Andy Mort, Lost On Radio is a weekly showcase of incredible undiscovered music overlooked by radio, or pushed to the late night fringes. This week’s featured artists: 1. Sharks Took The Rest – Restaurant...