Pennine Suite are a York-based five-piece fronted by Nicholas Aldous, formerly of The Receivers. They’ve just released a new track, channelling influences from The Jesus And Mary Chain and The War On Drugs. It’s called Far.
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It’s been a good twelve months for local singer songwriter Rachel Croft. Last autumn she released her EP Reap What You Sow to much acclaim. The title track then went on to be used in the BBC/Netflix show Rebel Cheer Squad. Now she’s back with a new one, complete with a slow-mo video. It’s called Hurricane.
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DB3 are a York-based collective consisting of Geeky on bass and melodica, CJ Chi on percussion and dubbing and Dandy Dizzle on lyrics. The trio have also brought in a number of long time collaborators for their new EP Live In The Dub Barn including Col J, Niki H, Rich T and Bryn D.
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Miles and The Chain Gang is a York-based rock and Americana band fronted by friend of the blog, Miles Salter. We’ve shared a few of their tracks before so when I saw they had a new one out, I just had to give it a listen. Described by Miles as a “summer anthem”, it’s called Love Is Blind.
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Music fans in York and regular readers of this blog will know Harrison Rimmer. A frequent gigger and probably one of the hardest working musicians I know, Harrison has been writing and performing music in York and across the world for longer than this blog has existed. His latest sees him move from his traditional acoustic rock towards a more rockabilly and punk style. It’s called The South.
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Bull are an alternative rock band who need no introduction for the people of York. They’ve been rocking our city’s venues for years. In recent times, they’ve been blowing up on the national scene too, with shoutouts by BBC Radio Introducing, BBC Radio 6 and even Sir Elton John.
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Maxim is the new collaborative album between Worthing-based folk pop artist Drew Worthley and York’s own No Spinoza, real name Thomas Pearson. With ten tracks all reimagining childhood nursery rhymes, it seemed to be an intriguing prospect. Here’s my track by track review.
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Black Pixels are a post pop outfit based in London, but with more than one connection to York. Their debut single is called Hurricane.
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The Glass Pavilion is the solo instrumental project of Leeds-based former York University student Ashley Owens. It emerged as the silver lining to a medically-induced retirement from guitar playing for Ashley, forcing a move into electronic sounds. His new album is called When The Blazing Sun Is Gone.
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