August 14 2015 - Hot Top Ten

COQUIN MIGALE - S O C O T R A
New single (out August 28 via End Of The Trail Records) from the currently much vaunted Newcastle four-piece, taken from their EP 'Feel'. Reverb heavy guitar riffs and a big shoegazing sound palette.





ASH HUTCHINSON - THE WAY I AM
Title track from the new R&B/funk-vibes EP released last week by the soulful vocalled 23-year-old singer/songwriter from Terrigal on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.





FJORD - SHAPES
The French-Canadian alt pop/electro duo - Thomas Casault and Louis-Étienne Santais - from Quebec who we introduced last December, return with this latest smooth and stylish R & B single, highlighted once more by Casault's falsetto vocal.





SOMETHING ANORAK - I DON'T WANT TO WORK IT OUT
Bristol's noise rock duo, cousins Chris and James Barrett, follow up their 'Tiny Island' debut album of late last year with first taste of new upcoming EP, 'Ageist' (out September 4 via Lefse/Fat Possum). Lo-fi verses and beachy choruses, ending on an instrumental free-for-all.





RDGLDGRN - RUNNIN AWAY
Second single from the Washington DC trio's second upcoming EP 'Red Gold Green EP2', out in October. Catchy rap/rock with a stadium feel.





NIEVES - LEGS AND ARMS
Second release from the Glasgow alt-folk outfit's forthcoming EP 'Matriarch’, self-released on September 15. Led by solemn and remorseful piano that seeps
into an area of Billy Joel-esque balladry, the
anguished vocals of frontman Brendan Dafters
tell a tale that wrestles with morality and a
crushing sense of loss. Displaying an affinity for
touching indie rock
The track is about big make or break moments in relationships and how we
react in those situations.





LIFE IN THE WOODS - LET YOU GO
Break out the mangoes. Birmingham duo Jay Stevens and Emma-Lee Shepherd bring some trop-pop vibes to this debut single, digitally released on October 15.





TABLE SCRAPS - MOTORCYCLE (STRAIGHT TO HELL)
New single - out August 17 - from the Birmingham fuzz bombing duo, and taken from their recently released drbut album 'More Time For Strangers'. Catch them at The Lexington, London on August 21 for single release party.





SILVER SHIELDS - I WONDER IF YOU'RE THINKING OF ME NOW
New single, out August 21, from north London's noise rockers. juxtaposing
massive, layered, distorted guitars with wistful vocals, Vocals rasp with an edgy determination of 90s
indie. ‘ I wonder if you’re thinking of me now?’
spools an alluring question over a fuzzy resonance
of enticing instrumentation with a rocking kick.





WIDOWSPEAK - DEAD LOVE (SO STILL)
Slow-burning textures from the Brooklyn duo, taken from upcoming third album 'All Yours', out September 4 via Captured Tracks.