Here’s another blazing indie rock genre-bending and blending playlist of new singles from indie bands across the U.S. and a featured new indie band from Glasgow, Scotland. Enjoy and please share with others. We appreciate it.
Art Feynman – Los Angeles, California (“I’m Gonna Miss Your World”)
Ginger – Glasgow, Scotland – (“Gardens”)
Magnum Dopus – Memphis, Tennessee (“Get Over It”)
Easley Rider – New Orleans, Lousiana (“Mockingbird”)
The Wind Chasers Cub – Long Beach, California – (“Gore”)
Marcus Brookins – New Orleans, Louisiana (“So I Will”)
Art Feynman: “I’m Gonna Miss Your World”
Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple‘s new album Half Price at 3:30, under his moniker Art Feynman, first single “I’m Gonna Miss Your World” is making the rounds.
It includes the accompanying video directed by Caroline Sallee using stop-motion video. A press release lays out the Art Feynman persona: “As Feynman, Temple uses his dual persona like a needle and thread to stitch art pop, Nigerian highlife, worldbeat, and other less-heard genres into a musical quilt that displays his unmistakable guile and eccentric songcraft.”
Temple describes “I’m Gonna Miss Your World” as “a groovy number about missing someone and all the things that surround them.”
Sallee is also known as the musician Caroline Says. She had this to say about the “I’m Gonna Miss Your World” video: “I made this video during the first two weeks of quarantining. I think the lighthearted nature of it was my way of trying to stay positive during an unthinkably scary time.”
In terms of Temple’s solo work, this is his fourth album since 2013’s Good Mood Fool was released. In 2017 Temple released his first Art Feynman album, Blast Off Through the Wicker.
Ginger – “Gardens”
With a new booming track, the Scottish indie rock band Ginger was making waves in their local domain and beyond before the pandemic hit.
The indie band’s debut track “Gardens” was recorded at a small production studio in Edinburgh called Lost Oscillation and the video was filmed from the living room window of Robbie’s flat in the city center Glasgow during self-isolation.
“We’d initially planned on pursuing a totally different video concept out on location around Glasgow before the pandemic began to spread in the UK. I began to show symptoms and followed government guidelines to self-isolate, which put any plans of a location shoot out the window.”
During the lockdown, Orr asked the other band members to play their instruments in his front garden while he filmed from the window. “I interspersed some film of my garden, plants, and the neighbor’s cat, added vintage-style film reel effects, and we had a video.”
The band came together after meeting around the open mic circuit in Glasgow.
The outfit comprises of Robbie Orr on guitar and lead vocals; Alex Hesse on lead guitar; Garry Kyle on bass, and Claire Murphy on drums.
Ginger has played venues throughout Glasgow including King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Nice N Sleazy, The Old Hairdressers, and Oran Mor.
Magnum Dopus – “Get Over It”
Memphis art-rock band Magnum Dopus quickly gained recognition in their hometown for their new wave indie groove rock sound. This is evident on the single, “Get Over It.”
“The track is our ode to disco,” says guitarist George Cole. “While there was a bit of Daft Punk influence musically, the song quickly became its own thing and a little rougher around the edges and rockier. The original idea was to write a song that would make people dance at our shows.”
“To flesh out the sound, Andrew also recorded bass and drum parts. Since the band didn’t exist at the time of recording, we didn’t have a particular sound we were going for, so the album is a bit of a hodgepodge of sound.”
The musical duo started out with Cole and vocalist Andrew McCarty who met through friends in a previous music project. After a year, the two recorded and released the recent full-length album, Hizumi.
The new album, Cole says, is a reconstruction of music and lyrics from a previous band that fell apart.
Easley Rider – “Mockingbird”
As a freelance pedal steel player, New Orleans musician Dave Easley has finally busted out on his own with the release of his new single, “Mockingbird”.
The track is brimming with various instrumentation and intriguing lyrics. Lead by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Dave Easley, the band, Easley Rider, shines through as pros on this powerful track.
The other band members are Alfred Uganda Roberts (congas, frame drum, aux perc); Kass Krebs – vocals, aux perc; René Coman (bass); Doug Garrison (drums). Easley performs guitar, pedal steel, frame drum, aux perc. and banjo. Easley’s music is decidedly indie eclectic with influences of psych, folk and rock.
Easley has worked with a diverse range of musicians like Old And In The Way’s Peter Rowan (DharmaBlues); the Grammy-nominated Ruthie Foster; jazz drummer Brian Blade (Brian Blade Fellowship, Perceptual), and New Orleans blues musician Coco Robicheaux.
Easley is a veteran of the New Orleans music scene and has worked with local famous bands like Dr. John, The Meters, and The Wild Magnolias. He has also worked with Herbie Hancock, Leon Russel, Johnny Cash, and Elvin Jones. Easley’s lists his top musical influences as the Byrds, Grateful Dead, Dylan, Nick Drake, John Coltrane, and Dolphy.
The Wind Chasers Club – “Gore”
New wave/punk Long Beach band The Wind Chasers Club has released their new single “Gore” is a raging melodic kicker with a sugary punk edge.
TWCC was founded by Nicky Le Fou (vocals, guitar, synth) and is rounded out by GP Anderson on percussion and Josh Skinner on bass. Before the pandemic hit, the band was in Japan promoting their debut album Purgatory.
They have since released two singles, the most recent of which, “Gore” sugarcoats morbid lyrical themes with snappy melodies and masterful hooks. The band is known for its unique arrangements, demented tonal choices, and focused musicianship.
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Marcus Brookins – “So Will I”
Based in the urban metropolis of Dallas/Fort Worth, musician Marcus Brookins gospel-leaning single “So Will I” is a blazing seven minutes of exploratory and experimental musings.
He enjoys writing and performing in different genres and writing music to inspire people. A strongly faithful man, his music is filled with messages and teachings of the good words.