10000 Hours of Indie

Gregory Pepper first came to my attention in 2010 when he released “The Great Depression”, an album with Factor Chandelier under the name Common Grackle released on Fake Four Music. The album was on c...

12 Sep 202519min

Mappe Of is Tom Meikkle, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and avant-folk artist based in Ontario, Canada. Signed to Paper Bag Records, a great indie label I’ve followed for several years...

8 Sep 202520min

Formed in the 1990’s, VIBRAVOID are a German psychedelic and acid rock band from Dusseldorf. Influential in the neo-psychedelic and neo-krautrock scenes, the band have released upwards of 20 studio al...

5 Sep 202528min

Tamar Berk is a prolific indie rock musician now based in San Diego. Her 5th album in 5 years, “OCD” is due for release on 5th September and having had a good listen through it’s a great modern-retro ...

1 Sep 202528min

For this episode we have a return visitor to the podcast, in the form of Danielle Sum. We first spoke when I interviewed her as a member of Toronto based Tiger Balme for the Being Independent series (...

29 Aug 202525min

Blessings are Swedish 4-piece who chop and change across genres but I would personally define them as somewhere between post-rock and post-metal, two of my favourite genres to relax to, yeah I know, I...

25 Aug 202522min

The Book of Moons is this episodes’ featured artist. A debut album by the duo of Tim Lane and Leighton Melville entitled “Strange & Wylde Majick” was released at the end of May. It has that proper 70’...

22 Aug 202519min

SEIMS are a cinematic math rock band from Sydney, Australia. Started by Simeon Bartholomew, the concept began as a solo project and has grown into one of the most recognised bands in its genre since t...

18 Aug 202546min