On The Radar : Fryars

I guessed it was about time I should touchdown on home soil musically, as lately I've been travelling (not literally) the world on a wave of indie-pop from Australia, America, Norway and Sweden.

Into the big smoke of our capital city reigns Radar act Fryars (real name Ben Garratt, 22 years young) a natural poetic genius of the 21^st century gathering speed through an off the cuff bet by the NME and Zane Lowe causing mass hysteria though his next hype.

If anybody remembers Dave Grohl and his keynote speech at this year’s SXSW you’ll remember him grabbing his guitar along with 2 tape decks and recording himself, Fryars is the true example of this. Self recorded and self released, gaining attention far and wide.

Take a metaphorical stirring pot and add the ingredients of the fingers of Gold Panda, the vocals James Blake, the more emotional Jack Penate and the musical dust that Dépêche Mode leave in their absence. You should be left with something that creates Radar track ‘On Your Own’, a plethora of emotion, a brick wall of lust, like that punch to the stomach when you see the person you can’t gather the guts to speak to, yes, that feeling.

You can see Fryars at London’s St Pancreas Old Church on 2^nd of May or Leeds Holy Trinity on 7^th May.

‘On Your Own’ is set for single release on 13^th of May 2013.

On The Radar : Atlas Genius

Remember when I said the southern hemisphere was creating some great music over the last year, well, I’m not going to say it’s the weather, or possibly something in the water but there are some wonderful sounds coming from down under.

Radar 3 piece Atlas Genius hail from Adelaide, they grew up among a very musical family and were heavily influenced by The Beatles, but fame wasn't to come first hand in their native country.

A track recorded in their very own self built recording studio by the name of ‘Trojans’ was scooped up by US blog Neon Gold which catapulted them into the spotlight. Since then they have charted in the US Billboard chart and gone top 10 in the US Digital charts, as well as appearing on numerous American chat shows and becoming Zane Lowe’s next hype on Radio 1.

Radar track ‘Symptoms’ is Bastille, with a twang of Empire Of The Sun and just enough Foster The People to get by. It’s an acoustic guitar layered with a persistent drum beat nicely partnered with some dulcet tones. A melodic lo-fi pop hit that’s going to surf its way into the UK charts within the year. And I ought to mention, they've just finished a tour with previous Radar band Imagine Dragons.

You can catch Atlas Genius debut at London’s Elektrowerks (Tickets : http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/atlas-genius-tickets)  on 7^th May, a day after the release of radar track ‘Symptoms’.

News Shot : Everything Everything return with 'Cough Cough'

New track 'Cough Cough' from Everything Everything hit our eardrums early this week via the medium of radio god Zane Lowe, an odd fixation of pounding drums and always but ever confusing lyrics.

Returning with the usual start the car and stall over and over is frequent throughout, call it the Everything Everything trademark, partnered with the falsetto vocal skills we are ever fond of and you have this indie hit.

Excited for the next album, yeah, me too.