BAND OF THE DAY #243 - Random Impulse

Random Impulse is London based Jovel Walker. Twenty- four and he’s already had a long list of achievements to his name. He’s sound engineered for Tinie Tempah and Wretch 32, wrote and produced for Lupe Fiasco and has had his music featured on HBO’s Bones and CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles. Walker’s music is a perfect reflection of his growth as a musician, creating songs that are a mash up of grime and indie. His latest EP ‘No Sleep for Winners’ released late last year features great tracks like hard hitting ‘Put It on My Card’ and ‘Lying To Myself’ which veers toward a more rock/pop sensibility.

BAND OF THE DAY #242 - The Barr Brothers

The Montreal based quartet is comprised of brothers Andrew and Brad Barr, classical harpist Sarah Page and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Vial. Their music is quite unique, characterised by a blend of folk, rock and experimental techniques. (Brother Brad plays a guitar that is made from a fishing-tackle box!) Check out ‘Beggar in the Morning’ from their self-titled debut album. The drone like vocals and melodic string arrangement will mesmerise you!

BAND OF THE DAY #241 - Savages

SAVAGES are a London-based-four-piece ; vocalist Jehnny Beth (John & Jehn) guitarist Gemma Thompson, bassist Ayse Hassan, drummer Fay Milton, whose mixture of guitars with a groovy no wave/punk rythmic session feels like it could implode at any given moment.

Debut single ‘Husbands’ is a ball of nervous energy desperately trying to fit a multitude of human emotions into the space of 3 minutes. It’s direct, exciting and isn’t about to take any prisoners!

The single ‘Husbands’ is out on Monday (28th May) and you can catch Savages at the Shackwell Arms the next day (29th May) furthur details here.

BAND OF THE DAY #240 - The Big Sleep

The Brooklyn-based trio of guitarist Danny Barria, bassist and vocalist Sonya Balchandani, and drummer Gabe Rhodes make up the experimental post-rock group The Big Sleep. Their avant-rock sounds have been described as both heavy and dreamy, and their debut LP ‘Son of the Tiger’, released on Frenchkiss Records, received many plaudits.

This trio’s post-rock instrumentals covered with a shoegaze topping, veers towards vintage psychedelia which you imagine Billy Corgan has desperately been searching for these past 15 years and still unable to recreate.

BAND OF THE DAY #238 - Body Language

When you hear that a band is from Brooklyn you may just well roll your eyes for the hundredth time and ask whether or not the New York suburb has any actual people living in it who are not part of a band. The answer is probably no as it seems every day another brilliant band emerges from Brooklyn and becomes engulfed by a whirlwind of hype. Body Language are no exception. The four piece have melodies as strong as the likes of Passion Pit but the lead vocal works hard at keeping their own unique sound of pop and in some tracks there’s a real sense of Caribbean influence. They have already toured with the likes of Keep Shelly In Athens, Sia and Zero 7 and are currently doing a small your of their home state. Their debut album is out now on OM Records.

BAND OF THE DAY #229 - Hundreds

Since the release of their debut album in 2010, this brother and sister from Hamburg have taken an exciting path including appearances at Eurosonic, Iceland Airwaves and SXSW.

Euphoric and spherical, and sometimes sad Hundreds produce captivating pop music which is characterised by sensitive and sophisticated rhythms. In between noises and sounds, flapping, scratching, clapping beats.