Elvis Thirlwell

London

Tambourine-shaker @mdrakehshake. Music Journo - DIY, So Young, Hard of Hearing, Shindig, Moof Independent Music PR too [email protected] he/him

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So Young Magazine - Listen - Shaking Hand - Over The Coals

1 week ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

Manchester trio Shaking Hand share debut single ‘Over The Coals’ via Melodic Records. A long-standing word-of-mouth favourite for those in the know among Manchester’s thriving band scene, a debut single from Shaking Hand has been a long time coming. But even still, as ‘Over The Coals’ meals out its first twangs and snare taps, we’re still made to wait.
The Neu Bulletin (Panic Shack, Brògeal, Fuzz Lightyear and more!)

2 weeks ago | diymag.com | Peter Martin |Christopher Connor |Lucy Ward |Elvis Thirlwell

Neu Bulletins are DIY’s guide to the best and freshest new music. Your one stop shop for buzzy new bands and red hot emerging stars, this roundup features some of the tracks we’ve been rinsing at full volume over the last week or so.
So Young Magazine - Listen - wing! - Out From Outer

2 weeks ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

wing! share new single ‘Out From Outer’ and announce debut EP ‘Missed it Just the Once’ via Memorials of DistinctionChanneling the dark, cinematic atmospheres of GZA’s Liquid Swords, while doffing its cap to the great Bristolian Trip Hop pioneers Massive Attack and Portishead, the new single from wing! – aka South London producer Adam Swan – emphatically marks them out as immersive modern instrumentalists of the most prestigious order.
So Young Magazine - Listen - Water From Your Eyes - Life Signs

3 weeks ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

Two years on from breakout 2023 album ‘Everyone’s Crushed’, NYC duo Water From Your Eyes are back, sharing details of a new album – ‘It’s a Beautiful Place’ (out 22nd August via Matador) – alongside beguiling new single ‘Life Signs’.
So Young Magazine - Listen - RIP Magic - 'Loot'/'Dox'

3 weeks ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

There’s not many bands that embody the mystique of ultra-hip urban cool right now quite like RIP Magic. Fronted by Marco Pini (Sorry), a secretive last 12 months has been all super exclusive East London parties, sneaking onto the lower echelons of tastemaking festival bills, waiting for the iron to get hot, waiting for the right time to strike…And good news is that their debut release – a double whammy no less – positively tingles with promise.
Picking Flowers / Que?

1 month ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

Meeting at art college in Brighton before gravitating towards the South East London suburbia, 8-piece PARADE are a band that bring together talents in music art, fashion, design (and more besides), and who revel in this mutli-disciplinary, multi-genre DIY experiment. Opening themselves up to the world with a double single release on their self-founded imprint Appointment 1, our first introduction to PARADE offers up as many tantalizing questions as it provides delicious answers.
So Young Magazine - Listen - Most Things - Lucky

2 months ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

They say that music is more about what you don’t play than what you do. As if mainlining this mantra straight into their bones, Most Things’ newest cut provides yet another exquisite exercise in how much nuance they can achieve and feel with just a bass, drum-kit and mic. The sound of a band working maximalism into minimalism, ‘Lucky’ sows a whole field with a handful of seeds; takes a stepladder and reaches for the stars.
So Young Magazine - Listen - Blousey - Chances

2 months ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

London’s Blousey share new single ‘Chances’ and announce debut EPSix-piece Blousey are all about donning black blazers, puffing out chests, pushing back hair, and belting out a big fat chorus. Within a live show that elsewhere sets its stall on pounding gloomy gothic rumbles a la 80s Nick Cave, new single ‘Chances’ serves up a glinting and melodic moment.
Experimental London octet caroline open up about new album 'caroline 2' • Interview • DIY Magazine

2 months ago | diymag.com | Elvis Thirlwell

Three years on from the release of their ambitious, critically acclaimed self - titled debut, London octet caroline have returned with their heady new single ‘Total euphoria’ and a new outlook on their musical identity. “What is it? What is this band? Who are we? What is our relationship? We were having to re-invent it.” Casper Hughes and Jasper Llewellyn, with bellies full of pizza from their regular South London haunt the Hill Station Cafe, are fuller still with self-reflection.
So Young Magazine - Review - the healing power of horses - 'tape (NS005)'

2 months ago | soyoungmagazine.com | Elvis Thirlwell

Every so often, music must confront you purely with the image of a turquoise cassette tape on a wooden table and your imagination must run wild. For example, there’s a feasible alternative timeline out there where the healing power of horses are some hotly-tipped group from the U.S finally arriving in the UK on the back of serious stateside buzz, fully formed, next in line for fans of horsegirl, bar Italia, C Turtle to savour.