1.Who
is she? Alice Jemima is an indie pop musician from Devon, England. She has two short players to her name. Liquorice
(April’16)
bubbles off Alice Jemima’s second E.P. Liquorice (June’16). 2.
What kind of devilry is spinning? Liquourice is, as the name implies, damn sweet candy pop. Light, pacy, vocals propel the song with bubbling big bass and occasional flourishes of an addictive piano hook. Done and dusted in the magic three minutes and Liquorice leaves you hanging for more. 3.
Who does Alice Jemima sound like? Feist.
5.
Which bands put the whimsical in Alice Jemima’s pop? Alice Jemima is inspired by music by Feist, The XX, Beth
Orton, Lana Del Ray and Belle and Sebastian. 6.
Why should I press play? Liquorice is stylish pop.
7.
Does Alice Jemima have any more lovelies? There is plenty of love out there for her cover of No Diggity. 8.
Any more words?
Alice Jemima is supporting Lady Hawke on her UK tour in
June.
“Drink,
dance, I’m up all night
Hate
the feeling in the morning but I’ll do it again”
Feist is an indie pop musician from Calgary, Canada. She has four solo albums on her resume. 1234 (2007)skipped off her third album The Reminder that debuted at number 2 in the Canadian charts and once Apple picked 1234 up for a commerical it propelled Feist to worldwide fame and fortune and is a song Time rated as the second best song of 2007 and called a “masterpiece.”
Mates of
State's Staring
Contest (Apr’15)is one of the best pop records of 2015 and never mind the ‘indie’. The track
starts with singer Kori Gardner saying,“Hey! I like it like
this,”as a big atmospheric beat is laid down. No wonder she liked it.
Synths and drums lead a nostalgyic tour de force of carefree youth in love,
sample lyrics “...we once
were wild," and complimented by spectacular alternating female
and male vocals and a crashing staccato rhythm. Movement magazine called Staring Contest"a fist-pumping opener" and regardless of what you're pumping, Staring Contest is one of the best indie songs of 2015.
Mates of
State are a husband and wife indie pop duo from Connecticut, by way of San Franciso,
with seven long players in the vault. Pop Matters calls them, "...valid and essential pop." Mates of State's influences are Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Metallica, Neil Diamond, Neil Finn and Fugazi. Mates of State have been compared to Feist, Los Camposinos! and St. Vincent but prefer not to be shoe-horned into a genre.
“Climb higher on the chain link fence
It's all about you, I'm wild about you”
Shit you
need to know:
"Staring
Contest" is
the debut single from a five song short player "You're Going To Make It” (June'15).
NPR saidStaring Contest, "...bursts with giddy excitement."
Movement Magazine said the new EPis, "...nothing but choice cuts; five anthemic and emotionally-rich songs..."
Of the band in general Pop Matters felt, "...musically they are like no one else around." Not everyone is feeling the love. Pitchfork said "You're Gonna Make It" is "...out of time at best, irrelevant at worst."
Mates of State have toured intensively internationally and have performed fluffer duties for
bands like The Postal Service, Spoon, Jimmy Eat World and Death Cab For Cutie.
