inSYNC | 2018 April

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Need a Little Time’ by Courtney Barnett

April 30, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Despite only releasing an album alongside Kurt Vile in October last year, Australian indie singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett is set to release her second solo studio record next month. May 18th will welcome ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’, a ten track LP produced by Barnett herself with Burke Reid and Dan

Portsmouth Celebrates Its Fourth Annual Record Store Day Event

April 29, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Our annual celebration of all things indie returned this weekend with national Record Store Day (RSD). Beginning in 2007, one Saturday in April always plays host to the nationwide event that celebrates the culture of the UK’s many great independent record stores and the British music industry as a whole.

Mutiny Festival To Celebrate 5th Birthday

April 24, 2018 No Comments Luke Jackson

The south coasts biggest annual dance party, Mutiny Festival returns this year for their fifth anniversary celebration. Organisers have pulled out all the stops with the lineup this year, attracting four exciting main stage headliners for the first time ever! Co-headlining the Saturday night of the festival will be certified

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Can’t Stand It’ by Blossoms

April 23, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Stockport’s finest indie band Blossoms have achieved some big things in their five short years as a five-piece. Their debut self-titled record, released in August 2016 went straight in at Number 1 on the UK Albums Chart after major support from fans and also from BBC Introducing. The band came

Roosevelt at The Jazz Cafe, London

April 22, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

German singer/producer Marius Lauber, better know as Roosevelt, has been making music since he was a boy, playing drums in his first teenage indie band dubbed Beat!Beat!Beat!. In 2013 he released his critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Elliot’. The lead single and EP title track of the same name was named

Dusky at Motion, Bristol

April 19, 2018 No Comments Tom Welch

As part of their ’17 Steps’ tour, the Dusky boys were back at Motion in Bristol this April. With a sell out crowd and a lineup which boasted some incredible techno heavyweights the night was full of promise. Motion was filled up with DJs all night including Alan Fitzpatrick, Mella Dee, Hodge

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Citizen/Nowhere’ by Daniel Avery

April 16, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Lovers of electronic music must already be ecstatic with George Fitzgerald’s new record and with Jon Hopkins close to follow, 2018 is turning out to be a busy year. Now, it’s the turn of well respected DJ Daniel Avery. The new record is bleary and euphoric and points to Avery’s love

2018: The Year of Arctic Monkeys

April 14, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Already firmly concreted into everyone’s lives, there isn’t a person left behind that hasn’t had the pleasure of experiencing Arctic Monkeys’ timeless music in some form or another over the past fifteen years. The incredible scale and worldwide demand of the Sheffield four-piece is outstanding as well as head-spinning. Lead by

Public Service Broadcasting at The O2 Academy, Bournemouth

April 11, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Public Service Broadcasting returned once again to the South West region playing a vibrant and energetic set, this time at the O2 Academy in Bournemouth. After being nominated and winning the Vanguard Breakthrough Award in the Progressive Music Awards back in 2015, they embarked on a seamless musical journey from playing

inSYNC’s ‘Needed’ Track of the Week: ‘Disco Yes’ by Tom Misch

April 9, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Multi-instrumentalist Tom Misch has solidly cemented himself in the UK indie scene, also becoming a regular at many festivals up and down the country. 2018 is set to be another exciting year for the twenty-two-year-old with the release of his third studio album ‘Geography’, a UK tour and numerous festival