• A Thousand Plays…

    Review: Mazes – A Thousand Heys It can be so refreshing to hear some straight-up indie rock every once in a while; just a band that know how to play a good tune without four synthesizers and twenty pedals daisy-chained through a grand piano, a small cat and the kitchen sink. Whoever said that a…

  • The Tax Collector

    The Tax Collector

  • El Cobrador de Impuestos

    El cobrador de impuestos

  • The Great Dust Bowl

    This story was written to this tune, Counting Crows’ ‘Sullivan Street’ It was October 1994 and I was walking down that dusty little hill in my high school. I usually walked to the beat of whatever I managed to cram on those TDK 90 audio cassettes, but I was running out of money paying for…

  • Paving Stones – obLONG

    obLONG are a hard working and hard rocking band in Sheffield, doing an all out punchy take on rock while still having a sound of their own. Hugh Ruiz‘s driven bass is paired with Steve Genn‘s guitar licks (and his energetic strange presence). Add to this mix the powerful voice of Tracy Deakins and some…

  • Full fathom four

    Cats:For:Peru – We had this problem last winter Stream – ‘Open House’

  • Invitation – Pete David & The Payroll Union EP launch

    Stream – ‘There’s a light’

  • Arabesque and math heavy

    Pirouettes – The water or the wave Stream – ‘Nothing changed’

  • Agony Aunt Sock – 4

    Jonny’ll fix it … or he’ll fix you is Sloucher’s own “Agony Aunt” section. These are true cases, but the identities of those involved were changed to protect them. Feel free to send your troubles our way. This week, we talk about some rather lascivious problems…

  • Wake up to … The Spires

    The Spires are a Sheffield band doing some dancey stuff and this new song, ‘Fireworks’, seems like a good way to shake up on a lazy Friday morning. C’mon, one last day of school/uni/work and you’re off for the weekend. Unless you have to work. Argh! But here’s The Spires. You can get the song…