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Live4ever’s New Tunes Guide returns with two brilliant stand-out tracks from The Dirty Rivers and Waylayers.

The Dirty Rivers, formed in Liverpool a couple of years ago, were signed after just three gigs, and feature today with their second single ‘The Kid’, displaying an already fully realised sound which falls somewhere between first album Kasabian and early-90s Charlatans and is more than a match for both.

Waylayers strike from a totally different angle, but are no less impressive with their synth-led track ‘S.O.S.’, entirely justifying the ‘atmospheric pop’ tag. Scroll down for these and eight more of our favourite new tunes of the week, and check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide right here.

“Scout Killers‘ songs have been described as a “promising direction” for the music scene, drawing influences from bands such as Glassjaw, Rage Against The Machine and Queens Of The Stone Age. After the ‘We Cage The Storm’ EP and tour of 2011, Scout Killers signed to Bright Records in 2012.”

“Grey Goes Down have played across the UK, including headline slots at the Birmingham O2 Academy, HMV Institute, Nottingham Rescue Rooms as well as an appearances in front of 8,000 plus at the Bulldog Bash, and supported Lostprophets for two dates in 2006.”

“Nottingham-based 5-piece Fists return with their long-awaited album PHANTASM released through Gringo Records and Hello Thor Records on limited edition vinyl and digital download on Monday 8th July.”

FISTS – Solvent by Gringo Records

“Formed in Liverpool / Wirral in 2011, The Dirty Rivers shed the usual Beatles influence common to their city in favour of a darker sound, reminiscent of bands such as The Stooges, The Rolling Stones, BRMC, and The Sex Pistols. The band signed to Deltasonic Records in the summer of 2011 after just 3 live shows. They are just about to release their 2nd single ‘The Kid’, which has had BBC radio play (Janice Long show on BBC Radio 2) (Dave Monks Radio Merseyside).”

“Silent Party are a new band from London consisting of singer Mike Goward, guitarist Chris Douch, bassist Dan Blatchford and drummer Luke Graham. Since forming the band they have been busy writing and recording. ‘Taxidermist’ is the first of two singles being released.”

Taxidermist by Silentpartyuk

“The Child of A Creek is an Italian folksinger songwriter whose new record entitled ‘The Earth Cries Blood’ is  released in later this month by Seahorse Recorsings (IT) and distro labes are Seahorse Recordings (IT), Audioglobe (IT), Eclipse Records (US), Norman Records (UK), IODA (US).”

01 – MORNING COMES by The Child of A Creek

“Stagecoach‘s debut album ‘Say Hi To The Band’ is out now via Alcopop! Records. The band are currently on tour and had their album launch in London at Birthdays on May 14th.”

Stagecoach – Action by alcopop

“Waylayers are Harry Lee (vocals, synths), Dave Norman (bass), and Joe Andrews (guitars). They’re based in East London and create music that has been described as ‘atmospheric pop’. They have started to announce festival dates for this Summer and there are plenty more to come, alongside their biggest headline show to date at KOKO in Camden on the 14th June.”

Waylayers – S.O.S by waylayers

“From the bloodied resting place of our mother Daphne (suspected murder), came our father (Vincent), who in keeping with the tradition of the most famous girl band in the world, The Shaggs, locked us in a basement and beat us until we wrote some songs. Our songs portray our bleak outlook on life following the harrowing experiences of our adolescence at the hand of our (alleged) father. This is our story.” The Vincent(s) debut single ‘Asked Her to the Dance’ is out now.

The Vincent(s) – Asked Her To The Dance (Single) by The Vincent(s)

“King Eider‘s debut single ‘Drink Me Dry’ is the first taster of King Eider’s work. A five-piece hailing from Edinburgh, King Eider craft a sound rooted in stripped back musicianship and classic folksy influences. King Eider have plotted a route through shows in England and Scotland, including notable gigs at Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s for Communion Records, and London’s Hootenanny.”

King Eider – Drink Me Dry (Single) by Soundandvisionpr

The trio of highlights for the latest installment of Live4ever’s New Tunes Guide this week come courtesy of Joe Perkins, Feral Brood and Du Bellows.

Joe Perkins’ obvious classic rock influences are nicely brought to the fore by Ray Staff – a man well schooled in that rock tradition – who worked on an album in AIR Studios which you can now pick up for free. Feral Brood also display an impressive contemporary sound on their ‘Into The Woods’ EP and have already shared a stage with the likes of Razorlight since forming early last year, while Du Bellows are becoming regulars on the London circuit and can count Simon Townshend amongst others as a fan.

Check out previous New Tunes Guide editions here.

For our New Tunes Guide highlights this week we present Davis Fetter, a Los Angeles-based musician first inspired by the embryonic 50s rock of Chuck Berry, and whose latest single was released right at the start of this year. The Mariner’s Children are included just as they announce a support slot with Willy Mason and prepare to release the ‘Sycamore’ EP, while The Areola Treat have emerged out of the tiny island of Malta with a sound that would have made a happy room-mate of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs some time around 2003.

Previous editions of the New Tunes Guide are available right here.

Snapped Ankles describe their music as a ‘collision of art-punk and noise’ but more immediately draw to mind the atmospheric hum of late seventies new wave most expertly realised by Joy Division on their debut single ‘True Ecology (shit everywhere)’, out on Ears Have Eyes on 25th March 2013.

Elsewhere, Wolf Alice invite us to take in a story all about the boredom of misspent youth, a neutered cat called Fluffy and their own genesis in just over three minutes nonsense free rock, while Derry’s Ryan Vail is joined by Katie Cosgrove for an inescapably post-XX sound on the single ‘Sunlight’.

All three bands are the highlights of this week’s New Tunes Guide.

Live4ever’s New Tunes Guide highlights start off this week with Kill For Company – a Manchester duo who have gone and invented a ‘Guibass’ for themselves and in doing so concocted a groove heavy spiral which gradually commands attention and results in a very impressive EP. Sparrow & The Workshop release their new single ‘Shock Shock’ through independent label Song By Toad Records on March 11th and can count the likes of British Sea Power and Thee Oh Sees as touring partners, while Moriaty show off a juicy, full of flavour rock sound on their new single ‘Mindsweeper’. They promise a face melting live show, and on the basis of this track, it’s hard not to believe them.

Check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide here.

The New Tunes Guide has highlights this week from Young Jack, Talk Of Spring and The Scholars.

The Scholars have previously supported Live4ever favourites The Boxer Rebellion since forming in 2008. Last year they released the singles ‘This Heart’s Built To Break’ and ‘Wired’ and made the new track ‘Love The Thunder’ available this week. Three-piece Talk Of Spring hail from Louisville and after recording five songs with Weezer cohort Marc Mcclusky, have made a new EP available on Bandcamp. Finally, Hull’s Young Jack have recently signed to Diffusion Records and are ready to head out on a UK tour this month in support of their debut single ‘Lucio’, which is today’s featured track.

Check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide here.

Live4ever’s New Tunes Guide has excellent highlights this week from Pickwick, Ivan & Alyosha and Guards.

Pickwick will soon release a true independent album entitled ‘Can’t Talk Medicine’. The band say they ‘upgraded from the basement and set up shop in their living room’ for its recording, while multi-instrumentalist Kory Kruckenberg served as engineer. Guards is the new project of former Cults guitarist Richie Follin and Willowz drummer Loren Humphrey who have spent the last few months out on the road honing their new material.

Seattle based Ivan & Alyosha will commence a round of touring in the spring in support of debut album ‘All The Times We Had’, which has been co-produced by engineer Chad Copelin and mixed by Jesse Lauter.

Check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide here.

The first New Tunes Guide of 2013 – and it’s a bumper one! Highlights today include We Were Frontiers, a Leeds band who are ‘setting the local scene ablaze presenting their dark, acoustic tinged songs’ and will release the new track ‘End of the Show’ as a free download from the January 21st. Bleached features sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, who will release their debut album ‘Ride Your Heart’ on April 2nd after the success of three singles last year. Farewell Jr began as a solo project for Nick Rayner. The ‘Health’ EP, created in spots as far apart as Cambridge, Ireland and Australia, is next up.

Check out past editions of the New Tunes Guide right here.

Looking for some free new music to tide you over this weekend? Well you’re in the right place with the Live4ever Ezine‘s New Tunes guide. We’ve sorted through our packed inbox over the last seven days to offer up the best in mp3s, Soundcloud links and YouTube videos for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide here.

Looking for some free new music to tide you over this weekend? Well you’re in the right place with the Live4ever Ezine‘s New Tunes guide. We’ve sorted through our packed inbox over the last seven days to offer up the best in mp3s, Soundcloud links and YouTube videos for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Check out previous editions of the New Tunes Guide here.