Sit back, relax and immerse yourself with this best of album, which is as relaxing as a candlit bath. Newton Faulkner has been around far longer than many of us realise. He has busily created tunes which combine intriguing guitar work, rhythmic style and that surprising vocal range. These abilities differentiate him from the “nice […]
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Album Review – The Japanese House – Good At Falling
British alternative indie pop band The Japanese House brilliantly string together synth charged energetic vibes with reflective indie oriented lyrics, creating record after record of sweet melodic music. Newest record, Good at Falling, springs to market 1 March. The album is filled with brilliant moments of sound and stillness, a cacophony of progressive sound that […]
The Cardigans back catalogue remastered on vinyl
The Cardigans back catalogue remastered on vinyl In a fit of almost masochistic folly, The Cardigans released their debut album ‘Emmerdale’, into the UK music scene at the height of what was to become Britpop and during an overwhelming frenzy of lager and ladism. In 1994 the world was not waiting for a soft and […]
The Pack – ‘Dead Ronin’ vinyl release
When I first heard Theatre of Hate in 1980, they seemed to appear from nowhere. Nobody sounded like Theatre of Hate then and no one ever did after. However, Theatre of Hate did not spring up from nothing. I found out much later that before Theatre of Hate was The Pack. When I interviewed Kirk […]
EP Review – Nothing Is Nothing – Alcuna Wilds
British Dutch atmospheric trip rock band Alcuna Wilds create massive records that undulate with transfixing tempos and melodic lyrics. Intermixing a slew of sonic elements including ambient breathy synths, sombre vocals and rock tinged drum patterns each song is a layering of sound that is simple yet complex. Released on 25th January Nothing Is Nothing […]
Album Review – The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All The Time
So, rumours of The Twilight Sad producing an album containing eleven versions of “The Love Cats” have proved to be wide of the mark. OK so this is a bit tongue in cheek but my, don’t people like to moan? Social media has been full of experts defining a new scientific paradigm; Schrodinger’s band. The […]
Gregory Porter – One Night Only: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, album review
One Night Only: Live at the Royal Albert Hall is the latest release from Gregory Porter, on Decca Records. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year, it is his first live release and it confirms why he is one of the best vocalists of his generation. His vocals are effortless and the […]
Novo Amor – new album ‘Birthplace’
On first listening to Ali Lacey’s debut solo record ‘Birthplace’ (under the name Novo Amor), I was transported back to when I saw Sufjan Stevens play live, supporting Rosie Thomas in 2004 at Birmingham’s Glee Club. Not just because of the musical similarities with Stevens’ albums from that time, but because of the way I […]
Album Review – Tom Odell, Jubilee Road
Strikingly honest and soulful singer songwriter Tom Odell has made a career of combining heart wrenching lyrical content with intricately laid instrumentals. Over his two releases, 2013 Long Way Down and 2016 Wrong Crowd, Odell has masterfully crafted hit after hit, propelling him to sold out stages around the world. While the fame may have […]
Album Review – Alt-J REDUXER
What is happening? It is my first thought when I open the new Alt-J project REDUXER. Expecting the indie transcendence that has come to typify Alt-J my brain was immediately bombarded by in your face urban tinged explosion, an intoxicating mixture of genre splicing that literally stops my breath. A reinterpretation of previous album RELAXER, […]
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