Ólöf Arnalds – Ólöf Sings

Waiting for a new album, coming in spring 2012, Ólöf Arnalds provides further evidence of class with Ólöf Sings, an EP of covers. Arthur Russel, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, and Caetano Veloso get the Ólöf treatment with … Read More

Funeral For A Friend – See You All In Hell EP

It has to be said, FFAF have seemed to spur a revolution in Welsh music, paving the way for a flood of bands ranging from the absurdly good to the absurd and many detours in between, and this is … Read More

Low Level Flight – Through These Walls

There’s something oddly appealing about Low Level Flight. I’m not sure whether it’s the way they manage to create a palatable brand of stadium pop-rock, or the way they can write a soothing yet uplifting hook, and take it … Read More

SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 – Rise

Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti (Seun Kuti), a Nigerian musician, is the youngest son of legendary afrobeat artist Fela Kuti. He inherited his father’s former band Egypt 80, adding his own individual voice

His talented 2008 debut album, Many … Read More

NEAL CASAL – Sweeten The Distance

Neal Casal is a New Jersey singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who’s had a successful solo career and is well known as playing guitar for Ryan Adams and The Cardinals.

16 years ago he released his acclaimed … Read More

The Janks – Hands Of Time

This debut from American trio The Janks consists of a collection of rock’n’roll songs that, individually, sound quite special, but as a whole lack the necessary cohesion to be considered a down-and-out success. Nonetheless, ‘The Hands Of Time’ is … Read More

Smokey Bastard – Tales From The Wasteland

It would be very difficult for anything that Smokey Bastard do to be better than their phenomenal name, and fortunately they’ve negotiated that particular pothole by having their album be significantly more fun than several barrels full of particularly … Read More

The Good The Bad – From 018 To 033

Sometimes, you never know you need something until you get it. This is incredibly evident with The Good The Bad. I never thought that I’d be an utter sucker for amazingly sleazy, Ennio Morricone indebted, instrumental flamenco surf’n’roll, from … Read More

Phil Spector – The Philles Album Collection

An unfortunate event hangs over the life of Phil Spector. Who knew when he started producing the songs on this seven album box set that one day he would go on to work with Starsailor? Listening to these songs … Read More

We Are The In Crowd – Best Intentions

Why do young people have so much energy? This Poughkeepsie-five piece have more than most. Thankfully they have channelled it into perfectly pleasant pop punk. Single Rumor Mill hurtles along at one hundred miles an hour, with an engaging … Read More