Neon Indian – Era Extrana

Two years after the magnificent Psychic Chasms, Alan Palomo, aka Neon Indian, is back with another mindblowing sonic experience.

As every other sophomore album with such high expectations, Era Extrana needs a repeated and extensive listening in order to … Read More

Lisa Hannigan – Passenger

Listening to this record prompted me to try and trace back my first exposure to Irish folktress Lisa Hannigan. It wasn’t too hard to figure out: 2006, Abbey Road studios, duet with Damien Rice on his superb 9 Crimes. (Just … Read More

Flashguns – Passions of A Different Kind

It’s a loaded name, Flashguns. One would be forgiven for thinking that they were dealing with some long forgotten 80’s hair metal band, ill fitting spandex and hairspray up the proverbial arse with nary a hint of irony, subtlety … Read More

Dave Hause – Resolutions

Godammit punk singers of today, why must all of you take a sabbatical from your bands to make solo records that are indebted to the holy triumvirate of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen? It would be getting … Read More

MATT DIBBLE & FABIO ZAMBELLI – Minor Mood

Matt Dibble and Fabio Zambelli are jazz artists who respectively play clarinet and guitar. They met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London nine years ago and are internationally known. Their ensemble also includes Luca Fraula … Read More

Sam Gray – Brighter Day

Sam Gray is a British singer-songwriter who sounds like an American singer-songwriter. His debut album – ‘Brighter Day’ – is a collection of breezy acoustic songs that shine brightly (sorry) in their simplicity. Perhaps it’s his warm vocals and … Read More

Matt Stevens – Relic

Matt Stevens is ever, ever so good at the guitar. So good, he doesn’t need much else to accompany his riffing, strumming, and fingerpicking – including vocals. Yes, ‘Relic’ is an instrumental album, and it is one of those … Read More

Sunday Recovery – Coma

Sunday Recovery are an Italian hard rock band, and English isn’t their first language. After deciding they wanted to sing in English, they enlisted a little help for their lyrics – in the form of Andrew James Whelan. However, vocalist … Read More

The Lights – Teenager Of The Century

With a plethora of easy listening, indie-folk tunes, Teenager of the Century casts its mellow vibes on the sound waves.

Brummie band The Lights appear to have effortlessly created a fresh and polished sound with simple melodies and a … Read More

Richard Buckner – Our Blood

Sounding like a cross between Chris Cornell’s solo rock works as well as touching upon his awful electronica sound too, Richard Buckner releases his LP Our Blood.  Having already forged a modest fan base utilising a mixture of acoustic … Read More