Norman Palm – Shore To Shore

The second release of Berliner Norman Palm is a touch of genius. The designer turned musician doesn’t fail to surprise fans with Shore To Shore, a beautifully written and executed album, which highlights Palm’s lyricist skills through the medium … Read More

Sucioperro – The Heart String And How To Pull It

Yet another fantastic group emerging from the stables of Xtra Mile Recordings, Scotland’s Sucioperro are out with their 3rd album ‘The Heart String And How To Pull It‘ released earlier this month. The band are about to embark on … Read More

Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek And The Dominos celebrate 40 years anniversary with what is one of the best albums ever written: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs.

For those of you who don’t know, Derek and The Dominos were the band led … Read More

The Last Royals – The Last Royals EP

This carefully constructed collocation of puffed out melodies wouldn’t feel out of place sharing table chit-chat with the likes of Vampire Weekend which is pretty damn impressive considering this is The Last Royals’  debut.

Opening track, ‘Backseat lovers’’s Screamadelica-esque … Read More

Vessels – Helioscope

Being generally filed under the ‘post-rock’ label, it’s easy for Vessels to fall into the comparison with the likes of Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky.

But the quintet from Leeds is not quite a traditional post-rock band, all … Read More

Scoundrels – Sniff It Up

Scoundrels are a surprising band, and they proved so by they releasing an eclectic EP, with five songs very different from each other. All are united by a blues vein, and they should let this peculiarity emerge like in … Read More

Matt & Kim – Sidewalks

Let’s be honest. Despite belonging to the first generation of bands that made the Brooklyn hipster scene raise to the Olympus of alternative music, and being praised by a ridiculously enormous amount of music blogs and webzines as new … Read More

The Big Eyes Family Players – Family Favourites

The Big Eyes Family Players are obviously very good at what they do, making classical folk music of an entirely instrumental form; however. I don’t think that there is anything on show here that will gain them fans that … Read More

Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now

The release of a new Duran Duran album is always surrounded by expectation and curiosity, thanks to the long career spanning over 30 years of great hits, flops, splits, reunions, off side projects and unexpected come backs.

For All … Read More

Saint Saviour – Anatomy EP

Saint Saviour has come around at a time when the female singer has become something of a ubiquitous annoyance, however, Becky Jones seems to offer something very different from you’re run of the mill soloist. Instead, Saint Saviour seems … Read More