Zeni Danussi – My Guitar Bleeds EP

Bringing us the finest in prog-tinged metal shredding, Zeni Danussi’s EP ‘My Guitar Bleeds’ is no mere exercise in talented wankery, but a real stab at instrumental expression that eschews the rampant pretentiousness and turgid scale-bothering that so many … Read More

Social Distortion – Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes

The urban ghost of Johnny Thunders haunts the dusty night backroads of America’s lost highways in Social Distortion’s new release, ‘Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes’. After six years, the band finally give us what we wanted: something exciting, something … Read More

Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds – Under Streetlight Glow

Heidi Spencer comes from Wisconsin, the state in Midwest between Superior Lake and Michigan Lake, carrying with her feelings and emotion of those lands.

The new Americana sensation is the last of the romantic trobadours, still young but already … Read More

Fujiya and Miyagi – Ventriloquizzing

‘Ventriloquizzing’ is the brilliant fourth album from Brighton’s ‘Fujiya & Miyagi’.

Opening with the album’s namesake ‘Ventriloquizzing’ opens with a beautiful thirty second melody of string before moving into the recognisable indie electro inspired sound of ‘Fujiya & Miyagi’, … Read More

Ensemble – Excerpts

Hmm. You’d think that orchestra’s in pop music would be a match made in heaven. In some cases they are, if we look back to Phil Spector’s teenage symphonies of the 60’s, or, more recently, Muse’s brand of histrionic … Read More

Tu Fawning – Hearts On Hold

Somewhere between charming sepia toned retro-pop and the mesmeric orchestrated tribal enigma that is These New Puritans is Tu Fawning’s eerily elegant and eloquent debut album ‘Hearts On Hold’; a unique and achingly fantastic record that charms and mystifies … Read More

Architects – The Here and Now

Architects are back with a new album and altogether new sound with the release of The Here and Now. A conscious change of approach is tangible throughout the album; a risky decision when you have established a loyal fan … Read More

ALEX MONK – THE SAFETYMACHINE

The Safety Machine is exactly what every ambient album should be: a truly gorgeous collection of songs ranging from the sublime and surreal to the mundane and understated. Each and every track is evocative, meticulously composed by Alex Monk … Read More

Val-d’Isère – Val-d’Isère EP

Electro-centric duo Val-d’Isére’s first furtive exposure to the pressures of the music business is to be found in a quietly melodic, almost genre-defying EP that couples both modern wizardry with a healthy grasp of experimentation and vocal talent. Sean … Read More

Gangrene – Gutter Water

Well, I’d say that so far, my introduction to hip-hop through this journalism deal has been rather enlightening, with some great artists like Shad coming into my awareness. However, ‘Gutter Water’, the new album by tuff-guy hip-hop collaboration Gangrene … Read More