Showstar – Think Ringo

The general impression is that Think Ringo is a very good album, with a pair of striking singles deserving a heavy rotation on radios and tv channels, and even if Showstar are Belgian, they absorbed all the best British … Read More

The Duke & The King – Long Live The Duke and The King

The follow-up to 2009’s Nothing Gold Can Stay, Long Live The Duke and The King may be a little less mellow than it’s predecessor, but nevertheless retains the understated feel The Duke and The King specialise in. While opener … Read More

The Crookes – Dreams of another day EP

‘Backstreet Lovers’, the opener of the ‘Dreams of Another Day EP’ from ‘The Crookes’, was lovely and created the image of The Smiths without so much melancholy, leaving behind the soft romantic lyrics and indie pop instrumental.

‘Somewhere Over … Read More

DD/MM/YYYY – Black Square

‘Black Square’ is the debut album from Toronto hailed ‘DD/MM/YYYY’. The album starts with the track ‘Bronzeage’, which throws you into the deep end of the ‘DD/MM/YYYY’ sound, showing there sublimely unique, experimental, punk influenced, electric sound.

The second … Read More

Aloe Blacc – Good Things

‘Good Things’ is the latest album from Californian born Aloe Blacc, and it is wonderful. I instantly feel in love with this album within the first 20 seconds of the opening track ‘I Need A Dollar’, mainly due to … Read More

InMe – Phoenix: The Best Of InMe

Coming from a burgeoning alt-metal scene that is springing up amongst the UK’s youngsters, InMe were pioneers in the British emo-metal scene, having been knocking about in various guises since the mid 1990s and their influence can be seen … Read More

Delta Maid – Broken Branches

Delta Maid is a 25 years old Liverpudlian bringing back to UK the magic atmosphere of Mississippi Delta blues through the beauty of her voice and the originality of her finger picking style.

Delta released an EP, ‘Broken Branches’, … Read More

Mice Parade – What it means to be left-handed

Adam Pierce is an artist that doesn’t really appreciate any form of labelling genres. Once you try to give a name to his sound, be sure he will catch you unprepared, carving new musical structures and creating new atmospheres.

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Huunter – The Ultraviolet Catastrophe

Huunter, artistic pseudonym of Lloyd Bourne, after the brilliant debut album, Shantih, a minimalist classical work, returned to his home studio to concentrate writing a new album and a new artistic direction. Observing crowds of people respond so … Read More

Soundgarden – Telephantasm

Reunited after 13 years and after an amazing performance at this year’s Lollapalooza, Soundgarden return with a career-spanning retrospective album, a must have for fans and a great introduction for those who just found out that the band their … Read More