Lund Quartet – Lund Quartet

Having done some research, I find that Lund Quartet’s slick self-titled release is in actual fact their debut, which I am rather surprised by, given the level of accomplishment that simply oozes off it. This is smooth jazz, but … Read More

MELINDA ORTNER – Strangers EP

Californian Melinda Ortner is an LA based singer-songwriter who writes most of her material on piano. Her first single Heartbeats was chosen for the major film American Pie: Book of Love which introduced Melinda to a huge audience.

Looking at … Read More

Scams – Lifeboats

Part of what I love about music is not knowing what to expect when you listen to a new band for the first time and you know nothing about them; their sound, their style, their influences, etc. So you … Read More

The Raveonettes – Observator

Observator is the 6th studio album from Danish indie-rock duo Raveonettes. The album will be released on September the 11th via Vice Records. Interestingly, though the record took a long time (several months) to write- it was recorded in … Read More

MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY – Sing

As an Irish actress and singer songwriter, Maria Doyle Kennedy is well known for her parts as Queen Katherine of Aragon in the award winning The Tudors and evil Mrs Bates in Downton Abbey. Influenced by Patti Smith and … Read More

VITOR PEREIRA QUINTET – Doors

Portuguese guitarist Vitor Pereira moved to London in 2004 to study jazz under Stuart Hall and Mike Outram at Middlesex University. He’s played with well-known figures like trumpeter Dave Smith and bassist Will Collier. His quintet contains some of … Read More

The Lonsdale Boys Club – The Lonsdale Boys Club

The three lads that form the Lonsdale Boys Club, hailing from London, are championing a highly infectious mix of disco and hip hop with the typically Londonesque shades of rock and indie. This is an ambitious sound, and on … Read More

NEEDTOBREATHE – The Reckoning

Wait, hang on… who gave permission for a Christian country rock band that’ve spent this summer supporting Taylor Swift to rock like absolute bastards? Seriously, I cued up this South Carolina quartet’s fourth album expecting wall to wall simpering … Read More

Kinnie The Explorer – Kinnie The Explorer

It seems too often nowadays that any newly released album you can listen to conforms to the lifeless, lacklustre formula of ‘Here’s some songs on a disc’, each one isolated and nicely tailored for retail and radio airplay. It’s … Read More

Deadly Circus Fire – The King and The Bishop

I met Save Addario around Denmark Street, near the small basement studio where his band Deadly Circus Fire create and practice music. They are a London based progressive metal four-pieces group. Addario is Italian and the guitarist of the … Read More