NIK KERSHAW – Human Racing

Back when I was a little boy I went into Oxfam and bought an album called Human Racing on tape cassette and I must have listened it non stop for the last 26 years. This album started a craze … Read More

Flow Machines – Hi-Res

This is very 80’s electronic sounding like the singers voice it’s very distinctive and they have some great sounds. They seem to do story telling in their songs like in opener ‘Silent Disco’ trying to work out if the … Read More

DIO – Sacred Heart, Last in Line, Holy Dive Re-Issues

Three Classic Dio album are remastered ‘Sacred Heart, Last in Line and the classic Holy Diver’ each is two CD’s one the classic album and two the extras. These are really nice and really good value for money but … Read More

Courts – No Knowledge No Heart

Ever since appearing on da radio – BBC Radio 6’s Introducing – Courts have been racking up considerable hits, views, likes, plays, tweets (and sees, smashes, twits, sighs, etc) online, and one can just sense the early stages of … Read More

M Ward – A Wasteland Companion

A Wasteland Companion, seventh album for Portland start Matthew Stephen Ward is finally out on April 9th via Bella Union. M. Ward puts aside for once She & Him duet project with hipsters’ icon Zooey Deschanel, who’s now busy … Read More

Blank Spaces – Start!

Blank Spaces release EP “Start!” on the 4th of April 2012. If you want a little taster of what this EP has to offer you can stream the tracks via soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/blank-spaces According to the official Blank Spaces Facebook page … Read More

Pugwash – The Olympus Sound

Pugwash’s frontman Thomas Walsh is famously bored of being compared to his influences, branding references to the Beatles as lazy. However, comparing the Irish four-piece to the Beatles is pretty much unavoidable. Since releasing their debut ‘Almond Tea’ in … Read More

OFWGKTA – The Odd Future Tape, Vol. 2

2011 was a big year for rap collective OFWGKTA who found themselves thrust in to the limelight; praised and criticized in equal measure by various branches of the media. This is the third OFWGKTA collaboration after 2008’s The Odd … Read More

Miike Snow – Happy to You

Swedish trio Miike Snow returned at the end of March with their second album, Happy to You. Often said to hold strong similarities with Scandinavian pop luminaries such as A-Ha, there is also a strong suggestion of influence from … Read More

Cathy Jordan – All The Way Home

Roscommon born, Cathy Jordan grew up with seven siblings and a lot of traditional music. It seems she started singing when she was three years old, together with her parents, both singers.

Self-taught musician (she plays guitar, bouzouki … Read More