Auction for the Promise Club – One

For a debut EP “One” by Auction for the Promise Club is astonishingly polished. Considering that this is a three piece band (made up of siblings Zoe White Chambers on vocals and guitar, Toby White Chambers on drums and … Read More

InMe – The Pride

At the risk of sounding as pretentious as I really am, InMe are something of a musical anachronism. They were basically one of the forerunners of the early 2000’s post hardcore movement, achieving some degree of success with debut … Read More

Damn Vandals – The Beautiful Mind

The Beautiful Mind is the new EP by the Damn Vandals. Despite what their name suggests, there is nothing screaming leather jackets and spray paint – nothing stereotypical – about their music: opener Beautiful Mind is a clever combination … Read More

NANCI GRIFFITH – Intersection

Nanci Griffith is a Grammy Award winning singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas whose work spans a variety of musical genres, predominantly folk and country.

Her band comprises: Pat McInerney (percussion), Maura Kennedy (vocals and guitar) and Pete … Read More

Mortad – Pandemic Paranoia

Right, so let’s get beyond the “OMG A WOMAN FRONTIN DEATH METAL” stage, shall we? Altogether now… okay? Still with me? Great, because Mortad are a solid band. And not just in the way their songs slam into you … Read More

Totem Bells – Twelve Clay Feet

There was a ghost of a half-remembered song bothering me when listening to Twelve Clay Feet. Something that recalls tired nights at Shoreditch’s infamous Old Blue Last in a haze of the buzzing that exam revision leaves in your … Read More

Gecko Chamber – The Other Side Of Sanity

Psychedelic electro-minimalism from this Turkish duo, Gecko Chamber, whose debut album ‘The Other Side of Sanity’ is so delicately poised between the dance floor and the lounge that it might be in danger of passing both by. With its … Read More

Jon Paul Palombo – A Winter’s Night Live

Singer/songwriter JonPaul Palombo was already making metaphorical headlines across the UK music scene. Backed firmly by both the BBC and MTV, both major contributors to the music scene, Palombo is certainly going for it big.

The Bradford raised lad was … Read More

Phenomenal Handclap Band – Form & Control

New York ensemble Phenomenal Handclap Band returns with a new album after the same titled debut and consequent remixes’ album. Laura Marin, Quinn Luke & co. seem to have found here the right balance between imagination and nostalgia, with … Read More

Jesse Ruins – Dream Analysis EP

The EP starts with Dream Analysis, its synth and whispered, tangled vocals giving it very much a dream-like feel and giving a vision for the entire EP, which I can only describe as a bit like perfumed purple velvet … Read More