The Megaphonic Thrift – The Megaphonic Thrift

To be honest, I hadn’t heard much from The Megaphonic Thrift before – their debut ‘Decay Decoy’ seemingly passed me by. So this, their self-titled follow up, has acted as my introduction to the Norwegian indie quartet, who are … Read More

Kiros – Lay Your Weapons Down

Listening to Kiros’ ‘Lay Your Weapons Down’, I’m teleported back to the surreal land of musical discovery I went though a few years back, dabbling in that nebulous region of “emo” and discovering that rather American brand of introspective … Read More

Honour Before Glory – The Maison EP

Honour Before Glory is the name of the new solo output from former ¡Forward, Russia! guitarist, Whiskas, and co-founder of ultra-cool label Dance To The Radio. This Leeds-based indie hero digitally released his debut album ‘This Is Broken Lines’ … Read More

Grannies Club – Wait & See

Grannies Club are an Italian four-piece indie-rock band, who formed just outside Rome four years ago. The band is centred round founder, frontman, and guitarist David Comanducci, and completed by Fondi on drums, Falconi on guitar, and Lolli on … Read More

Luke Ritchie – Water’s Edge

I didn’t realise this was a new album out I have seen this around for a while but maybe this is just the proper release of the album. It has some great soulful harmonies on this album and I … Read More

Michael Maclennan – Wolves

I had heard some good things about Michael and they were right the standard of this album is very good, sounding like a young Damien Rice. I really like the cover it is simplistic and does look like something … Read More

Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral

We missed his gravelly, smothering, and growling pitch, not to mention his dark and obsessive lyrics. After the too much overlooked Hawk, third chapter of the as unlikely as well-made collaboration with Isobel Campbell, Blues Funeral is a new … Read More

Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory

Attack on Memory by the Cloud Nothings opens with the melancholia and angst of No Future/No past and unfortunately for many this doesn’t change as you progress through the album. It feels easy to dismiss straight off as the … Read More

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper

Charlotte Gainsbourg is back, with a little help from her friend Beck, with a double album named Stage Whisper. It is half new material, half live recordings: it is the first half that we’re going to look at.

The … Read More

Thomas Truax – Monthly Journal

Written with the help of his dedicated fans through PledgeMusic, Thomas Truax brings us Monthly Journal. Not just a follow up full length album, Monthly Journal does exactly what it says on the tin. Written from the experiences of … Read More