Kenetics – EP

After being presented with this band and some digging around online the only things I can find out about the band Kenetics is that they are a five-piece band (?) and they’re from Hertfordshire. It is also worth noting that … Read More

Ex-Norwegian – Jet Lag

Miami based alt-rock band Ex-Norwegian’s latest video has now been posted online which you can check out on their Youtube channel. The video is to accompany the track ‘Jet Lag’ taken from their forthcoming album Sketch due out in … Read More

Monarchy – You Don’t Want to Dance With Me (feat. Britt Love)

Right at the start of You Don’t Want to Dance With Me by Monarchy featuring Britt Love there is humming. No it’s an electrical fault it’s coming from the vocals. That about sums up this song. Humming. Background noise.

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PINEY GIR – Geronimo

Although 100% American, from Kansas City, Angela Penhaligon, aka Piney Gir, is one of the new voices of London. Already at her first album, Piney Gir is an artist that defies every attempt of definition, having ranged from electronic … Read More

Surfer Blood – Tarot Classics

Saw Surfer Blood for the first time almost two years ago during an Interpol tour and was love at first sight. Nobody has ever been able to elevate college rock to noble science as this four-piece from South Florida.

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Fujiya & Miyagi – Ecstatic Dancer

Full Time Hobby releases new single of Brighton-based duo Fujiya & Miyagi, between continuity and the search for the perfect sound.

Electro-pop or electro-wave, call it as you wish, Ecstatic Dancer is a compendium of a genre that draws … Read More

Empirical – Elements of Truth

Empirical were irresistible when they first appeared in 2007. They are a modernistic London jazz quartet that combines structure, cohesiveness and freedom. In 2008 they moved towards leftfield music. Their excellent second album, Out ‘n’ In, in 2009, was … Read More

Lindi Ortega – Little Red Boots

Lindi Ortega, sometimes affectionately known as Indie Lindi, is an alternative country singer-songwriter and musician based in Toronto, Canada. She’s been compared with Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris.

Her latest album, Little Red Boots, was … Read More

The Coathangers – Hurricane/Johnny

A flexidisc release? These things have seen a vague twitch of zombified life as medium du jour amongst bands who feel they need to make a statement that vinyl can no longer make: not so much an “I am here … Read More

Anathema – Falling Deeper

Sleek, graceful, sombre, Anathema have hit “the zone”, whatever that may be with their latest effort, ‘Falling Deeper’. This isn’t so much an album as an evocative ocean of melodies. Sonically lush to the point of overwhelming … Read More