Hauschka – Salon Des Amateurs

Not long after the critically acclaimed album ‘Foreign Landscapes’, Volker Beltermann, aka Hauschka, comes back with a new full-length, ‘Salon des Amateurs’, another brilliant step of the German authors towards the greatest artists in contemporary classic.

Urban backgrounds and … Read More

Agnes Obel – Philharmonics

Philharmonics is the debut album release of Berlin based, Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel. Although Philharmonics has been available since the 7th of February 2011, PIAS Recordings have released a deluxe version of the album including five additional tracks which … Read More

Ulver – February MMX

Ulver commit what I consider a huge sin on ‘February MMX’, in that there is such a lack of creativity and originality on this song that it is a pretty boring four minutes in total.

February MMX’ is in … Read More

Toy Horses – Toy Horses

Internet sensations Toy Horses debut album has everything you could want, whether that is songs that have drawn comparisons to The Beatles or the eclectic mix of influences that seem to vary from track to track.  Their self-titled record … Read More

Younger Brother – Vaccine

I must confess my last memories of Younger Brother date back to 2003, when the band – that back in the days was still an electronic duo – released their first album A Flock of Bleeps. However, right from … Read More

Spring Offensive – A stutter and a start

‘A stutter and a start’ is the latest single by Oxford quintet Spring Offensive.  Following their last release; a 14 minute long mega-single, their latest effort- at a modest three and a half minutes has a wider appeal and … Read More

The Bora – Midnight EP

It’s a shame that emotion can be so… insipid sometimes. There’s a refreshing purity of intent somewhere in The Bora’s debut three-track release ‘Midnight’, but it feels buried under a rather bog-standard musical approach.

Title track ‘Midnight’ has a poetic … Read More

Black Market Serotonin – DeadByFiveOClock EP

Ever heard a classical piece and thought: “this needs added glitch”? Well, Black Market Serotonin have beat you to it, and not only created some beastly yet emphatically melodic riffs drenched in computerised buzz, but hybridised it with punk … Read More

Joan As Policewoman – Nervous

No, wait… no, wait. Wait. I was under the impression that Ms As Policewoman was one of those folksy singer-songwriters I avoid like the plague. Have I ever been proven wrong. In ‘Nervous’, her role as a … Read More

Boldly Going Nowhere – Dixies Dead/Doctor Says

Transatlantic alt-rock, anyone? Now, before you all pack your bags to find less pretentious labels, let’s give Boldly Going Nowhere an ear, because what’s here is about as unpretentious and fun as indie punk gets these days. Hailing from the … Read More