Izzi Dunn – Cries and Smiles

‘Cries and Smiles’ opens with the biggest piece of sass that you are likely to hear all year in ‘Tits and Ass.’ It is a track that will have people dancing and tutting in equal measure but at least … Read More

The Good The Bad – From 001 To 017

The Good The Bad strike me as a band who think that they are being pretty inventive when in reality they are pretty far from the mark. ‘From 001 to 017’ is an entirely instrumental rock ‘n’ roll album … Read More

Black Gold – Shine (Remixes)

Black Gold’s ‘Shine’ is nothing short of a brilliant track. Some will recognise it from its appearance on the soundtrack of ‘Valentine’s Day’ but even without having heard it previously, there is something immediately recognisable about it. Vocals that … Read More

The Black Dove Experiment – The Black Dove Experiment EP

Anyone who knows me could vouch for my growing cynicism and tiredness surrounding all this acoustic folk-pop style indie. Anyway, sometimes I will complacently open up a CD thinking it will be more of the same, … Read More

Nadirah X – Here It Comes

‘Here It Comes’ is the latest single from Jamaican born hip pop artist ‘Nadirah X’, featuring a sample of Eurythmics’ ‘Here Comes the Rain Again’ mixed with Nadirah’s own heartfelt lyrics to produce a single of beauty that leaves … Read More

Love Amongst Ruin – Home

Love Amongst Ruin are one of my favourite bands at the moment. Steve Hewitt has proved that he can be an amazing front man and I verified that seeing him live. I was absolutely astonished by his charisma and vocal … Read More

Hauschka – Foreign Landscape

Volker Bertelmann’s prolific mind produces another jewel of minimalism. Dusseldorf based pianist and composer evolves here from his John Cage and Erik Satie’s influences to a more complex creature that seems influenced by a renovated post-rock sensibility.

Gifted Bertelmann … Read More

Tall Ships – There Is Nothing But Chemistry Here

Brighton’s own Tall Ships prove to be an impressive band on their sophomore E.P. Impressive not necessarily being the same as good. They definitely have original ideas, they are technically very good, Ric Phethean’s vocals in particular being something … Read More

Walls – Gaberdine

Just before the ‘Walls’ go into studio hibernation to work on their 2011 creation of sounds and wonderments for the music sphere, they have left this final Ep, consisting of ‘Gaberdine’ along with four fantastic remixes.

The opener is … Read More

Fuck Dance Let’s Art – Various Artists

‘Fuck Dance Let’s Art’ is a just under seventy minutes worth compilation album of what is arguable the best in current avant-garde esque art music scene in the States, with tracks from the likes of ‘Bear in Heaven’, ‘Crystal … Read More