We Are the in Crowd – Guaranteed to Disagree

With more hooks than it seemed feasibly possible to fit into a 7 song EP, Guaranteed to Disagree is a relentlessly upbeat release with lyrics and melodies that will unwittingly infiltrate your mind for hours. The female/male vocal combo … Read More

Lauren Pritchard – Not The Drinking

Somewhere between country, folk and R&B styled hip-pop you’ll find Lauren Pritchard crooning ‘Not The Drinking’. Despite the distinctly folk-tinged opening on acoustic guitar, this is first and foremost a radio-facing pop single. Pritchard’s appealing and tuneful voice, with … Read More

Nick B Byrne – 4:15 AM



Former Novello front man Nick B Byrne goes solo with 4:15 AM. The album is a solid mix of understated serenades (So You Say) and riff-heavy jams (Lies). The latter tracks (though in a minority) are what really give … Read More

The Orb feat. David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres

With their latest offering ‘Metallic Spheres’, The Orb have created an emulation of the old vinyl LP format, providing us with two sides, logically named the ‘Metallic Side’ and the ‘Spheres Side’. Both are long slabs of … Read More

K’s Choice – Echo Mountain

K’s Choice are a band that I have never listened to in spite of their good reputation and relative success and it is usually my opinion that when a band takes a hiatus that this should generally have been … Read More

Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown

Kings of Leon. You must have lived under a rock not to know them. Yes, the fellas singing Sex on Fire. Yes, the guys on a Dylan-esque neverending tour (I honestly wonder how they do it!). And yes, the … Read More

Ocean Colour Scene – 21

21 years and still rocking, Ocean Colour Scene celebrate the remarkable anniversary with a 4 CDs Box Set which is a must have for any fan of the band and for those nostalgic of the great glories of Britpop.

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Lauren Pritchard – Wasted In Jackson

22 years old Lauren Pritchard has been trying to conquer her spot among her fellow Americana artists which seem to be living a golden moment. Given that there are more country/folk/americana artists around the UK indie radar now that … Read More

Modern Superstitions – All The Things We’ve Been Told

By rights, Modern Superstitions should only exist within the universe of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. Quirky, charming, jangly and Canadian, all they need is a reference to some long forgotten video game and the illusion would be complete. … Read More

Josephine – I Think It Was Love

Manchester-raised Josephine Oniyama has been forging her distinctive sultry jazz soundscape since the tender age of 15 and counts everything from Odetta to Morrissey as an influence. Sultry jazz melodies ooze forth from this EP, a follow up to … Read More