OYSTERBAND – Diamonds On The Water

Seventies Oysterband, a punk, electric and traditional folk band, became quite political in the nineties, but softer and more melodic in recent years. Their fine album Ragged Kingdom, a reunion with folk legend June Tabor, won three BBC Radio … Read More

A/T/O/S – A/T/O/S

The first LP any record label chooses to release and establish their mark is big business. It must represent what the label is about, the sort of artists they want on their roster and most importantly cement themselves in … Read More

MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES – California Star

Scottish Highlands based singer songwriter Martin Stephenson fronts The Daintees and combines rock, folk, roots, gospel and rockabilly. He sounds a little like John Martyn, Van Morrison and Gill Scott Heron.

His album California Star released on 17th February, 2014 … Read More

TAKING BACK SUNDAY – Flicker, Fade

Taking Back Sunday hail from Amityville, NY state and formed in 1999. The band are a mixture of pop punk , with a splash of hardcore. Their first and most notable album Tell All Your Friends saw them soar … Read More

DILLON – You Cover Me

Berlin based songstress Dillon released her new single ‘You Cover Me’ last month. The Brazilian artist has made a captivating and enchanting track, with her quivering vocals striking my attention from the start. Her vocal delivery is beautiful and … Read More

NO AGE – I Won’t Be Your Generator

Los Angeles band No Age brings us a tidy post-punk package in ‘I Won’t Be Your Generator’; taken from their latest album An Object. The track goes back-to basics in its style, beginning with clean Joy Division-inspired bass lines, … Read More

THE RIFLES – None The Wiser

London pop rockers The Rifles have celebrated their decade together by releasing their fourth studio album. Ten years in the music industry is quite a feat, and four albums is also a pretty noteworthy achievement. Happy anniversary fellas!

None The … Read More

CENTIMENT – Streets Of Rage

Centiment have finally unleashed their highly anticipated debut album, Streets of Rage: a release loaded with nine masterfully melodic tracks heavy enough to make you risk jumping into the pit with Adam, Axel and Blaze.

Streets of Rage pays … Read More

AVA LUNA – Electric Balloon

Organised chaos. This is not some hastily thrown together mish-mash of ideas, Ava Luna have created an untidy, scattered album that doesn’t appear to have any idea where it’s going. And, for some reason, I absolutely love it. I’m … Read More

ThePARADE – Belle of the Ball

ThePARADE are heavy-pop project based on the songwriter talent on Matthew Pritchard, soft vocals of Jemimah Dean and instrumental findings of pianist/guitarist Carla Jean. Recently ThePARADE presented their new gothic ballad by the name ‘Belle of the Ball’.

‘Belle … Read More