PAUL HAWKINS & THE AWKWARD SILENCES – Outsider Pop

Outsider Pop is the third album from Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences. This album was empowered by producing efforts from Ian Button, best known by his previous work with Death In Vegas. The first album by the band in six years is an easy-listening … Read More

SANDY DENNY – I’ve Always Kept A Unicorn: The Acoustic Sandy Denny

The late Sandy Denny, legendary singer-songwriter, was a huge influence behind the work of British folk-rock bands The Strawbs, Fairport Convention, Fotheringay and The Bunch. Recently released in 2012 was the comprehensive Sandy Denny: The Notes and Words and in … Read More

LITTLE GREEN CARS – The Song They Play Every Night

If love is the sweetest thing, then heartbreak is the sour, bitter, unbearably painful thing… However, although it may be unbearably painful to experience, it can also be incredibly lucrative – take Adele, Sam Smith, and Alanis Morissette, for example; … Read More

TREETOP FLYERS – Palomino

I should preface this review with a confession; I am unashamedly in love with almost everything psychedelic (except psytrance, God I hate psytrance), so take this review with a pinch of salt and I’ll try my best to write objectively. … Read More

LACEY – I Don’t Owe The World A Thing

Following on from the success of their debut album Under The Brightest Lights, Lacey release I Don’t Owe The World A Thing. A clean-cut charming five track EP reminiscent of an early Jimmy Eat World. It comes as no surprise that the band … Read More

SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA – Colour Theory

When reviewing Submotion Orchestra’s last full length album, Alium, I praised it for executing ambitious goals with flying colours. Such a solid album would be quite difficult to follow but this time it’s been painted abundantly clear by the orchestra … Read More

GOGO PENGUIN – Man Made Object

Imagine a moment in which Bonobo meets BADBADNOTGOOD and the Sun breaks through the cracks in an otherwise heavy and unmerciful sea of clouds. The rays shine down over chalk cliffs in a heavenly fashion, and touch down onto the … Read More

IGGY POP – Gardenia

I lived for a short time with Iggy Pop’s guitar maker and I learnt something from all the sordid tales of savage debauchery: Iggy never slows down. At 68 years old you might expect the spindled rocker to take a break … Read More

GRAND BLUE HERON – Hatch

Hatch is a debut album for the Belgian band Grand Blue Heron, which was formed two years ago. Nevertheless, the band members are not newcomers in the music industry: each of them was involved into different music projects for more … Read More

FALCON FIELDS – Hometown City

The remarkable charity Awards for Young Musicians united with the 7/7 Tavistock Square Memorial Trust and Association Francaise des Victimes du Terrorism to release a charity Christmas single entitled ‘Hometown City’.

Anonymous London producer “Falcon Fields” felt inspired by the resilience … Read More