PORTICO QUARTET – Steepless Featuring Cornelia

Dance, ambient, classical and electronica have helped inspire Portico Quartet, a modern post-jazz group that’s London based. The Hang, a 21st Century percussion instrument (where music is triggered from electronic pads) creates their innovative and distinctive sound. In style … Read More

Motion City Soundtrack @ Heaven

London – 17/09/2012

If you’re close to a computer (which, considering this is a website, is highly likely) you might want to take a quick detour to Youtube.com and type in “At The Drive-In Jools Holland” if you haven’t already … Read More

Valve Rider – Bring It On Heavy

Unreconstructed Rock and Roll. It’s odd that something so simple can be such an acquired taste. As much as Northwest based rockers Valve Rider boast on their Facebook page that they are “the kind of band that’s been missing … Read More

Fire Records to reissue first three Lemonheads records

With the announcement of a new, grittier, Lemonheads album on the horizon, Fire Records will be reissuing the band’s first three albums Hate Your Friends (1987), Creator (1988) and Lick (1989), which showcase the band’s early punk rock roots. … Read More

Two Gallants unveil new video for ‘My Love Won’t Wait’ + UK tour dates

San Francisco duo Two Gallants will release their new record ‘The Bloom & The Blight’ on Monday 8th October 2012, the band’s first following a 5-year break.

watch the video for ‘My Love Won’t Wait’ (directed by Vice Cooler) taken … Read More

Golden Void (feat. members of Earthless) set to release debut album + free track ‘The Curve’

San Francisco’s Golden Void features a few familiar faces in their line up, comprising of vocalist/guitarist Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless), organ player Camilla Saufley (Asssemble Head in Sunburst Sound), bassist Aaron Morgan and drummer/moog Justin Pinkerton (Eyes).

Their self-titled debut … Read More

Thrill Jockey Announce 20th Anniversary London Show At The Lexington (9th November)

Thrill Jockey Records is proud to announce a special 20th Anniversary show at The Lexington in London on 9th November 2012

The show will showcase some of the label’s established and up-and-coming acts. The events kicked off last month … Read More

Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – Draw Dros Y Mynydd

Well, this is certainly new. Three brothers from the tiny Welsh village of Rhos Botwnnog form a band, name themselves after the nickname given to them by their schools headmaster, and make authentic sounding Americana. Entirely in Welsh. Makes … Read More

James J Turner – How Could We Be Wrong

Anonymity should never be strived for in pop. It just goes against everything a pop star, hell, musicians in general represent. If you truly wanted to remain a stranger to everyone around you, one wouldn’t stand on a stage … Read More

Folks – Say Something

First off I have to say that the CD for this single is, quite possibly, the nicest looking CD I’ve ever seen. Probably because it looks like space and I’m a bit in love with space. Right, onto the … Read More