Tesseract – Live @ HRH Prog Festival

Rotherham, April 6th

Tesseract are very different from most bands you would find at a Prog festival, for a start most people would classify them as Metal. I think Tesseract are much more than aMetal band they mix up Progressive Rock and Metal riffs that might come from bands such … Read More

GENERATIONALS – Heza

New Orleans act Generationals have a retro pop sound to them, they’re even releasing their latest album Heza on cassette as well as LP to accentuate this. They must miss cassettes as much as me, I suppose. The album jumps … Read More

COCOVAN – Bang Bang

The vocals kind of remind me of Diana Vickers from the X Factor but I think I can overlook that aspect. The music is inspired by New Order and David Bowie as well as more current pop … Read More

OLYMPIANS – Filling My Heart With Weird Dreams

I would totally understand if the term Math-Pop makes you flee in abject terror, dear reader. God knows I have every time I’ve come across it prior to the latest single from Norwich based quartet Olympians. Surely … Read More

Portico Quartet – Live @ London KOKO

London, 17th April.

Portico Quartet’s new ‘Live/Remix’ release – alongside this promotional KOKO show – is the sound of a band establishing itself confidently in the UK electronic music scene. Across three studio albums, including last year’s sublime self-titled … Read More

VODUN – Eat Up The Sun

Sometimes when you least expect it, a band comes completely out of the blue, and redefines your expectations of what today’s music is all about. I approached Vodun’s debut EP with, yes, some complacency. Their … Read More

MATORS OF MIYAZAKI – Human Resources

With a band name like Mayors of Miyazaki and a press release promising short and sweet, you’d be forgiven for thinking ‘Human Resources’ is a sunshine-y little ditty, possibly by some otaku indie-pop outfit. The smiles are there, yes, but … Read More

SULK – Graceless

There are few pleasures quite like that found by a certain soul in the small hours listening to a wash of flanged guitar and sighing hooks. There may be greater pleasures, yes, but London-based SULK do occupy “that niche” … Read More

BORIS CARLOFF – The Escapist

Genres meld and mix beautifully in this eclectic offering from Czech composer, producer and performer Boris Carloff. There is no doubting the scope and ambition of The Escapist; during the course of the album we can hear elements of … Read More

EVENING HYMNS – Spectral Dusk

Canada’s Evening Hymns comprises Jonas Bonnetta and a rotating folk collective of musicians including members of Ohbijou, The Wooden Sky, The Burning Hell, The D’Urbervilles and Forest City Lovers. His music probably appeals to fans of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, … Read More