The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang

If there is one thing that gladdens my heart more than the post-school coffee and New York Dolls ritual I’ve cultivated, it is coming home to find a new CD by The Gaslight Anthem enthroned upon a pile of upstairs’ … Read More

Ólöf Arnalds – Innudir Skinni

Icelandic singer-songwriter. How many people will immediately think Björk and then go away to watch that crazy video on Youtube? Well, please don’t, because I assure you, Ólöf Arnalds is a very worthy, totally different, artist capable of the … Read More

The Amazing – Wait For A Light To Come

Falling somewhere between folk and rock, Wait For A Light To Come is the follow up to Swedish quartet The Amazing’s 2009 self-titled debut album. Only six tracks long, the record is what you would call short and … Read More

Night Of Sevens – The Flood Sessions

Night Of Sevens are a band that call themselves a “feral rock ‘n’ roll” outfit releasing part one of their series entitled ‘The Flood Sessions’. My iTunes insists on classifying them as folklore… this could be interesting.

My first … Read More

Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here

Anathema comes from a selection of Metal, Goth crossbreeds like Paradise Lost they have gathered a huge fanbase from over the years and like their counterparts they also come from the UK. While other bands in the doom genre … Read More

Mountain Man – Made The Harbor

Mountain Man release their awaited debut album on Bella Union, the label responsible for bringing incredible talented artists to our knowledge.

The girls – Molly erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath – belong to this category. Their album, … Read More

Kirsty Almeida – Spider

Kirsty Almeida, enigmatic singer and songwriter, releases the debut single Spider, an eccentric and magical tune, with catchy rhythm that will conquer the charts. Everything in the release is studied to the detail, including the great video; this is … Read More

Cypress Hill feat Pitbull & Marc Antony – Armada Latina

Cypress Hill new single, Armada Latina, is what happens when old style rap meets new trends (Pitbull) and winks  at Latin America with Marc Antony. The result is a fresh, catchy, laid back single, totally radio friendly. The chorus … Read More

The Temper Trap – Love Lost

Melbourne natives The Temper Trap don’t scare the horses. Taken from their album Conditions, Love Lost is as sedate as they come. Lorenzo Sillito’s guitars jangle warmly, Dougy Mandagi’s admittedly excellent voice soars reservedly, and even the final crash … Read More

Mary Gauthier – The Foundling

The acclaimed songwriter Mary Gauthier releases her 6th album ‘The Foundling’ on Proper Records in the UK.

This album is about abandon: “I was born to an unwed mother in 1962 and adopted shortly thereafter,” Mary Gauthier explains. “When … Read More