Abigail Lapell – Anniversary: Album Review
Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell returns, with a collection of songs that reference a few personal milestones and explore the ideal of growing old together.
John Barlass
John has been a music obsessive since he first heard 'Love Me Do' seeping out of the family radio in 1962. he spent a career in the rail industry before turning back to his first love of music. He plays bass guitar and melodeon, loves folk/rock and lives in Warwick.
Richard Thompson – Ship to Shore: Album Review
The welcome – and long overdue – return of the Master. Richard Thompson is back with his first album in 6 years, and it’s a peach!
Indoor Pets – Pathetic Apathetic: Album Review
Kent indie/alt rockers Indoor Pets return with a second album – and they’re in a darker, heavier, but no less humorous, mood than ever.
Hamish Anderson – Late In The Evening: Single Review
Melbourne’s Hamish Anderson issues a taster for his forthcoming album – a big, unapologetic heavy rock product called Late In The Evening.
Robin Trower – Bridge Of Sighs (50th Anniversary Edition): Album Review
Expansive commemorative reissue of 70s guitar legend’s masterwork. Robin Trower take a bow.
The Dicemen – Double Six: Album Review
Watford’s Dicemen flex their folk, post-punk and indie roots with twelve songs that cover the state of the nation, the state of the world and the elusiveness of fame.
Zoe Boekbinder – Wildflower: Album Review
Straight to the point and often deeply personal – Zoe Boekbinder holds nothing back on her new album, Wildflower.
LITE – Strata (Live): Album Review
Japanese Math Rock pioneers LITE rework their recent seventh album for a live audience.
Buffalo Skinners, Tommy Arch, Boss Caine – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds: Live Review
Buffalo Skinners celebrate their excellent recent album, Picking Up What You’re Putting Down, with a triumphal homecoming show .
Holly Lerski – Sweet Decline: Album Review
Norwich’s Alt-Americana Troubadour Holly Lerski documents her self-rediscovery road trip across the American West.
Good Habits – Quarter-Life: Album Review
Bold, joyful and often reflective. Quarter-Life, the collaborative new album from folk-fusion duo Good Habits is a triumph.
Stackridge – The Forbidden City: Boxset Review
The Stackridge story continues as Esoteric reissue the recording and video of the revived band’s landmark 2007 concert at Bath’s Rondo Theatre.
Rebecca Karpen – 23: Single Review
Intense and anguished: NYC singer-songwriter Rebecca Karpen finds closure from the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of a college mentor.
Mothman, The Man – Where’s Your Head?: Album review
Mothman, The Man take us on a romp through psych, prog, metal and more on their second album – and even taking in a Spaghetti Western…!
George Boomsma – The Promise Of Spring: Album Review
The Northallerton Troubadour returns with eight new songs. Reflective, nostalgic, deeply personal and thoroughly engaging.