Freya Beer – new AA side single, Fantasy / Galore
News and a view of the new double A side single from Freya Beer.
Barbara – The At The Barrier Interview
We have a chat with Henry Tydeman, one half of a band who are regulars on our pages – Barbara
Will Lawton & The Alchemists – Alchemy: EP Review
Lush, alchemical dreamscapes. West country wizardry abounds on the new EP from Will Lawton & The Alchemists
Blue Rose Code – Thirteen Years: Single Review
Blue Rose Code have released a powerful new single, calling out injustice and inequality, and providing some great live music performances.
Easter Roundup: Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks, The Lowland Brothers
Morsels we mislaid earlier…..from Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks and The Lowland.
Mike & The Mechanics, York Barbican: Live Review
We’re at the opening night of the Mike & The Mechanics ‘Refueled’ tour in York.
Thomas Charlie Pedersen – Employees Must Wash Hands: Album Review
Sixties pop, folk introspection and orchestral manoeuvres. They’re all present and correct on the third solo album from Copenhagen’s Thomas Charlie Pedersen.
Josienne Clarke – Onliness : Album Review
Revisioned, refashioned, revitalised, this is the work of a woman revived. Thank you, Josienne.
Various Artists – Cherry Stars Collide (Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995): Album Review
Cherry Stars Collide is an excellent retrospective of the artists who inhabited and developed the musical landscape of dream pop and shoegaze.
Clang Quartet – A Slow Death For The Peacemaker: Album news
On April 11th, the noise-rock project founded and curated by Scotty Irving released its’ newest LP. ‘A Slow Death For The Peacemaker’ via Strange Mono/No Rent Records as a limited edition of 150 cassettes.
Ferna – understudy: Album Review
Curiouser and curiouser. The debut album from Belfast songstress Ferna is a lesson in variety and unpredictability
Maddie Morris – Upstream: EP Review
Young Folk star Maddie Morris makes a stand on the Upstream EP.
Craig Gould – Songs From The Campfire: Album Review
The long-awaited debut album from Tamworth folk/Americana songwriter Craig Gould. Songs From The Campfire is a work of beauty.
Peter Hook & The Light – Easter Homecoming – Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
We take on the three night challenge of Peter Hook & The Light and the Easter Homecoming at Manchester’s Albert Hall.
The Legends Of Tomorrow – The Weather At World’s End 1997-2022 : Album Review
Ulster renaissance man, Colin Harper unleashes his bourgeois fury and a whole lot more.