Arab Strap – Half Told Tales: Album Review
Let joyful misery be outpouring, as Falkirk curmudgeons Arab Strap return, and, this time, there’s even hopefulness sneaking into their cynical icy hearts.
ChiodoSupply on SNFU: Why I Love
Here’s a Why I Love on Canadian hardcore punks SNFU by ChiodoSupply.
Ewan MacIntyre/Herding Cats – On These Islands We Sing: Album Review
After an 8-year Canadian sojourn, On These Islands We Sing reunites Ewan MacIntyre with the Gaelic language, Gaelic culture and a bunch of old friends
Tessa Rose Jackson – The Lighthouse With Strings (Live at Metropolis): Album Review
Dutch-British singer/songwriter/composer Tessa Rose Jackson reimagines seven songs from her acclaimed album, The Lighthouse.
Singles Selection – Issue #22
Welcome to Issue #22 of Singles Selection. With Singles Selection, we take a look at some of the brand new singles that have pricked our ears.
The Durutti Column – Renascent: Album Review
Sixteen years on,The Durutti Column plug the gap with Renascent and how recognisable it all sounds
Christie Reeves – Sun & Shadows: Album Review
Dwell awhile as a new door opens, revealing a new voice to gild the days and nights of your listening.
Eric Steckel – Sandstorm: Album Review
Sandstorm from Eric Steckel is a blues album which is raw and pure, abandoning multiple pedal or digital effects.
Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun: Album Review
Chat Pile are back with a triumphant 4th LP that includes their tightest batch of songs to date at their heaviest and catchiest yet.
Winston Liv – Joan Of Snark: Album Review
Debut album from Nashville singer, songwriter, poet & visual artist Winston Liv sees reflective folk, playful pop melodies and country twang meet a whole lot of attitude.
Kaspar ‘Berry’ Rapkin And The Swampdogs – Blues From The Land Of The Living: Album Review
Kaspar Rapkin and his exuberant band the Swampdogs deliver a bucketload of authenticity with his delta blues style.
Jenny Gillespie Mason on The Cranberries: Why I Love
In the wake of the release of her In The Safety Of Light album, Jenny Gillepsie Mason joins us for a Why I Love on one of her inspirations, The Cranberries.
Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark: Album Review
Heavy music’s patron saint of the beautifully bleak, Chelsea Wolfe, releases The Dark.
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies – Cathedral: Album Review
Horror maestro John Carpenter, son Cody, and godson Daniel Davies return with Cathedral – fourteen tracks that score a nightmare of Carpenter’s own making
Kevin Ayers – Where Do The Stars End; The Recordings 1974-80: Box-Set Review
Ayers in the studio and on the stage, baffling, bemusing and beguiling; better than history begs you to consider.