Eight years ago, Damien Rice – following two hugely successful and recognised albums – took a step back from a career that was the epitome of the phrase “always leave them wanting more.” Such was the popularity of 2002’s O…
To say the past two years have been difficult for Peter Broderick would be putting it mildly. Having to return to America from his home in Berlin due to illness meant that music was, unsurprisingly, put on the proverbial backburner…
The Twilight Sad self describe themselves as “folk with layers of noise”. Although that may be an incredibly accurate statement, it does not take into the account the raw emotion and subtle power in their music, which is brilliantly displayed…
There’s a video on YouTube from the Madison Square Garden concert to celebrate 25 years of the US Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame. After a brief introduction from Tom Hanks there dodders onto the stage, alone, an old man,…
Fumes by Lily & Madeleine Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz are sisters who haven’t had your usual, run of the mill high school life. Growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, they recorded their debut EP The Weight of the Globe in between…
Unless you’ve had your head buried in sand for the past three years, you’ll have heard of the name Ben Howard. The former journalism student turned Mercury Prize nominee has experienced a swift and impressive rise since gigging the small…
Australian trio Liz Drummond, Hannah Field and Annie Hamilton aka Little May are a band that, when you hear them for the first time, make you forget whatever it is you’re doing because you just have to listen and make…
Vashti Bunyan’s more than 30-year absence from popular music was almost as epic as Bill Fay’s. His numbered 41 years between albums. Vashti returned in 2005, 35 years after her debut record. These are certainly facts and cases worth examining.…
It can’t be easy being the drummer in Radiohead, especially when releasing a solo album and hoping to be taken seriously. So, four years on from his eventual debut solo outing comes Philip Selway’s follow-up, Weatherhouse. It might not even…
The almost Joy Division-esque opening to Haley Bonar’s Last War is odd. It soon settles you as Bonar’s pleasant but not life-altering voice breaks the uncertainty. The cover of this record is perhaps the most brutal part, and seems to…