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…
Northampton born Charlotte Carpenter has released more snippets of her undeniable talent with fourth EP Take It All. Since graduating from a Popular Music Course at Derby University the singer-songwriter has been building up wide spread recognition and support across…
The new album from the RAA is an album that inspires mixed emotions. It certainly offers little new or ground-breaking (but then how many acts truly do offer that?), but if you seek grandiose, uplifting and massive choruses, or like…
Jeff Tweedy has long since proven his worth in the general landscape of popular music. He has turned from young alt-country man into middle aged alt-rock legend. This time he wears another new hat, as he offers Tweedy’s debut album.…
Where as the Allah-La’s 2012 debut album conjured up images of hitting the surf with a bunch of 1960s beach bums, in Worship The Sun the band seem to have turned their attention to a different sort of California sand…
The fourth album from Irish duo Mark McCausland and Oisin Leech, aka The Lost Brothers, begins a new trilogy for the band with all three previous releases forming the first chapter of their musical journey. 2012’s The Passing Of The…