Category: Reviews

EP | The Staves – Blood I Bled

It’s been two years since the sisters Staveley-Taylor – Camillia, Emily and Jessica – rose to prominence with debut full album Dead & Born & Grown receiving critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. After expanding their fan base…

Album | Lily and Madeleine – Fumes | Listen now

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…

Album | Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were

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…

Album | Vashti Bunyan – Heartleap

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.…

Album | Philip Selway – Weatherhouse

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…

Album | Haley Bonar – Last War

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…

EP | Charlotte Carpenter – Take It All

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…

Album | Tweedy – Sukierae

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.…

Album | Allah-Las – Worship The Sun

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…