Category: Reviews

Single | Todd Warner Moore – ‘And We Sing’

Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter Todd Warner Moore is at it again with the release of a new full-length album just around the corner. Entitled Love & Change, Moore expands his sound with an Americana tinge to his primarily acoustically-driven gamut of…

Album | Damien Jurado – In The Shape Of A Storm

It must be a big deal for songwriters – often solitary by nature – to land on a partner, or muse, who can push them to new peaks. Damien Jurado’s collaboration with Richard Swift began to bear fruit over a…

Album | Swimming Bell – Wild Sight

Lovely and strange is the perfect way to describe Wild Sight, the debut album from Swimming Bell. Enthralling vocals layered one upon another combine with simple instrumentation, treated to create otherworldly blends unlike virtually anything else. Katie Schottland, who records…

Album | Ratso – Stubborn Heart

Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman has the kind of curriculum vitae that most writers would kill for. Scribe for Rolling Stone, author of On The Road With Bob Dylan, co-writer of memoirs for Howard Stern, Anthony Kleidis, and Mike Tyson, lyricist for…

Album | All This Huxley – Home, Stockholm

From the opening moments of the titular ‘Stockholm’s’ jawan brood, it’s easy to establish that All This Huxley present a form of raw indie presence perhaps last seen in as unvarnished a form when Wilco first hit the scene 25…

Video | Damon Mitchell – ‘Elise’

Having recently joined America on-stage for an encore rendition of their hit song, ‘A Horse With No Name’, Damon Mitchell’s latest single doesn’t feel too out-of-sync with 60s and 70s-era folk-rock, either. Procuring elements of what made the likes of…

EP | Liela Moss – A Little Bit Of Rain

A little bit of rain never really harms anyone. People portray rain as a negative thing, but Liela Moss understands that it really is something a bit more special. Dedicating a four-track EP to lists in her mind, she’s taken…

Album | David Ian Roberts – Travelling Bright

Those who knew David Ian Roberts from his debut album, St. Roberts, may be taken aback by the strong-willed, one could say explosive Travelling Bright. The instrumental track ‘Carillon’, for instance, is reminiscent of the sunny jaunts by Balmorhea in…

Album | Lucy Rose – No Words Left

If a songwriter is to draw you in, they need the ability to tell a story with not only their chosen instrument but their presence too. Lucy Rose has spent the time between her previous album Something’s Changing and No…