HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE NONESUCH RECORDS The Past Is Still Alive is the latest release from Roots/Americana artist Hurray for the Riff Raff (AKA Alynda Segarra). Following their 2022 album Life on Earth, Segarra began [...]
NADINE SHAH FILTHY UNDERNEATH EMI NORTH Recently, Nadine Shah released her album, Filthy Underneath. This comes after a near-four-year wait since her previous album, Kitchen Sink. Filthy Underneath, for all its slips, ends up mostly succeeding [...]
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB FANTASIES ARTS & CRAFTS Following the success of last year’s My Big Day, Fantasies sees Bombay Bicycle Club linking up with indie-pop titans Matilda Mann, Liz Lawrence, Lucy Rose, and Rae Morris to produce a four-song EP. [...]
THE DREAM ACADEMY RELIGION, REVOLUTION & RAILWAYS CHERRY RED RECORDS Having a huge, world-wide success with your first single can always be a blessing and a curse. For Dream Academy which includes singer/guitarist and songwriter Nick [...]
AL HARPER THE ANALEMMA OBSERVATION LEAGUE TAKE A TURN RECORDS How do you distinguish yourself from other artists that are working within the ‘standard’ folk/pop realm that is so prominent these days. Well, one way to do it is come up [...]
REAL ESTATE DANIEL DOMINO RECORDS Real Estate’s sixth album aspires to be a radio-friendly pop record, and that much is obvious from the opening tracks of the album. “Haunted World” has a nice late-R.E.M quality to it, full of shimmering pop [...]
SHAINA HAYES KINDERGARTEN HEART BONSOUND When a singer-songwriter presents something quite individual and personal, without being self-centered, you simply cannot dismiss her or him as the ‘standard fare.’ That is exactly the [...]
ELEPHANT STONE BACK INTO THE DREAM LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS Elephant Stone is Rishi Dhir (vocals/bass/sitar/mellotron), Miles Dupire (drums), Robbie MacArthur (guitar), and Jason Kent (keys/guitar) from Montreal. Since 2009, they have released a [...]
