DELANEY BAILEY CONCAVE AWAL These days the term singer songwriter has grown in its scope from just a solo artist with an acoustic instrument and introspective lyrics to a solo artist that basically has a mind of their own and goes anywhere where [...]
OV SULFUR ENDLESS CENTURY MEDIA Sometimes in a band’s career, spicing things up a bit is what gets the creative juices flowing. Since their debut album, The Burden Ov Faith, much of their material has focused on anti-religious fury. With the [...]
WESTSIDE COWBOY SO MUCH COUNTRY ‘TILL WE GET THERE ISLAND RECORDS Four-piece English indie band Westside Cowboy has been described as “college rock”, which couldn’t be a more accurate way of describing its sound or ethos. So Much Country ‘Till [...]
JULIANNA BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE TRAGIC MAGIC INFINÉ RECORDS It seems to be the time for the successful combination of modern classical and other modern (or not so modern) musical forms, and Tragic Magic, a debut joint album by [...]
ALEV LENZ 4 IN A CYCLE OF THIRDS INDEPENDENT If you think it is a straightforward process to combine a song form with classical music compositional structure, you could be way off, with so many such experiments, remaining just that – [...]
MICHAEL PAUL BINZ LET ME BE BINZ RECORDS LLC Very often, the independent road in music has many more thorns than roses. You can come up with music that deserves to be heard, but reaching a wider audience needs time, patience and strong will. And [...]
THE SHA LA DAS YOUR PICTURE DIAMOND WEST RECORDS The Sha La Das is an inherently perfect name for a group that methodically creates tracks with such a profound combination of sentimentality and easy-listening sensibilities; the album tends to [...]
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS EYEBALL IDLEWILD RECORDINGS They Might Be Giants are back with a new EP, which is in fact a taster if you will of a forthcoming album. However, even if this was just a standalone EP, it is well worth your time. All three [...]
