ALLO DARLIN’ BRIGHT NIGHTS SLUMBERLAND RECORDS Four-piece band Allo Darlin’ has returned with their first new release in over a decade, an album full of chipper, yet sentimental indiepop. Their fourth LP, Bright Nights, evokes a liveliness [...]
STEVE HACKETT THE LAMB STANDS UP LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Steve Hackett continues his journey through classic Genesis albums with a recording of his favourite songs from the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. The [...]
MF TOMLINSON DIE TO WAKE UP FROM A DREAM PRAH RECORDINGS Back in 2023 when Tomlinson released his then album We Are Still Wild Horses, his grasp of psych and psych folk probably came as a surprise from this London-based Australian. This time, [...]
MIKE POLIZZE AROUND SOUND PARADISE OF BACHELORS The name of Philadelphia’s Mike Polizze might be a name familiar to those following all things modern psych, as he is a member of psych purveyors Purling Hiss and Birds of Maya, now coming up [...]
THE SWELL SEASON FORWARD MASTERKEY SOUNDS Oscar-winning duo, The Swell Season, balancing the rugged, raw vocals of Glen Hansard with the lush, soft sounds of Markéta Irglová, haven’t released an album together in 16 years. After the success of [...]
EMMA HARNER TAKING MY SIDE INDEPENDENT How easy is it for a prospective singer songwriter these days to make it, particularly if they are just releasing their debut offering? Listeners could only guess all that is involved in such a process, and [...]
BRONSKI BEAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE AGE OF CONSENT REMIXED LONDON RECORDS/UNIVERSAL MUSIC The original, and some may argue, best line-up of Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville) lasted for just one album, Forbidden [...]
JONATHAN RICHMAN ONLY FROZEN SKY ANYWAY BLUE ARROW RECORDS Only Frozen Sky Anyway is Jonathan Richman’s 18th studio album, add in nine albums with The Modern Lovers and four live albums, one can see that Richman has been very busy since he made [...]
JOHN JENKINS RESTLESS HEARTS JOHN JENKINS MUSIC Liverpool-based John Jenkins has been releasing music since 2015. Restless Hearts is his first album since the brilliant and very personal Tuebrook, released in 2023. Jenkins is an artist that is [...]
THE BRAINS CRAZY MONSTER CLEOPATRA RECORDS It may be hard to believe, but it has been 20 years since The Brains’ debut album, No Brain, No Pain. This psychobilly (as they describe themselves) have released eight studio albums, and Crazy [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS THE LEGENDS OF SURF GUITAR OGLIO Releasing a live album of surf music on July 4 is absolutely perfect. This album has captured a moment in time and it is finally seeing the light of day. The Legends Of Surf Guitar brings together [...]
CHURCH OF TREES THIEF OF JOY INDEPENDENT Church Of Trees, the brainchild of multi-talented Bernard Frazer, burst on the scene in 2017 with their debut EP, Primitive Creatures. Since then, they have released five albums and a retrospective [...]
LA NOUVELLE MUSIQUE LA NOUVELLE MUSIQUE FRUITS DE MER RECORDS There are a number of ways you can approach your take on folk music, and very often the artists stick to the tried and true, sticking to the roots and traditional take on folk. Yet, [...]
LIGHTHEADED THINKING, DREAMING, SCHEMING! SLUMBERLAND RECORDS There’s this tradition running in modern pop rock all the way from sixties sunshine pop through Sarah Records artist to more modern times with Belle and Sebastian and Camera [...]
STARLING FORGIVE ME SUNDAY DRIVE RECORDS What would fall under a category classified as grungy dream pop? Something hard to pin down, for sure, but it seems to be something that a Los Angeles quartet that goes under the name of Starling tries to [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS A TRIBUTE TO THE KING OF ZYDECO VALCOUR RECORDS In most cases, compilations, particularly tribute albums, tend to be a patchy affair, no matter how many big (and great) artists are featured there. When creating a tribute album, [...]
PAN AMERICAN & KRAMER INTERIOR OF AN EDIFICE UNDER THE SEA SHIMMY-DISC Both Pan American (aka Mark Nelson) and Kramer have been known not only for their extensive solo work, but also as collaborators with a wide array of other artists [...]
ROBERT RANDOLPH PREACHER KIDS SUN RECORDS Having made his mark across six albums as Robert Randolph And The Family Band, along with collaborating with the likes of legends, Santana, Norah Jones, Metallica, and Eric Clapton to name a few, Robert [...]
DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS FLOWERS DEAD OCEANS If you love vintage disco, funk, R&B, and soul, Durand Jones & The Indications have you covered. Since their 2016 self-titled debut album, they have garnered a massive following and [...]
FISHBONE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME INDEPENDENT Since the release of their 2023 eponymous EP – not to be mistaken with their debut EP of the same name, classic alternative rock outfit Fishbone has ridden the momentum of a resurgence amid recent lineup [...]
JAKKO M. JAKSZYK SON OF GLEN INSIDE OUT MUSIC/SONY As well as being a guitarist with King Crimson, from 2013 until they called it a day in 2021, Jakszyk’s resume reads like the history of rock ‘n’ roll. He has played with The Kinks, Level 42, [...]
FRANK ZAPPA CHEAPER THAN CHEEP: THE SOUNDTRACK (LIVE) ZAPPA/UMe Since Frank Zappa left this world, there have been numerous releases, thanks to Joe Travers and his son, Ahmet Zappa who work on behalf of the Zappa Estate. They continued their [...]
THE FARM LET THE MUSIC (TAKE CONTROL) MODERN SKY/ROUGH TRADE Just what is happening in British indie at the moment? After recent releases by The Cure and Pulp, the latest band to emerge from a long on-record hibernation is The Farm, who have [...]
PAT TRAVERS GOING DOWN TO JACKSONVILLE – 1983 CLEOPATRA RECORDS Pat Travers has always been a hard-working musician. Besides recording somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20 studio albums since his debut in 1976, he has toured relentlessly. [...]
