by admin
Earlier this year Berlin based composer-pianist Nils Frahm released his second full length album Felt to widespread acclaim. It is a collection of evocative piano-based…
by Ben Hogwood
Given her musical career path to date, it makes perfect sense that Tori Amos should make an album where classical music is involved. Yet it...
by admin
In 2008, the world seemed ready for Hercules And Love Affair. With dance music becoming increasingly synonymous with secluded, individual producers splicing together songs through...
by Ben Hogwood
Anthony Gonzalez is sat, 16 floors up in a tower, talking about his new double album as M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Given the album’s...
by Sam Shepherd
Sarabeth Tucek is seemingly most well known on these shores for having appeared in Dig!, the movie about the rivalry between Dandy Warhols and Brian...
by Michael Hubbard
At the tail end of 2009 an enigmatically anonymous duo known as Monarchy began to make their presence felt on blogs with dark electronic music...
by Michael Hubbard
Merrill Garbus is recounting history. “When MySpace first began, everyone had a band. There were 18,000 bands that you were trying to compete with. You...
by Michael Hubbard
Music polymath, avant conceptualist and Björk favourite Matthew Herbert heads into 2010 with a trilogy of his own albums, each rooted in the concept of...
by Ben Hogwood
The last time we spoke with Steve Reich, the composer was looking back at his musical heritage at the approach of his 70th birthday. Now,...
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As a creative venture, Jonny completely reflects the spirit and personality of its two members, the Teenage Fanclub front man Norman Blake and the former...
by Daniel Paton
Richard Thompson is a man who refuses to slow down. He is that rare artist who reliably churns out an album every two years, whilst...
by Ben Hogwood
Anna Calvi is a name on very many lips as One To Watch in the first few weeks of 2011. Her raised profile has undoubtedly...
by Ben Hogwood
It is time, once again, to celebrate the diversity and slightly oddball originality of British Sea Power. The band have returned with a fourth album,...
by Rosie Wilby
When k.d. lang was promoting her previous studio album, 2008′s Watershed, there was a sense of an artist reincarnated after her crazy period of 1990s...
by Ben Hogwood
This is the second time Seasick Steve has spent time with us, and it’s safe to assume he hasn’t changed a bit since that first...
by Ben Hogwood
Over the last five years Australian pop music has been undergoing something of a renaissance, due in no small part to electronic acts from the...
by Gareth Ware
Darren Hayman is surely one of Britain’s most criminally underrated songwriters. For years he has consistently produced songs that have been lyrically deft, catchy of...
