by Sam Shepherd
Part of the joy of Boats is their somewhat absurdist nature. Band leader and vocalist Mat Klachefsky has a habit of using surreal imagery in…
by Chris Saunders
The opening track of this, Emma Niblett’s sixth album It’s Up To Emma is about hunting down someone who stole your other half, and shooting...
by Christopher Monk
London trio Is Tropical suffer from what might be called ‘OK Go Syndrome’, whereby a musical act’s video content attracts exponentially more praise than the...
by Philip Matusavage
Everybody else is doing it, so why can’t Texas? While they never formally disbanded, the re-emergence of the Scottish band eight years after their previous...
by Marc Burrows
Something’s gone wrong with CSS. Tonight’s set is at the teeny tiny Hoxton Square Bar + Kitchen, a venue chosen presumably to test the Brazilian...
by Andrew Burgess
Matt Berninger is a man who wrestles with his demons and soaks his tales of defeat, loss, and inadequacy in a sea of wine. On...
by Elliah Heifetz
Frankly, it’s hard to grasp exactly how to listen to electronic act Dirty Beaches’ latest LP Drifters/Love Is The Devil. But maybe that’s the point....
by Aaron Payne
Jamie Cullum’s new record sees him writing nearly all his material for the first time. The results are, on the whole, pretty good, but Momentum...
by John Murphy
Scroll down for full album stream Written on a broken piano, completely alone in a flat in Manchester, Dancing may be the least appropriate title...
by Max Raymond
Hyetal was already establishing himself as a recognised producer way before his 2011 debut, Broadcast, thanks to collaborations with Julio Bashmore (in Velour) and a...
by Martyn Young
London’s Vision Fortune are a band who are resolutely anti-image. Indeed, they are resolutely anti any outdated notion of rock ‘n’ roll or what it...
by Jordan Mainzer
Six years ago, folk singer-songwriter Patty Griffin released her best album to date, Children Running Through. Her new one, American Kid, might top that stunning...
by Helen Clarke
Think of Texas and you’re surely transported back to long summers of mid-’90s commercial radio; safe, warm and cosy ‘mum rock’. Texas were popular in...
by Jordan Mainzer
Making it to 30 albums would surely be impossible for most bands or singer-songwriters, but The Fall have always been unrivaled in their prolificity. Re-Mit...
by Max Raymond
The Heart Of The Nightlife, the 2010 debut from Los Angeles-based duo Kisses, had its fair share of enjoyable moments but nothing that called for repeat...
by Andy Baber
The latest album from Detroit duo Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus, otherwise known as ADULT., has been a long time coming. Six years have...
by Jordan Mainzer
Chalk this one up as one of the unlikeliest pleasant surprises of the year: Jenn Wasner of the excellent Baltimore duo Wye Oak has teamed up...
