BACK TO BASICS – Earwig’s Lizard McGee Goes Acoustic For New Solo Album And Maiden British Tour Dates

Earwig mainman Lizard McGee is heading to the UK this month to play a series of shows in support of new solo album Spooky Jets At A…

ROBYN’S NEST – Nashville Base Enlivens Musical Palette of Charismatic Psych-Rock Songwriter

My first encounter with Robyn Hitchcock came while watching the BBC’s Whistle Test in the late 1980s. Hitchcock was performing one of his most lauded…

‘Welcome To The Club’ – New Hope Club’s Debut EP A Fantastic Introduction

New Hope Club released their debut EP, ‘Welcome To The Club’ on 5 May, as they started out on their Arena tour supporting The Vamps. It’s four high quality songs which will get you up out of your seat and dancing around the room.

WAR ON CAN’T – Mark Nevin Takes On The Naysayers On Fifth Solo Album My Unfashionable Opinion

It may have escaped your notice in this competitive age of downloads and streaming, but Mark Nevin has quietly been amassing a considerable canon…

The Lumineers – ‘Cleopatra’

Even though judging a book by its cover isn’t considered to be the done thing, I was very much intrigued by that of ‘Cleopatra’, which features silent era star, and first film “vamp” Theda Bara, both in and out of costume, from the 1917 production of the film ‘Cleopatra’. It’s a stunning image, almost disturbing, as Bara stares defiantly from across time. Having enjoyed immensely their debut self titled album, I was certainly looking forward to their follow up, ‘Cleopatra’, and so I dived straight in.

BITCHES’ BROOD – Boss Hog Resurface With A Snarling, Nightmare Vision Of Imminent Threat

I’ve spent quite a long time in the company of Brood X now and it’s my pleasure to tell you it never gets old. Coolly referencing…

CALL OF THE WILD – Kristin Hersh Dices With Death On Solo Double Album Wyatt At The Coyote Palace

A dream-like and at times nightmarish ride, Kristin Hersh’s new album is an extraordinarily multi-layered work that’s tough to de-code. It’s a wilfully oblique mosaic…

Shawn Mendes Lights A Flame With New Album ‘Illuminate’

To those of us who use a wide range of social media, Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes will be a familiar name. Now, however, with second album ‘Illuminate’, out tomorrow, 23 September, Mendes has put his days as a Vine star well and truly behind him.

I Wear* Experiment’s ‘Patience’ Doesn’t Wear Thin With New Album

I Wear* Experiment are possibly best known outside their native Estonia for having auditioned to represent their country in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Their entry for this year’s Eesti Laul, Estonia’s national selection, was the title track of their album, ‘Patience’.

‘1000 Days of Rain’ – The Southern Companion Album Review

“Heaven knows I need you now” – Heaven Knows – The Southern Companion

John Parry Tells Us It’s ‘Enough’ With Self Produced EP

A four track EP from 18 year old Londoner John Parry, ‘Enough’, is sexy, smokey and sultry, with lyrics and a vocal style that defies his age.

The Virgance – Paradigm 3: A Stunning Collection of Sublime, Experimental Sounds

Paradigm 3′ is the third studio album by Colchester’s own Nathan Smith, aka The Virgance.