Birmingham born Fyfe Dangerfield, as his name suggests, knows no fear of the unknown. Having had a dream start from the age of twenty as a classical composer as well as with the experimental art ro
Canadian rock singer-songwriter, Hawksley Workman has been there, done it, and grown out of his t-shirt. Having released eleven full length albums –the first in 1998 when aged just twenty-three
26-year old Ernest Greene, hailing from Perry in Georgia and going under the stage name of Washed Out, has released a glowing 6-track début EP titled Life of Leisure. Created via his self-bui
A Swedish based trio, Miike Snow have created a perfect blend of electropop which has seen them appearing on the radars of the hip and trendy. Two thirds of the band, Chris Karlsson and Pont
A South London quartet who’ve been attracting a lot of interest around the release of their début album, mixed reviews seem to follow in the wake of Mirrorkicks and from the contrasting songs prese
Pat Metheny is an acknowledged legend in jazz circles. Undeniably a prodigy, he was teaching at Berklee College of music when he was just eighteen years old, playing on his first recording (with Ja
The second time around for Meretto, who released their début four years ago, Street Talking is a slice of testosterone fuelled Indie Rock of the type that was roaming wild through the airwav
It is very rare for me to purchase music on a whim, but I did with Framing Hanley’s début album The Moment. Having only heard their fun and rockin’ version of Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” and the lingeri
Misconduct have been circling the Swedish hardcore and punk scenes with various line-ups since the late 90s but for various reasons have been quiet for the last few years. One Step Closer annihilat
With the release of ‘Bang Bang Bang,’ the first single from his new album Record Collection, Mark Ronson (now performing under the name Mark Ronson and the Business Intl) has firmly turned his ba
Never having really listened to Morcheeba before, I’m now kicking myself for wasting precious time. Back with the original line up of vocalist Skye Edwards and the Godfrey brothers for the first ti
With their name scrawled in Sanskrit text (indeed the name Mahavira means ‘Great Hero’ in Sanskrit and is one of the alternative names of the Indian sage Vardhamana, the founder of modern d
At just over 10 minutes and with just four songs, Maker’s new EP I-91 is brief to say the least. Creating fast punk for purists, Maker sometimes fall into the cliché for this type of music, wh
Country laden pop infused with references to God doesn’t tend to translate too well outside of its birthplace of the good ol' US of A but, Marianne Keith might just manage it with her new alb
It's funny how you can love an album within 10 seconds of hearing the first track. When 'Insomnia' kicked in I knew that Periphery were for me. So much so that I was keen to take this home and pl
I Am Forever are clearly a group wanting to make an impression. Their five-track EP, The Tragic Tale Of Jonny Pumpkinhead, harnesses a plethora of media, using “…songs, dialogue, newspaper articl
The linear notes on the back of the EP by Shropshire-based, Madison, align the bands sound to that of “…early Queen, Thin Lizzy and the (sic) Darkness.” The opening track, presumably entitled ‘Foll
As I made my way down to the main stage after purchasing my overpriced burger (At £3.50, and that’s without chips!) I wondered what to expect from Weezer, as I’ve listened to them here and there f
The French are known for many things; good food, the Eiffel Tower, fashion. Metal, however, is not one of them, a fact that hasn’t deterred Moleskin. Their claim to sounding like ‘the love child
A recent statement from Switchfoot lead singer/guitarist, Jon Foreman (like the grill) referring to his bands’ Christian Rock label. “Calling us `Christian rock’ tends to be a box that closes so
The Conformists are a highly experimental, obscure, prog punk band. The amount of information on the internet about these guys is almost zero however I did as much background research on them as
Mini Viva are the latest all girl band to be thrown headfirst into the battle for British girl power supremacy. Armed with the pop world’s version of the atom bomb in the forms of the talents, mon
The Robots hail from Prince Edward Island, Canada and Hey Buddy Dummy is their second album. I had never heard of this band before until I was lucky enough to have this disc show up in my mailbox f
After pretty much wrecking his career by selling his soul and doing an album with Timbaland, Chris Cornell has A LOT of fans to answer to. How did someone that was one of the kings of the 90s grun
fun., and their infuriating full-stop, are a collaborative ‘super-group’ (and I use that term very loosely, because this certainly isn’t Cream 2.0) made up of ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentali