Brian Fallon is a very busy man. Not only has he just released the soulful full-length album by his side project The Horrible Crowes, he has also just finished a 3-week UK and European tour with t

It had been a few years since the princess of bluegrass, Alison Krauss graced the British Isles with her tender, breathy vocal and mournful fiddle. Then of course, she was on the arm of a nati

There are bands that can steal a show from a decent headlining act. There are some groups that can leave an audience struggling to walk due to power and level of intensity they play at. Fasho

To be perfectly honest, I was less than thrilled as soon as this album appeared in my inbox. This is for two reasons; firstly, I have never been a fan of funk, it’s just a style of music I can’t g

Icelandic singer-songwriter Ólöf Arnalds releases her new acoustic EP Ólöf Sings - a collection of cover songs by artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash. With her previo

Anyone acquainted with the often impenetrable intentions of The Fiery Furnaces will know to expect the unexpected from that band’s leading lady.
But no amount of Buddhist-like contemplation cou

Before I listened to Miss You In The Days, I learned that The Miserable Rich had decided to create an album with a distinctly spectral slant. With tracks inspired by ghost stories, a recordi

Winter is upon us, my friends. I'm talking cold, unrelenting winter (not much of a fan myself). As the weeks pass and we dive head first into December there are already a myriad of albums coming o

Rockabilly, does it ever go out of fashion!? Keeping the raw 50's soul and rock 'n' roll sound alive this winter is Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside with their debut album on a major label Dir

A few weeks back, by a beautiful and wonderful chance, a little mixtape landed in my inbox. I have to say that I absolutely love the fact that artists are creating mash ups of their talent a

I love the Welsh accent. It’s just automatically hilarious to me – whether that’s because of Gavin and Stacey or the recent influx in Welsh comedians, but it’s just a brilliant accent. Wales gets

On Saturday, November 5, 2011 I experienced one of the best nights of my entire life. That morning I had to wake up super early in order to make a three hour road trip to Amos’ Southend in Charlott

I love Glockenspiel's, and triangles, and all manner of bits of metal that you can hit with a stick. And so I was delighted to discover that Bjork had released a new album - Biophilia. (A Biophile

Melbourne's Twerps filter strains of worn influence and modern aesthetic to create a long player full of familiar but fresh sounds. The band owes a passing debt to New Zealand's Flying Nun lab

Open the pod bay doors is the very modern release from Starkey aka.PJ Geissinger from Philadelphia. Using an extensive mix of lasers, dub-step and contemporary electronic effects, Starkey takes

The Airborne Toxic Event played the Shepherds Bush Empire supported by The Chevin. The Los Angeles band band were in high spirits, covering every corner of the stage, jumping on each others shoulde