Newcastle singer-songwriter Michael Chaney is the latest artist to come before our New Bands Panel, who took a listen to his first handful of songs on his myspace page. Louis Gilbert: Singer-songwriter blues afflict this young man from Newcastle. Yearning and self-cathartic lyrics like Damien Rice (‘I’ll be writing songs about you but you...
West Virginia’s Jason Ward is releasing his latest single “Bless You” as a free digital download backed by “Dark In Here”. Our New Band Panel has taken a listen to both that and tracks from his last EP, Graceful Bow, but you don’t just have to take their word for it – details on...
Singer/songwriter Matthew Kilford has been creating a strong buzz in his native Oxfordshire for some time now, and the word is spreading, not least thanks to gigs with the likes of Andy Yorke, Dawn Kinnard, Seth Lakeman and also The Low Anthem in New York. With a debut album due later this year, and...
Originally a three-piece, the Sons are now just one, who I guess we’ll call the Son. Ploughing a lonely furrow, the remaining Son is working on a new EP and our panel took a listen to the work in progress. Joe Skrebels: In these tracks from their forthcoming EP, The Son(s) have crafted two...
The Stan Laurels is the solo project of John Lathrop, a musician from Austin, Texas. He describes his solo album, Death of the Sun, as “a psych-pop/rock/prog concept album with the theme ‘boy meets girl, boy gets abducted by aliens’.” We couldn’t resist that idea, so here’s what the panel made of it all....
Shabby Rogue released their album “By Hook and By Crook” earlier this year, showcasing their blend of country, blues and folk. Our New Band Panel gave single ‘Old Man’ as well as two other tracks, “My Life As A Secret Agent” and “Juliet” a listen before casting their verdict. Louis Gilbert: With new single...
Five students came together in Glasgow four years ago to form the Brother Louis Collective. Fast forward a little while, and the newly-monikered Admiral Fallow have just put out their debut album, Boots Met My Face, mixing several different sounds in a melting pot of Scottish folk and rock. Here our New Bands Panel...
With the release of their debut album just around the corner, Maia The Band are ready to take off. The four piece from the North West of England combine an array of different sounds for our New Bands Panel to get their heads around. Damien Girling says: “The most impressive aspect of Maia the...
Mary Machin: The music of Aspen Sails is nostalgic, infectious and personal all in one breath. Much of the material is accessible and could be any folk fan’s cup of tea. Going back to the personal element of Aspen Sails’ music, ‘Forest’ from their Maud EP is a perfect example of this. Not only does...
Damien Girling: Everybody is a sucker for a particular genre of music, one that will appeal immediately without the necessity of multiple listens. Fortunately for Danny Mahon and, more to the point, myself, his genre falls nicely within the bracket of distortion-augmented indie-pop. His first song ‘Beat Me Up’ is an infectious mix of...
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