Category: Reviews

Album | Dawes – North Hills

American four-piece Dawes return to our ears with the lovely North Hills. Originally released across the pond in 2009, Dawes’ European fanbase was able to get their hands on their debut thanks to the breakthrough success of last year’s Nothing…

Album | The Mynabirds – Generals

When Neil Young released Living With War in 2006 he was moved to ask where all the angry young kids who should be making such records had gone. It was tempting to reprise that question when Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball…

EP | King Creosote – I Learned From The Gaels

From what I had heard from King Creosote before and given the title of this EP, I was expecting a gentle acoustic affair. It turned out this assumption was entirely wrong. Opener ‘Double Underneath’ immediately sets a different tone, upbeat…

EP | Fossil Collective – Let It Go

I joined the growing ranks of Fossil Collective’s many fans after I first heard their signature number ‘Let It Go’ a year ago. It’s been a long wait, but the rest of the tracks that make up the Let It…

New Bands Panel | Emma Gatrill – Chapter 1

Chapter 1 is the debut album from Emma Gatrill, a multi-talented member of Brighton’s legendary Willkommen Collective.  Have a listen to a cut from the album above and the whole album here, then see if you agree with our panel below….. Thoughts on…

Album | Anthony D’Amato – Paper Back Bones

A year on from the wonderful Down Wires, Anthony D’Amato returns with a new collection Paper Back Bones. Much like its predecessor, the record is filled with images of America and you find yourself channelling your inner Bob Dylan as…

Album | Mina Tindle – Taranta

Having recently supported French superstar Camille on her sell-out tour, and with early favourable reviews of debut album Taranta, things are looking good for Parisian-born Mina Tindle. This accomplished, well-paced first offering starts with ‘Bells’, and a beautifully crafted (and…

Singles Round-up | Angus Stone, Melodica, Melody & Me, Moulettes, Jennifer Left & Stealing Sheep

Angus Stone – Bird on the Buffalo ‘Bird on the Buffalo’ is a happy rambler, a head-nodder, a toe-tapper – ideal for that hazy summer we’re all hoping will still emerge. Simple drums and guitars in the intro blend easily…

Album | Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart – Dedication

Dedication seems a fitting title for a Stacey Earle album. Steve Earle’s sister has been writing and recording with her husband Mark Stuart for two decades now, playing up to 170 gigs a year and putting out albums on their…

Album | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Here

It’s three years since the former front man of dance-punkers Ima Robot Alex Ebert rebranded himself as Edward Sharpe and joined up with the sprawling Magnetic Zeros to deliver an eccentric, magical ride of west coast psychedelia. Since then, in…