Crowded House frontman and successful solo artist Neil Finn never backs down from a challenge. His legendary career has revealed an inspired and erudite songwriter able to convey his inner most emotions and wry observations […]
There comes a time when events out of one’s control demand a response. This is exactly what occurred for the remaining members of Crowded House. Frontman Neil Finn and bassist Nick Seymour found that 10 […]
The National is releasing their seventh studio album, “Sleep Well Beast” After a four-year break. A hiatus where it seemed the band members of the National have collaborated on more side projects than there are […]
Two times Mercury Music Prize Nominee Obaro Ejimiwe, better known by his stage name Ghostpoet, is releasing the follow up to his outstanding 2015 album “Shedding Skin”. His fourth studio album “Dark Days & Canapés” […]
The War on Drugs has been a developing sensation in the Indie/Alternative genre since their founding in 2005. Each of their three albums has built upon the success of each prior offering. Their latest album, […]
The Jesus and Mary Chain were looking to change up their sound on their 1989 third release, “Automatic”. That release would stretch beyond their already trademark sound of aggression and sneer adding texture and mad […]
There is always significant anticipation any time Arcade Fire announces a new release is pending. The pre release singles and videos have only built the drama. On July 28th “Everything Now” hits all the usual […]
The return of Mansun frontman Paul Draper has been a long time coming. Rumours of his return to the music scene began a few years after what some would call Mansun’s classic Brit Pop band […]
What do you do when your well established band hits a prolific creative period and the double album format is all but off limits as an option for presenting your material? Canadian band The Dears […]
In the early 90’s few were aware that a genre of great impact and the band spearheading the sonic movement would originate out Bristol, UK. Portishead would emerge to carry the standard for Triphop. A […]
The musical duo Beach House has carved out an influential niche in the music world, being singularly committed to making their own kind of music; romantic, evocative and haunting. On June 30th the pair released […]
Royal Blood was formed in 2013 in Brighton after an airport pickup favor led to lead singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher discussing forming a band. The two were acquainted with each other from […]
Radiohead are renown for ever looking forward through the windscreen ahead. They display little interest or time for navel gazing trips through their past efforts. So when they do get nostalgic it is something that […]
Fans of the influential band Ride are being richly rewarded for their Job like patience. It has been over 20 years since the last installment to the Ride discography. Many fans have despaired over whether […]
In 1994 Echobelly debuted on the music scene creating a positive buzz with their combination of Blondie and The Smiths stylings. Like many bands from the era they experienced highs and lows in their career […]
Aficionados of the musical artists Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister have a great treat in store. The quartet’s much anticipated June 9th release “Planetarium” represents a convergence of musical brilliance. It […]
Singer/Songwriter Sufjan Stevens has made a career of confounding expectations. His love of genre jumping and collaborating is the thing of legends. Still a relatively young performer at the age of 41 he has amassed […]
Once upon a time in long ago 1986, U2 stood on the precipice of international acclaim. The band had scored solid critical praise for their prior albums “War” and “The Unforgettable Fire” and had amassed […]
Unsigned or signed the baby band Life is a force to be reckoned with; they hold great potential in reviving the Punk Genre for the 21st Century. Their debut album “Popular Music” launches on May […]
Slowdive released their much anticipated self titled comeback release on May 5th. Oh how times change and the adage that hindsight is 20/20 is proven true once again. The band could probably write one hell of […]