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Brothers David and Peter Brewis are best known for their primary musical entity Field Music. On February 6 Field Music released their 5th full play LP Commontime. Field Music are renowned in the UK for their […]
Recently, XS Noize featured the song Serious Lover from Copenhagen –based Choir of Young Believers as its Track of the Day and it was a promising and interesting tease to their third album, entitled Grasque […]
The Jezabels were conceived almost 10 years ago when students Hayley Mary (vocals), Samuel Lockwood (guitars), Heather Shannon (pianist/keyboardist) and drummer Nik Kaloper met at Sydney University. They took their name from the Biblical character […]
Mt Doubt was created at the beginning of last year by Edinburgh-based Leo Bargery and his debut album My Past is a Quiet Beast produced by Mark Morrow (of The Winter Tradition) has picked up […]
London musician Michael Lovett or as he is better known Nzca Lines released his second album Infinite Summer on January 22. The release reveals some major change ups in his musical direction and additions to the […]
With her work initially with the wonderful The Delgados and after that as a solo artist, Emma Pollock has made an indelible mark on the Scottish music scene. The Delgados‘[ music inspired a legion of […]
Manchester based Working for a Nuclear Free City return from a five year silence with What Do People Do All Day, a fourteen track barrage of experimental indie pop tracks and nu-gaze musings that more […]
North London quartet, Bloc Party return with their eagerly anticipated new album, Hymns this month. Since 2012’s Four the band has a new lineup following the departure of drummer, Matt Tong and Bassist, Gordon Moakes […]
London’s 60’s revivalists, Kula Shaker, are set to release K2.0, their first album in almost 6 years on 12th February. The album title seems to be a play on 1996’s K 20 years on, but […]
The veteran Alternative band Tindersticks released their latest effort The Waiting Room on January 22, 2016. The Waiting Room is their 11th album and follows their retrospective release Across Six Leap Years and their 2012 original […]
Manchester trio, MONEY, release their sophomore album, Suicide Songs on 29th January. Their critically acclaimed début will be a hard act to follow but their penchant for the dramatic, the poetic and the beautiful stands […]
Norwegian alt-rockers SAUROPOD combine elements of a variety of punk sub-genres on their debut album. Channeling Pixies and Sonic Youth, the album is an attempt to update and modernize grunge and post-punk music, employing smooth […]
Recorded in Broen Studio in West Norway January 2015 in the aftermath of a hurricane that ravaged Bergen on New Year’s Eve it’s not hard to see why this album has so much energy: it […]
Reviewer’s Note (I was in the midst of reviewing this album when the news was announced that David Bowie had left us. I was already enthralled with the album before his passing and would tell […]
Turin Brakes release their 8th Studio Album, Lost Property on 29th January 2016. Always evolving, the London duo-come-quartet strive to do something new with each release and Lost Property is no exception. Often compared to […]
Suede’s 2013 album Bloodsports was a sensational comeback for a band whose last album, 2002’s underwhelming A New Morning seemed destined to be a flat end to what was a wonderful catalogue. Bloodsports showed that Suede […]
“Farewell to my only friend, you’ve been so good to me,” sings Conor O’Brien. These lyrics open Villagers’ new album, and in the wake of David Bowie’s sudden passing they assume an added poignancy. January […]
Ost & Kjex are a Norwegian electro duo whose new album Freedom Wig amply shows how difficult it can be to translate electronic music from DJ sets to an album. They are obviously influenced by […]
Daughter is the name for the three piece indie-folk band from North London. The band formed in 2010 and since releasing their debut EP, His Young Heart, in 2011, the band have continued to go […]
Indie New Prog band Mystery Jets released their fifth album, The Curve of the Earth, on January 15, 2016. The band had been working on the album since 2013 as a follow-up to their critically […]