Reviews

After a 12 year break from releasing his own material, former Mansun frontman Paul Draper’s 4 track EP, EP One is released today. The hiatus hasn’t seen him leave the music scene at all, but […]

So it’s been raining in Houston for something like 400 days it seems like. My first Free Press Fest begins with some cool but random interviews with Doug from Built to Spill, and local Houston […]

Tampa art punks Merchandise have returned with ‘Flower of Sex’, the first new single since their critically acclaimed 2014 release After The End. The song is accompanied by an engrossing new video juxtaposing flora and […]

Bear’s Den have unveiled ‘Auld Wives’, the first single to be taken from the band’s upcoming second album, ‘Red Earth & Pouring Rain’, released on 22nd July on Communion. ‘Red Earth & Pouring Rain’ is […]

Stu Whiston is an indie singer/songwriter (with a live band) based in Stoke-on-Trent. Stu has recently released a track called ‘Dirty Day” that was produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms) and mixed by Jim Spencer (Oasis/Charlatans/Johnny […]

Doesn’t Kill You will knock you back on your heels, the song is shimmering and enchanting. Davies voice is mesmerizing on this ballad. The song is beautifully conceived, performed and produced. The best words to […]

Fast-rising Irish indie-rockers 5 Dollar Shakes have released their new single Auxiliary Love. The song is lifted from their recently released second EP Come & See Enough To Stay & showcases shimmering guitar lines, brooding […]

Singer/songwriter Will Toledo, or as he is better know as the originator of Car Seat Headrest, is releasing his 15th, that’s right 15th long play release, Teens of Denial. The new release is the following […]

White Room have unveiled the forthcoming release of their new single Think Too Much ahead of what promises to be a busy summer of festival appearances. The track, a serrated blend of sky-gaze psychedelia and […]

Basically, think of a Scandinavian Father John Misty or Josh T. Pearson – Finland’s own Mikko Joensuu has spent time in the forested depths of his home country to produce three albums-worth of captivating, melancholic […]

It was a love of punk-rock music that brought this four-piece from Shreveport, Louisiana together a few years ago. In a city of no fixed musical genre gigging in the same circles at local barbecue […]

In June of 1995 Bjork released Post the follow up to her trailblazing Debut. “Post” in many ways cemented Bjork’s legendary solo career, displaying that “Debut” was not a fluke but the introduction to a […]

Its Facebook page cites: “Great bands, great people, no rip off festival prices and a damn good vibe…a big, big love” and this is what I was expecting for this event. I’d been wanting to […]

Ahead of their upcoming album release, Barcelona-based MOURN are sharing new single ‘Irrational Friend’, which is taken from their record ‘Ha, Ha, He’, due June 3rd via Captured Tracks. Laden with the band’s intricate take […]

The Amazing have announced their next album Ambulance, coming out in the UK on August 5th. Today they share the title track “Ambulance”. On Ambulance, the Swedish band composed of members of Dungen & led […]

It’s been a little while since I was regaled by the awesome fourth record by Rogue Wave, titled “Permalight,” but it’s nice to see that the band is still making forthright rock music with a […]

Little Brother Eli are a rock, soul, blues, and pop band. We can bandy about legendary names like Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones, perhaps more recent incarnations like The Black Crowes and The Black […]

Barry Hyde’s name may or may not be familiar to you, but as the former frontman of The Futureheads his distinctive voice undoubtedly will be. Malody however, contains nothing the likes his former releases, ditching […]