After releasing 2 singles on Leeds imprint Dance To The Radio (as all bands from Leeds worth their salt do) Sky Larkin got picked up by Wichita records who swiftly flew them to Seattle to work with producer John Goodmanson, whose CV impressively boasts …

Much has changed in the world of Secret Machines since 2006’s ‘Ten Silver Drops’. Guitarist / singer Ben Curtis has departed to form School Of Seven Bells leaving brother Brandon to take on the singing duties fulltime and Phil Karnats has been recruite …

For some people, music ended in 1979 when Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath and the metal / prog scene was in the middle of getting a right shoeing from Punk. One of those people is Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich, influential guitarist/vocalist with bands such a …

On first listen to this Southern curated release, I was reminded of two particular phrases  used on occasion by my mother. The first,’ Is it supposed to sound like that?’, would be used in relation to music I’ve played in her vicinity, when there is so …

Checkmate Savage is the debut album from Glasgow’s Phantom Band. A band who are prone to performing shows with bags over their heads, changing their name at every gig (hence the Phantom Band moniker) and listing the following instruments in their MySpa …

To music fans of a certain age, the name Hot Gossip conjures images of cavorting women in leotards or hot pants and ‘I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper’, however I suspect ‘You Look Faster When You Are Young’ has not come from that same stable. This …

‘Vacilando Territory Blues’ is J Tillman’s fourth album in three years but more importantly it’s his first on a major label and more importantly still it’s his first since the unprecedented success of the other project he’s deeply involved with, Fleet …

Andrew Bird has been making albums since 1996, but only really came across our radar with 2007’s magnificent ‘Armchair Apocypha’. A collection of spellbinding, erudite songwriting beautifully performed and produced. As a result, expectations for ‘Noble …

No wonder Mr Auerbach went solo for this one what with all its minimal techno beats, absence of any traditional instruments and a wealth of R&B guests….OK I’m being a little bit sarcy! The question begs to be asked though, why DID he release this sol …

Like a toddler taking a crayon to a Warhol. That’s what Women sound like – Did they record an album of sunny, sixties, bubblegum, pop art only to discover on return from their celebratory drink down the local, that their younger crazed siblings had dec …