Over the past twenty years, Detroit hasn’t necessarily been a hub for folk and alt-country. Those genres have scratched the surface, but techno and…

The current indie scene is so diversified and abundant with knew, or completely unknown names that it can be mind boggling, so you have to opt for one…

  The Coral is a band by two guys who are into retro music. They are also into adapting it to the modern, indie music. This time, they have…

Sophie Allison is obviously a very smart girl. I say, girl, since at the time Collection, her first official album is out, she’s yet to turn 20, and I…

When you have sixteen albums in your discography, three Grammys and records that shaped a generation of listeners, no one expects you to deliver…

Austin is a city well known for its folk and country. Support for such a notion came from Curnet Marie Andrews who released a magnificent album last…

So, I have a new roommate, he’s from Ireland and seems like a really cool dude. He’s also a musician, and the main reason for his…

Jake Bugg was entitled as  “the next Bob Dylan”. After his third album, the title does not apply anymore.  It is…

If we take a look at the history of music, we can chronologically determine how the geographical focus of pop-rock industry was shifting. In the 50s,…

  The clinical frankness of the title of indie veteran Aimee Mann’s latest album Mental Illness (2016) is actually meant as a jab…

After flirting with orchestral and electronic sound which relied on Smith's internal content on their previous album In Dreams, Editors…

  Shannon Wright dropped her 10th  album this year titled Division. This author from Atlanta creates forcefully and consistently,…

Here comes Mick Harvey again, continuing his tribute saga to Serge Gainsbourg that now spans four Albums - from “Intoxicated Man” in 1995, “Pink…

Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…

When I first encountered the music of Yo La Tengo, sometime in the first half of the 00s, they were already had a reputation of one of the most…

Anybody remember a Britpop luminary going by the name George Nigel Hoyle? No? Well, he was a member of the Britpop second-tier band Gay Dad, but who…

When I first saw the cover of the new The Wave Pictures album (and there is quite a few of them), something kept nagging at me it seemed so familiar…

At the sunset of the past decade, Ducktails have become a very popular band among hipsters. First of all, they have been getting a lot of space and…

An oldie, but a goodie, I was re-acquainted with this album whilst noshing on pizza and sipping white wine at a restaurant last night. Although the…

Anything that has something to do with the New Zealand masters The Clean will always get my attention. So when the name of Clean’s drummer Hamish…

The canadian musical group Grounders reference Jagwar Ma, Tame Impala and the Zombies; '60s sounds, psychedelic nostalgia, woozy and …

In two years, The National are going to celebrate two decades of their existence and judging by their tempo of releasing albums, we might get another…

Sometimes some band blasts you from the past, and you have no choice but to investigate their discography. Few weeks ago, that happened to me when I…

I am constantly amazed by the hidden gems of South African music. Although increasingly less hidden and deservedly so, Oddo Bam’s first EP,…

Another day, another Seattle band that has been around since the first part of the Eighties. And again, more of a cult, particularly among the music…

The moment the opening track, “Riverview Fog” starts, you get the feeling that you’ve heard all this before, but that the cards have been reshuffled…

Grief can be an exceedingly strong motivator and can produce some deeply sad, bad at the same time, life-affirming music. Remember, for example, Neil…

It seems the Australians and New Zealanders have a special knack for good, healthy, melodious rock, or power pop, or whatever you want to call it. As…

When you start asking yourself what has happened to a certain band, missing their music, you can be certain that they have come up with something…

During the first half of the 90s, British collective Slowdive established as one of the most prominent shoegaze bands, leaving three classics behind…

So you’re missing the shimmering guitars and harmonies of Kingsbury Manx? Or, maybe, you’re quite disappointed with the new Shins album (rightfully so…

How is it possible that you are only 22 years old and you are such a poetaster? How is it possible that this is just your debut and you are already…

The guy who recorded an album alone in the woods. This line might end up on Justin Vernon's tombstone. There's something irresistible about…