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On her solo efforts, Emma Pollock continued in the same direction she was taking with her stellar band The Delgados, one of the most influential bands…

Labels are for brands, not for bands. Show me on this review how much do you agree with the previous statement. Even though they present themselves as…

Anybody who is a fan of harmony-filled pop rock the late sixties or early Seventies, s well as any current variations of this musical theme has surely…

For some reason, there has been an ongoing debate about M.C. Taylor, and his Hiss Golden Messenger project. Nine years and six albums on, he has…

One thing is for sure when it comes to Irish people – they have an incredible sense for melody. They never sound like they are going to…

“I can’t be without, I just need it here” This lyric in the first track on the album on Not Disappear, New Ways,…

If you are eco-conscuous, then you believe in recycling. But what happens when you are eco-conscious in your approach to music? Then you are an artist…

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…

Modern music often resembles the old saying “history repeats itself.” As decades pass, more and more artists regress into a dark cloud of past sounds.…

So easy for an album to be overlooked these days. Even if you are just an ordinary fan, you have piles of CD’s (still?), vinyl records or files on any…

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’s been three years since the last album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. In this period, the members either focused on their…

When Bon Iver first appeared, he scored a nickname ‘dark version of Ray Lamontagne’.  Meanwhile, Ray Lamontagne, the…

Magazines like the British music monthlies “Uncut” and “Mojo” have a tradition of including a music CD since their inception. Usually, whether it is…

When you bruise a diamond like Lost In The Dreams, it is clear that you signed up in the history of music books. Adam Granduciel may not even need…

Combining acoustic music with electronics can be a tricky thing - it either turns out great or falls flat on its behind. That may be the reason the…

Autumn and spring are moderate seasons. Both are some sort of foreplay for winter/summer, which means they are not extreme. On the other hands, our…

William Merriman has been behind the quietly sophisticated Dublin band The Harvest Ministers for some thirty years now. Even though it doesn’t seem…

Even with names like Zita Swoon being tossed around among music critics, the current Belgian music scene seems to be somewhat an unknown quantity to…

We are soon going to enter the winter period, and before that happens, I have a perfect album for you to conclude the autumn behind us. Widowspeak was…

Is there a bigger cliche in the world of music than an indie band from New York? Not many things come to mind and everytime something new and original…

  LVL UP have released their third full length album under Sub Pop label, which just proves how remarkable these boys are. American indie…

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…

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…

I simply cannot stand anymore when any new or relatively new band that has a punk pop tendency is compared to Green Day as if those guys invented…

Saying that Prarie Cat’s new album Is Cary Pratt is actually light as a feather can really go two ways - that it is so light that it will slip by…

Third studio album by British author Lucy Rose was preceded by two month journey across South America, partly organized by her latino fans, so she…

Scott McCaughey is no more a Young Fresh Fellow. In more ways than one. For one, this legend of the Seattle music scene is no more a spring chicken…

Ra Ra Riot are born on American indie rock scene in 2006. They formed on a campus of Syracuse colleage in New York and recorded their first demo in…

Nothing is ever what it seems to be and we might as well find comfort in that, Happyness is a London trio who reminds me more of American than British…

When King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard announced that they will issue five albums this year, even their fans (myself included), who were…

Many bands and singer/songwriters these days are following the path taken by Jeff Tweedy, solo or with Wilco. While most of them are quite enjoyable…

You would have to search deep into the Seventies memorabilia to find the cover of the album that inspired the cover art Nashville’s The Paperhead used…