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Give man a beard and  a guitar and he can rule your emotional world. After only first few notes, I have realized that this is a magnificent…

Although most of us know David Duchovny as Molder from Dossier X, not a lot of us know that this multifaceted actor is also a singer who recently…

The first moment you encounter the music of Coti K.,“The Man From Managra”, a Greek guy form the Island of Tinos, you would be hard pressed to say…

As of the early Nineties, Antwerp, Belgium emerged as one of the strongest rock scenes this side of La Manche Channel. And it has quite a lot to thank…

A little bit of Libertines, a little bit of Babyshambles, a little bit of solo work. That is how the life flows for Pete Doherty. After 2009 debut…

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…

I got drawn to listen to Julie Byrne’s “Not Even Happiness” album after a series of articles, posts, whatnot about it. The simple stark black and…

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…

Seth Swirsky I said. Seth who? A composer sonngrwiter, movie director... Never heard? How about a guy who wrote Love Is A Beautiful Thing that was a…

Authors of the songs used in TV shows are often less known than those songs are. When we connect the artist with the song, it happens that we don’t…

What would you like to listen for breakfast? If you have nothing on your mind, I suggest you digest Japanese Breakfast. Behind the name Japanese…

Can you hear the sound of the summer? If not, you will hear it now. French synth-pop collective Phoenix decided to be a herald of the upcoming summer…

Ok, so you’re born in Russia, raised in Israel, you become sensitive to all that is burdening this world and want to express it through music. Where…

I’m old enough to remember the times before any Internet (yeah, that old) with what would be now considered scant information about any new and…

  Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…

No big mystery or innuendo in the title above. Just the fact that Tara Jane O’Neil has decided to go the self-titled route only for her eighth&…

Last year I touted on these pages (it is a site, but you still have to flip the pages one way or the other) Michael Nau’s album Mowing (like the…

  Will Toledo is an unbelievably prolific author, the one who released ten albums in a period of just six years. Albeit he has been active…

The ex member of The Coral, Bill Ryder-Jones, has built up his confidence when it comes to swimming in the solo waters, and his latest album is the…

In case you haven’t heard already, Palace are the next big thing. Friends who met at school, they are Rupert Turner, Will Rhodes, Leo…

No matter how successful you are, life is full of ups and downs. To maintain equanimity and to persevere despite life's severe challenges is…

Sometimes it is hard to portray your music on its album cover. For John Andrews & The Yawns, that seems to be no problem on “Bad Posture”.…

Somebody listening for the first time to Duke Garwood would probably react by saying that he sounds a lot like Mark Lanegan. Very late night Mark…

After a stellar album Salt Year released in 2011, Chris Bathgate took a longer hiatus and isolated himself in the nature, enjoying symbiotic life with…

When poets get to singing… For some it is a problem, for others, it is a blessing, Dylan, Cohen, Simon, Oberst and yes, based on his first…

If John Prine and Mitch Hedberg had a baby…” goes the bio blurb on John Craigie’s website. Sure, you cite those favorable comments that suit you, and…

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…

Don’t call it plagiarism, call it a promiscious idea. Just because someone sounds like someone else, it doesn’t mean that they…

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…

Bands come and go, but their members keep on moving, especially If their music addiction is impossible to cure. There is no panacea for loving music.…

For fifteen year, six-membered group from Brighton has been flying over British rock sky. In that time, they have released six studio releases with…

Show me on this beaver where Canada touched you. Jokes aside, Canada has a lot of great bands, especially on indie rock scene. One of them is, for…

Mention Thomas Dybdahl’s name in his native Norway and everybody’ will know who you’re talking about. After all, his first solo album from about…

Eleanor Friedberger is known as a vocalist of the band The Fiery Furnaces. The band released eight albums that were pretty successful in American…

Making albums about every continent of the world? Sounds a bit too ambitious and pretentious, doesn't it? Actually, it depends on who does it and…

As an artist, Mark Kozelek is in that phase of his creativity in which he is capable of saying anything that's on his mind without caring what…

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

On his previous record Heal, Tim Showalter faced his biggest fears, all of his losses and sadness, and sublimed them into songs. It all lead to…

Becca Stevens is one of the leading Americana musicians of today and her fourth album ‘Regina’ is a culmination of her solo career so far. Her last…