I always seem to be asked the question as to what my favourite album is and who’s my favourite artist. For me, it’s a question…

Insecurity and integrity are explored here. Beauty has been scarred deeply, and this band know firsthand the hurt that creeps up in stages. Letting go…

In June of 2015, I had the great privilege of hearing Ben Howard peform live at the Grand Arena in Cape Town. I have not stopped talking about it…

I realise I’m doing this completely the wrong way around, but I really enjoy discovering older music and identifying the newer music it has influenced…

 We often have a chance to witness surprises at the most unusual places. The core of this surprise is an artist Ewian Christensen, a Latvia-…

2005 was the last year when indie was a proper musical force. In the 11 years since then, indie music has been cannibalized by other genres, most…

On his sixth album titled Garden of Ashes, multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood confronts his inner and outer demons by participating in modern events…

Vulnicura is very personal; Bjork's vulnerability is shown from the first few lines. Although she has stated that the writing process was a way of…

  In my opinion, the most important commandment is that you should become a better person every day. Let’s see If Slim Cessna&…

Way back in 1971 at around the peak of the counterculture era an Australian singer/songwriter named Helen Reddy released a song called I Am…

There's something about the rich melancholy of Chen Marshall's voice that gets me hooked every damn time. Although the simple combination of…

Arcade Fire have come to a point that every iconic band reaches eventually: they are a victim of their own success. They are one of the rare acts that…

It may be hard to remember now but in 2007 Birmingham gloom rock band Editors were one of the biggest bands in Britain. After their terrific 2005…

Although initially a project of two guys, Darius Keeler and Rosko John, Archive is the music collective that featured many artists over the past two…

Greg Dully and co. released their comeback album Do to the Beast back in 2014 after almost sixteen years of professional hiatus. I am one of only few…

After some consideration, I realised that Keaton Henson’s Kindly Now is most definitely one of  my favourite albums of the year. It…

Do you remember when you were young? Do you remember that very distinctive mixed and contradictory feeling of fearlessness and doubt, of possibility…

  When three magnificent female vocalists, such as Neko Case, k.d.lang and Laura Veirs are, come together to make an album, the result has to…