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Not all good Australian music reaches other continents that easily. Case in point - Melbourne’s Saskwatch. Here come’s their fourth album Manual…

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…

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…

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

There are two types of Weezer albums: those that have name and then those that don't have a name so we have to recognize them by their color. All…

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

When the term Americana crops up in a conversation among music fans, usually the first things that come up to mind are any country music variations,…

Critics’ new favorite band Tame Impala are becoming one of the most successful alternative acts of our time. They also have one album that I…

Minimalistic indie folk is the future of the alternative scene. Berlin based group Susie Asado (named by Gertrude Stein’s song) is one of…

In this age of information glut, whether it is the number of music titles available or the method by which you can reach them, it is so easy for quite…

Mark Olson, one of the original co-founders of The Jayhawks is back with a new album, and although he is credited as “the head of the bill”,…

Musically speaking, Sweden was always Mecca for great bands. There are many reasons for it, with one of the most important one being that anyone who…

In times before the Internet, it was so easy to miss a good band. You simply could not have heard of them, particularly if they went the independent…

Let me get one thing straight – these guys are not from Barcelona, they are from Scandinavia. How could something so cheerful come from a…

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…

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

I thought these guys were missing in action, Haven’t heard from them in a while. Almost forgot what they sounded like. But then, no matter how much…

When I put on New Cottee’s new album Broken Flowers, the threatening thunders turned down into a true downpour. A bit symbolic, I guess, since Cottee…

Ok, so the girl (Zoe) is from Montreal and the boy (Nicola) is from Venice, where should they meet and what will the music they make sound like? Th…

Listening to the fifth album of Beirut, it made me wonder what the hell has happened with the band that always crafted good stuff and gave us four…

I would like to introduce if you haven’t heard yet of course, one of my favorite psychedelic and indie rock band named “Noah and…

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,…

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…

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…

It’s finally time to talk about what has been described as Sufjan Stevens’ most personal album to date. The mysterious, melancholy man behind the…

If you, like me (and many others), are disappointed that the singles from Justin Timberlake’s forthcoming Man of the Woods album did nothing…

Melbourne bases band Brighter Later is another evidence how Australia is a tough competitor on the world’s music scene. The project of Jaye…

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…

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…

The Jezebels were formed in 2007 in Sydney when the group of students and friends decided to make music. Up until now, they have released three EPs…

I must freely say that the best and the most creative days are behind TV On The Radio but I must also say that they are maturing greatly and they are…

We haven't heard of Neil Hannon for quite a few years now. Five to be exact, and it is always great to have him back. Even from the early Nineties…

Radlands by Mystery Jets is, in my opinion, one of the best albums that any British indie rock band released in the last couple of years. Curve of the…

Listening to Gareth Dickson’s album “Orwell Court” one of the thoughts passing your mind is, that hopefully, it's not the court of George…

Back to vinyl, back to analog seems to be all the rage these days. Most of it is some sort of retro posturing, and as far as the music itself is…

While discovering new music is always an exciting event for me, there is something really special about finding musicians in my area that make music…

I often find myself drawn to certain songs because of the mood that they create. Cigarettes After Sex is such a prime example of this in each of their…

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…