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These days it ahem there is a proliferation of singer/songwriters inspired by a similar generation from the Seventies. Like then, today’s batch can be…

I am so happy that I am alive in the time when so much good music is produced. I don’t know how would I obvercome my struggles If it wasn’t for this…

  ‘ZABA’ is one of the best debut albums released in the past decade. When I put the record on for the first time, I had no idea who Glass…

You know when you wait for a record, and you wait, and you wait until your anticipation slowly ceases to exist. And then, when you least expect it,…

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…

Duo made of Alex Turner (leader of Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals and Little Flames) does not need a special introduction, although it…

 The Head And The Heart is a young band from Seattle who got recognized with their self-titled debut due to its irresistible sensitive…

On October 30th, 2015 The Neighbourhood released their sophomore album entitled The Neighbourhood is a group that has historically evoked a strong…

¿Qué se puede esperar de Howe Gelb en cualquier momento? Cualquier cosa. Y más aún, todo. Si alguno de sus seguidores desde hace…

The girls from Warpaint have released their third studio album. After numerous plays, it is plausible to conclude this is their most dance-y release…

We’re getting flooded with acronyms, so why not another one? This time for a much-maligned term a “supergroup”. It had its troubles since Blind Faith…

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…

Look Around is a compilation bringing us the very best of Beat Happening. If you haven’t heard of them before, you should know that the…

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…

With the release of his first single Council, you immediately get the sense that Jeffrey Trainor's sophomore album is a move…

The best export product from Canada, at least when it comes to indie music, is no doubt Broken Social Scene (sorry Arcade Fire, you lost your title…

So you don’t know what Rune Husk is? But of course, it is the new Of Montreal EP! Oh, you want to know what that means? Well, then, you will have to…

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

I can vividly picture the first reaction of those familiar with the previous work of Unknown Mortal Orchestra to the opening moments of its newest…

Pete Fij and Terry Bickers - never heard? Well, if you are a close follower of all things music, particularly the late Eighties and early Nineties…

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…

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…

Let’s turn on our time machines and go back to the release of  Florence and The Machine’s debut. Remember when you played Lungs for the very…

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…

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

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

I certainly don’t know the answer to the question from the title, but I’ m not even bound to try. Doesn’t sound too appetizing. But what I did try out…

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

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…

Glen Hansard is a cute Irish man who conquered the world by singing the Academy award winning song Falling Slowly. The movie Once has become a classic…

Chicago based band Whitney dropped their debut Light Upon The Lake last year. The debut, released under eponymous Secretly Canadian label, secured…

No girls or tambourines among these four Aussies that go under the name Tambourine Girls on their debut album. I’m sure that a girl or two on…

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…

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”,…

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…