Anybody remember a Britpop luminary going by the name George Nigel Hoyle? No? Well, he was a member of the Britpop second-tier band Gay Dad, but who…

Here comes Mick Harvey again, continuing his tribute saga to Serge Gainsbourg that now spans four Albums - from “Intoxicated Man” in 1995, “Pink…

The hype sisters who make the band Haim got in 2013 was not seen in a long time. Fortunately, they did not failed anyone expectations with the release…

One of the most popular acts on the Macedonian alternative scene, “Bernays Propaganda”, which I already introduced to the readers…

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…

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

As each year gets close to its end, I start scavenging other people’s “best of” lists to find something I’ve not heard before, something to have for…

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

Alex Southey’s new My Nights On the Island EP offers a six song revision of a break up that breaks the mould of what one would traditionally ascribe…

The Strokes are an American rock band that most people are familiar with, but after their groundbreaking debut in 2001 called “Is This It”, it has…

Good Luck Have Fun - Mother Falcon 3rd album released October 9, 2015 on Universal Music Classics Overall rating: 10/10   Mother Falcon is a…

Music magazines often use the term Wooden music when they want to describe the type of music that I am about to review. It stands for the following:…

  James Mercer and his crew came back with the new material. I say crew on purpose as the members have completely changed since the last…

When I first saw Diane Birch in 2010, my first impression was that she is a hybrid of Pattie Smith and Diane Keaton who tries to play the piano as…

Upbeat. Soulful. Creative. These are the three words that came to mind as I listened to the new Moon Taxi album entitled . These Nashville native…

Texas power-poppers or harmony rockers (whichever you prefer) Cotton Mather and their main brain Robert Harrison (I guess the same last name with…

What was happening during Franz Ferdinand's five year hiatus that preceded the release of their brand new LP Always Ascending? The most important…

Surprise! This is another Americana folk review, as it seems that music within this genre makes love and gives birth to new babies every day. Julie…

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…

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

Tango With Lions, an Anglophone Greek collective of “day-dreamers, hard-workers and music-lovers” gained worldwide recognition…

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…

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…

Sometimes something good arises from the ocean of new bands. Some of them deserve your full attention, some of them partial attention and some should…

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…

From the very first seconds of Sphynx, the opening song from the second album of this French band two things are clear. On one hand, this is an…

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…

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

I'm tired of thinking of you, baby, harshly lashed out Glen Hansard on a conveniently titled track Movin' On. Ummm, the only problem is that…

It seems to me that I am beginning almost every second review with the observation that many singers and bands are creating records bursting from…

Even though they had success with their debut album, The View never managed to capitalize it in a right way. They are always somewhere near but they…

Consider following review as a double review, rather than a battle between two EPs. There are not easy to compare, anyway. No Joy  Series…

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…

Irish band Walking on Cars is the band I have been waiting for. First of all, the music talent runs through their veins. Without any pretentious…

My dream is to listen to dreampop all day and all night long. Luckily, the internet has allowed me to have access to infinite number of musicians who…

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…

Near To The Wild Heart Of Life is the third studio album of Brian King and David Prowse, a Vancouver based duo known as Japandroids. They self-…

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…

  My brain has a special grey area. It is an area where I feel peculiar empathy for all of those great artists who suddenly start losing…