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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…

Saint Raymond is a 20 year old dude from Nottingham. This summer, he released his debut album called Young Blood. As many young authors, Saint Raymond…

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…

  If someone asked me who is the most brilliant female singer in the world right now, few names would pop in my mind. The following review…

Modern music often resembles the old saying “history repeats itself.” As decades pass, more and more artists regress into a dark cloud of past sounds.…

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…

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…

Ok, so I never heard of Tim Meskers before. So, a know all music site tells me that he might be known to discerning music fans from a band called…

Looking at the cover of Pro Swimming Hour’s debut album Penrose Winoa (whatever that is) you have an impression that it was drawn by a very advanced…

Over time, Arcade Fire turned from a serious band to one of the most irresponsible banda. They are full of subtle and flat jokes, and the monumental…

Three years after the fantastic album They Want My Soul, Texas fantastic four has dropped Hot Thoughts, the record witnessing their return to their…

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…

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…

This one came practically out of nowhere when last year was closing. Actually, it originally came from Glasgow, passing through Yorkshire. Whatever,…

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,…

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…

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…

I am constantly amazed by the hidden gems of South African music. Although increasingly less hidden and deservedly so, Oddo Bam’s first EP,…

Mark Eitzel, the man with probably most biting, sometimes even cynical, but always with a human line seeping through is back. The former…

Her comes do it yourself man Doug Tuttle third time around as a solo artist and offers us his Peace Potato. Hot potato or not, right off, it is a very…

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…

Ra Ra Riot are born on American indie rock scene in 2006. They formed on a campus of Syracuse colleage in New York and recorded their first demo in…

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…

Scott McCaughey is no more a Young Fresh Fellow. In more ways than one. For one, this legend of the Seattle music scene is no more a spring chicken…

Saying that there is nothing interesting in today’s music, and that the old guys are making the best albums is ridiculous. There are many examples…

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

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

It's been a long time since the bass sounded this good in the music of The Killers. They give the best of themselves in the first seconds of dense…

Making good music is not about putting notes together by simple, generic instructions like it is some kind of kinder egg toy. Boys from Oxford are…

  The clinical frankness of the title of indie veteran Aimee Mann’s latest album Mental Illness (2016) is actually meant as a jab…

The first question that comes up to mind listening to the first collaboration between (David) Allred and (Peter) Broderick, “Find The Ways” is - what…