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In theory, some musicians should have all the predispositions to make it - a good voice, songwriting skills, musicianship, good backup, come up with…

The current indie scene is so diversified and abundant with knew, or completely unknown names that it can be mind boggling, so you have to opt for one…

  LVL UP have released their third full length album under Sub Pop label, which just proves how remarkable these boys are. American indie…

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…

Fronteers are a Hullensian four piece making big waves in the UK's indie scene at the moment. Don't let their baby-faced appearance fool you,…

The guy who recorded an album alone in the woods. This line might end up on Justin Vernon's tombstone. There's something irresistible about…

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

What should be more fit to be given an Americana treatment (with quite a twist, though) than America itself? Paul Messinger who hails from North…

At the sunset of the past decade, Ducktails have become a very popular band among hipsters. First of all, they have been getting a lot of space and…

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…

After a stellar album Salt Year released in 2011, Chris Bathgate took a longer hiatus and isolated himself in the nature, enjoying symbiotic life with…

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…

Some people have superpowers, and some people have supergroups. I love me some supergroups. All of my music expectations have a form of a supergroup.…

You would have to search deep into the Seventies memorabilia to find the cover of the album that inspired the cover art Nashville’s The Paperhead used…

There is a standard tendency with rock critics, old and new - bring them up and then slam them down. I guess they take that critic word in…

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…

On her solo efforts, Emma Pollock continued in the same direction she was taking with her stellar band The Delgados, one of the most influential bands…

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

In an interview with the band, lead singer Elena Tonra detailed that she sings about those things which she finds difficult to talk about. I remember…

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

Disparate musical styles souped up together can only produce two types of music - one that squarely falls on its face or one that is thoroughly…

Spector, I have been expecting you. When you are expecting something for so long and you are certain of the result of your expectation, what can…

Some people can’t sleep because they are thinking about their dreams. Some people dream when they are awake. Some bands are like dreams.…

Into her fifth album since 2009, Samantha Crain still hasn’t achieved the recognition she deserves. All the positive reviews by the critics …

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…

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…

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…

Grief can be an exceedingly strong motivator and can produce some deeply sad, bad at the same time, life-affirming music. Remember, for example, Neil…

During the first half of the 90s, British collective Slowdive established as one of the most prominent shoegaze bands, leaving three classics behind…

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…

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…

For some reason, there has been an ongoing debate about M.C. Taylor, and his Hiss Golden Messenger project. Nine years and six albums on, he has…

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…

There are certain things that always come up to mind when you mention New Zealand and music - the first is Kiwi Rock, as a specific genre, the second…

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

Listening to tons of music it is usually two groups of artists that draw your attention - those that sound incredibly good and those that sound so…

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…

The Dears, or shall we say, Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak and whoever’s in Montreal at the time, have been around for a while, actually, as…