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We are soon going to enter the winter period, and before that happens, I have a perfect album for you to conclude the autumn behind us. Widowspeak was…

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

  If you are still not sick of bands such as The Killers, Editors, Bastille or Phoenix, the UK has awarded you with another similar music…

Consider this throwback a sonic kiss. I am serious – this music will hug you and kiss you in all the right places. Young girl from Sacramento managed…

Nothing is ever what it seems to be and we might as well find comfort in that, Happyness is a London trio who reminds me more of American than British…

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…

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

  In a long and impressive history of rock n roll, we have heard almost every combination of genre. Big talents have mixed the unmixable,…

Garage punk quartet from Sydney Bed Wettin Bad Boys started off as a side project of Nic Warmock (founder of R.I.P. Society Label) and Joe Sukit,…

Take a dreamy trip through electronic daze known as BØRNS. Garrett Borns better known by his stage name BØRNS, released his…

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…

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”,…

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…

Over the past twenty years, Detroit hasn’t necessarily been a hub for folk and alt-country. Those genres have scratched the surface, but techno and…

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…

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…

Modern bands fascinated by all things psychedelic do not only listen to the ‘old masters’ but probably also what each other is doing. And that is a…

  Everything you bury becomes a seed. Some artists have buried so many emotions inside of themselves that eventually became a fertile ground…

To make a four year hiatus proved to be a smart move for London trio. There was enough time for contemplation about the next step and the change in…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

After twenty years and absolutely brilliant “Untune The Sky” mini-lp and “Instinct” album from early to mid- Nineties, Richard Davies, another among…

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…

Give man a beard and  a guitar and he can rule your emotional world. After only first few notes, I have realized that this is a magnificent…

For some generations that are “somewhat” older, holding a physical object containing music is still an essential element of the…

British singer/songwriter James Page who goes under the name of Sivu has been diagnosed with Meniere disease, which causes disorder of one’s inner ear…

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…

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…

There is something I call music depression. It is an episode that lasts for several months during which the ‘’the patient’’ is unable to find new…

It seems the Australians and New Zealanders have a special knack for good, healthy, melodious rock, or power pop, or whatever you want to call it. As…