It was only last summer that Mike Rosenberg (a.k.a. Passenger) announced that he was taking a break from the constant treadmill of touring, just before a surprise release of his ninth studio album, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Taking into consideration the current album title, he is now back…
Nothing if not regular, Performance marks the eighth studio album in ten years from the Texan indie-rockers. It marks a new beginning of sorts, with Conrad Choucroun (drums) and Michael Hunter (keyboards) joining stalwarts James Petralli (vocals, guitar) and Steve Terebecki (bass) in a revamped line-up following a partial…
“I have long felt frustrated at the limitations of what a woman is allowed to be, on a very basic level,” Anna Calvi says about the main concept behind Hunter, her third album. “Perfect, smiling, accommodating. Why do I have to live up to these ideals because of my anatomy?”…
Jack Tatum’s long-term musical project has entered a variety of musical realms, with this next stage seeing a transition into 80s new wave. Indigo borrows different aspects from his previous work, whilst still managing to sound fresh and ambitious.
The quirky natured New Yorkers fronted by the wonderful Darwin Smith are back, bringing with them a delightful narrative-led record which depicts exactly what it says on the tin. 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart could not be more literal, this is an album…
Still riding high after all these years (it’s been 12 years since their debut album Inside In/Inside Out), another high-profile festival slot at Reading and Leeds proves that The Kooks remain one of this country’s most beloved indie bands. With a huge array of anthems and bangers at their…
A duo forged somewhere between Barrow and Norway via Liverpool, Her’s are a band that seem to exist in a parallel dimension. They live in a world that is nearly, but not quite, the same as ours. Their eccentric, off-kilter songs have been catching the eye for a few…
Devon’s own Muncie Girls’ first record managed to perfectly bridge the gap between punk and catchy indie-pop. The three-piece have managed to do the same this time around only with a deeper exploration into frontwoman Lande Hekt’s personal life, as she explores themes of metal health, family life and sexism.
Black Rainbow Sound is a band coming into their own. Menace Beach have released two great albums, Ratworld and Lemon Memory, over the past few years, however, for their third album they shift up a gear massively. Production-wise this is the best the band have sounded: well-rounded and sharp. Black…
“We really wanted to do a Tunng record going back to the original line-up,” founder member Mike Lindsay has said about Songs You Make At Night. “There was a real magic in the early records that we all wanted to capture again in this one.” Lindsay is right. There was…