ln the 20-odd years that Calexico have existed, their sound has become ever more wide ranging, to not only include the traditional Latin sounds of mambo, mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, tejano, but also country, jazz, and post-rock. Nowadays, they largely occupy the terrains of Americana and alt-rock, with only the odd…
It’s been five years since Rhye’s debut album, Woman. A lot has changed, for us and for them. Since the release of Woman, the electronic duo (made up of Canadian singer Mike Milosh and Danish multi-instrumentalist Robin Hannibal) have toured the world, subsequently turning their bedroom project into a fully-fledged…
Simple Minds have nearly always been a mid-tier level of band in the industry. Of course, they flirted with the pinnacle with hits ‘(Don’t You) Forget About Me’ and ‘Alive and Kicking’, but, ultimately, they’ve never had the hits to maintain that height of popularity for a lengthy period of…
The Texan trio, Khruangbin, comprised of bassist Laura Lee, guitarist Mark Speer and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums, return following their luscious 2016 debut, The Universe Smiles Upon You. With a sound that is again rooted in soul, gospel, psychedelia and dub, Con Todo El Mundo takes what the debut…
A thoroughly thought-provoking listen which entails everything from the finest details of the human psyche to powerful messages for the very future of the human race, Nightmares On Wax (aka George Evelyn) has returned and brought yet another incredibly creative record which strives on ingenuity, passion and community. Shape The…
It’s been 17 years since acoustic’s golden new boys Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian dropped The Optimist album, spearheading a movement that emphasised harmonies within acoustic-driven songs that were emotive, melodic and suitable for a time tired of Britpop and rock’n’roll mediocrity. Their angelic voices were the counterpart to…
While their debut album was recorded in a very basic makeshift studio (and received a Mercury nomination), album number two was made in the no expense spared uber studio of Angelic. The band have subsequently said it wasn’t quite right for them. For sure Born Under Saturn was slightly more…
Momentum. It is normally an essential element for new bands, forming the main reason (alongside cash) why labels push and prod artists into a vicious circle of album/tour/album/tour. So when Marmozets were forced to take a two-year break after their thrilling (and award-winning) 2014 debut The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets…
From the minute I heard Leyya’s ‘Superego’ I knew they were something special. With its sweeping, applauding percussion and a beat drop worthy of EDM legends, it was an urgent single that threw them into the musical limelight. Now on over two million streams, the Austrian duo are back with…
It’s a pretty exciting time to be a Nils Frahm fan. Not only is he about to embark on his first tour since 2015 – and his first Brighton performance since a tiny show at Green Door Store in 2011 – but he’s built his own studio and appears to…