A raw (untrained) and unpredictable artist, recently made the subject of The South Bank Show, Benjamin Clementine's I Tell A Fly follows his debut album At Least For Now, which was awarded the Mercury Prize in 2015. From busking on the streets of Paris just a few years ago,…
While hardly new territory for Zara McFarlane, her third album Arise is her most complete exploration yet of jazz and traditional afro-Caribbean music. Born out of both her experiences in Jamaica, and her life at the centre of the London jazz scene, it brings together the two genres with…
Returning to their practice hub, a former optician’s office in Southwest Detroit, the guitarist of the post-punk quartet Protomartyr, Greg Ahee, turned to bands such as The Raincoats, post-punk legends. The Pop Group and Mica Levi for inspiration. The result? Relatives In Descent, their fourth LP to date and…
Milburn are a curious band who appeared to have reformed at the perfect time. Always in the shadows of the Arctic Monkeys (of whom they used to share members), their fellow Sheffield group have gone onto become one of the world’s biggest bands, whilst they petered out into obscurity.
There’s a helluva interesting scene coming out of London these days. Built around an organic arts, music and performance community we’ve had, for instance, the likes of the space-techno-jazzers The Comet Is Coming wowing tranced-out believers, and the more groove-based pan-African jazz offerings of Shabaka Hutchings and crew. Then…
My Love Is Cool propelled Wolf Alice into being one of the UK’s finest bands. It led to nominations for the Mercury Music Prize, an Ivor Novello Award, a Brit Award, an NME Award and a Grammy to name but a few.
Otherkin’s debut album Ok is very much a “does what it says on the tin” album. It’s a classic garage punk album that for once does sound like a group of kids playing in a basement. It’s a snapshot of first album excitement and this definitely rubs off on…
Unfurnished Rooms is the new title of the ten-piece record from electronica pioneers Blancmange, making for their ninth studio release and the fith since their reformation back in 2011. Despite being formed back in ’79, Blancmange are still going strong and have proven that their technological sound still…
Wonderful Wonderful arrives at a turbulent point in time for Brandon Flowers and The Killers. The old gang mentality has dissipated, all four members now residing in different states with two of them (bassist Mark Stoermer and guitarist Dave Keuning) also having announced that they will no longer be…
Exquisitely composed and honestly realised, Moses Sumney’s debut album Aromanticism sets out to question our society’s perceptions and expectations of love. Against a backdrop of sumptuous and subtle instrumentation, Sumney pulls apart the archetype of the lovesong, ruthlessly exposing his own fears and vulnerabilities in the process.