Mr Jukes is a soul and jazz-inspired project from none other than Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club. It’s an album that seems unexpected given Steadman’s beginnings but that doesn’t matter. The roots of this album, God First, aren’t what you would expect. Apparently this album came about when…
Despite the absence of a hit single, Phoenix have gradually become a household name across Europe. While the band's early albums enjoyed a moderate underground following, the release of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and Bankrupt! drew the attentions of a more mainstream audience, as their name grew ever larger on…
Frontman and main songwriter Greg Gonzalez talks of his love for cinematic works – a love that grew from his experience working at a theatre in Brooklyn. This love for cinema transposed into his band’s debut album and manifested into an aim to project something much larger than…
I’d been anticipating Marika Hackman’s new album since the release of her single ‘Boyfriend’ back in March. It’s been a slow few months of teasing new tracks and releasing singles in the run up to the release. She’s teamed up with The Big Moon to serve as her backing band…
"This is Radio 4, and more of The Reunion". So goes the warm blanket voice of a Radio 4 presenter right at the start of Home Counties. No doubt 'The Reunion' applies itself to Saint Etienne, a band who rarely converge in-between albums except for the odd tour and…
From Leeds University student bedroom band to global phenomenon. Perhaps the least expected indie breakthrough of recent years, alt-J hit new heights last year when they headlined Madison Square Garden. It was less than ten years ago that they first started to make music in student digs, their sound partially…
Pixx is the moniker of 21-year-old London songwriter Hannah Rodgers. At age 19 the Brit School alumni signed to the legendary 4AD records and won over praise from critics with her debut EP Fall In back in 2015. The Age of Anxiety is certainly a strange album. Maybe I…
One of the single hottest names in the country right now, The Amazons seem to be a truly unstoppable force. Through a quick rise to fame, appearances on Jools Holland and bagging some incredible festival slots, The Amazons’ self titled debut album is finally here and is chock…
Ulrika Spacek have always retained the ability to put on a phenomenal live spectacle with their brand of masterful psych-infused shoegaze and mind-alerting visuals. However, artists sometimes set themselves up for a fall if they can’t re-create this magic on record. Thankfully, the five-piece don’t have that problem and…
Jane Weaver, now three decades in, hits her eighth album and first with Fire Records, Modern Kosmology. Eight albums is a rare accolade to be worn by musicians these days, particularly when they skirt on the periphery and obsess with the world of solitude, away from too much…