Premiers
Single Premiere: Amanda On The Bed – Seven Crows (reviewed by...
I have struggled to express what i love so much about instrumentel music many times as I put pen to paper on its behalf,...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Always – RISE (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Big music doesn’t have to resort to brash and bombastic tricks to make its presence felt. You can go that route, if you like,...
Post Punk/Goth
Play Along – Cable Street Riots (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I will start with a confession. I will start by admitting that it is the band/artist’s name that first caught my eye. History buffs...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Snake Charmer – Moon Construction Kit (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The wonderfully named Moon Construction Kit feels like a return to the past’s psychedelic and dreampop sounds and simultaneously a search for their next chapters. And...
Indie
There Will Be Bread – Sharkeologist (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
How the wonderfully named Sharkeologist manage to mine so many sonic seems…or even scenes, weave together so many threads and still come out with something that...
Pop/Power Pop
Waste Paper Bins / Business Picked Up – BeaVoys (reviewed by...
We live in a time when more and more musicians are turning their attention to making music that has something to say about the...
Folk/Country
Songs In The Key Of Blue – The Swamp Stomp String...
If you are, like me, tired of everyone and their uncle rebranding their music as Americana, or worse, British Americana to keep up with...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
Put It Behind Me – Kevin Driscoll (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you are one of those people who likes to say things like “it’s good man, but I struggle with his voice,” when you...
R&B/Soul
How Dare You Ignore Their Cries? – Darrell Kelley (reviewed by...
Thankfully, we are seeing more and more artists using their creative space to appeal to the better angels of the world—music made in response...
Reggae/Ska/Dub
Album Premiere: Lost Files – JaDon Blaxx (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If Dancehall arrived in the seventies as reggae's leaner, faster, more street-charged younger sibling, then Lost Files is a clear snapshot of where that...
Dance/EDM
Furtiva – FREZYA feat. LPSV (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is perhaps quite telling that the single's cover shows the image of a strawberry-shaped, golden hand grenade because "Furtiva" does sound like someone...
Hip-hop/Rap
Mind How You Go – PanthaDogg (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Hip-hop has come a long way from its birthplace in the South Bronx all those years ago. And while all genres move with the...
Jazz/Blues
The Misadventures of Theodore Thump – Shedric (reviewed by Dave...
I’ve encountered young Shedric both as a solo bluesy-acoustic performer and as part of the eight-legged rhythm and groove force of nature that is THUD, and it is...
Classical/Instrumental
Single Premiere: Amanda On The Bed – Seven Crows (reviewed by...
I have struggled to express what i love so much about instrumentel music many times as I put pen to paper on its behalf,...
Avant Garde
Avoidance Moon – Zabus (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As I head into the opening titular track of the new and sixth Zabus album, Avoidance Moon, I get the strange sensation that I am listening to...
Interviews
New York City Boy: Talking to M. Spano about delivering Something...
With a new single, “Something Different,” just dropped, I sat down with M. Spano to find out about his roots, his style, and his...
Live
The Crack – En Heat (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If, like me, you feel that mainstream music is all a bit safe, merely appealing to fads and fashions, comfort zones and marketing reports,...
Swindon
Rooks – M3G (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The word ethereal is used a lot in music. Too much, really. Not least by overly-verbose scribblers like me. But sometimes no other word will do....
News
‘Mariachi El Bronx IV’ out February 13 Marks Alter Ego of...
On February 13 LA trailblazers Mariachi El Bronx will release Mariachi El Bronx IV, their long-awaited new album, and first in over a decade. MEB is the alter...
Playlist
That Was The Music Week That Was – 080825
Another busy week at Dancing Towers, plenty of cool grassroots artists put under the pen, lots of great music mused over, and lots of...
Books
How Not To Write About Music – III: Starting the Week...
One of the joys of writing about new music is that it stops you from getting trapped in the past. Of course, bands like...
6 of the best
Wash – Gordy Walsh (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
“‘Wash’ is a plea to people who want to rediscover what makes them happy and unique.” Amen to that, brother! It does seem that as...
Compromise – Reduction in Force (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s sad to think that Reduction in Force might be right, that compromise might be life’s only constant. Sad but true, after all, they aren’t the...
The Divide – Slow Burn Drifters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I wouldn’t go as far as to suggest that “The Divide” has a gothic sound, not in that broader, journalistic and genre sense, but...
Put It Behind Me – Kevin Driscoll (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you are one of those people who likes to say things like “it’s good man, but I struggle with his voice,” when you...
The Misadventures of Theodore Thump – Shedric (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I’ve encountered young Shedric both as a solo bluesy-acoustic performer and as part of the eight-legged rhythm and groove force of nature that is THUD, and it is...
Keep Shining – Lemon (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Lemon is the sound of a story playing out, the next chapter in a beloved sonic tale, the latest episode in a groovesome narrative that...
