Premiers
Single Premiere: Johatsu – Suneaters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a wonderful world-weariness about this new one from Suneaters, a nostalgic resignation which stays perfectly on the whistful side of melancholic. If the lyrics...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Where The Wild Things Are – Duane Hoover (reviewed by Dave...
Imagine the lost signal from a transistor radio tuned to BBC 1’s new music show in 1973 getting lost in a wormhole and suddenly finding its...
Post Punk/Goth
By The Stars – Octavian Winters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The impressive thing about this new one from Octavian Winters is that the band has managed to step out of their more usual, heavier, post-punk place...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Frozen Meridian – Hallucinophonics (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is easy to build a song, a groove, a presence by layering up lots of different elements, loading it with hooks, volume, and...
Indie
Single Premiere: Johatsu – Suneaters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a wonderful world-weariness about this new one from Suneaters, a nostalgic resignation which stays perfectly on the whistful side of melancholic. If the lyrics...
Pop/Power Pop
Something Nothing – Heron (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sassy, that’s the word that springs to mind as “Something Nothing’s” sonic charms pick you up and breeze you along. But “sassy” is a bit of...
Folk/Country
Travelin’ Heart – Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard (reviewed...
The music world is full of what ifs. What if the Beatles hadn’t split up when they did? What if punk had never happened? What if Syd Barrett had...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
post mortem – Melanculia (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sometimes, gaining a little insight into an artist goes a long way to explaining and understanding their music; knowing a bit about who they...
R&B/Soul
ICE Cold Killerz – Darrell Kelley (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I know that I often find myself referencing Marvin Gaye when writing about Darrell Kelley, and with good reason. Like Gaye, Kelley is unafraid...
Reggae/Ska/Dub
A Fistful of Covers – The Hempolics (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
A band releasing an EP of recordings covering their favorite songs is nothing new. A band doing that while also offering a dub reworking...
Dance/EDM
Market Miracolo – Racines (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Okay, I don't understand the language being sung and spoken here but this feels very much as if the sound IS the story. I...
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
Floating Sheep – Floating Sheep (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Floating Sheep might easily be labeled as a “nu-jazz” outfit, but the emphasis is definitely on the word “nu.” Of course, jazz vibes and such...
Classical/Instrumental
Blank Slate, Open Space – Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles (reviewed...
If the core of this collaborative album lies in hushed saxophone, spacious piano, and a 4,000-mile distance between the two main players, then the...
Avant Garde
Neither Here Nor There – Milarepa’s Cave (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The man who brought you the exploratory and inventive sonic ride that is When Mountains Speak now leads us on a new, but no...
Interviews
Worlds Within Worlds: Rolling into G-Town with GALVEZTON at the wheel
With a new album, Ocean Cabaret, now out, it felt like the perfect time to catch up with GALVEZTON, aka Robert Kuhn, to find out about his life,...
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
Back where it all began. A Big Day out with EXTC
Terry Chambers will always remember his twenty-first birthday. After all, who would forget being subjected to their friend’s TV show reel, fifteen minutes (well,...
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
The Bongo Boy Rock ‘n’ Roll TV – Episode 05 Season 15 – Gifts...
Spring has sprung, and with the arrival of the warm weather and the natural world bursting into life, new music also seems appropriate. After...
Single Premiere: Johatsu – Suneaters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a wonderful world-weariness about this new one from Suneaters, a nostalgic resignation which stays perfectly on the whistful side of melancholic. If the lyrics...
Neither Here Nor There – Milarepa’s Cave (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The man who brought you the exploratory and inventive sonic ride that is When Mountains Speak now leads us on a new, but no...
Year of the Horse – Last Charge of the Light Horse (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some of you younger readers may not fully appreciate the tactile, tangible beauty of the vinyl format. In this world of downloads and digital...
By The Stars – Octavian Winters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The impressive thing about this new one from Octavian Winters is that the band has managed to step out of their more usual, heavier, post-punk place...
Where The Wild Things Are – Duane Hoover (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Imagine the lost signal from a transistor radio tuned to BBC 1’s new music show in 1973 getting lost in a wormhole and suddenly finding its...
