Premiers
Single Premiere: The Greatest Gift – Leem of Earth (reviewed by...
Taken from the band’s forthcoming album, SEE, an ambitious concept album inspired by George MacDonald’s Victorian-era fairy tale The Princess and Curdie, ‘The Greatest Gift’...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Glitching Sky – The Pixel Rain (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
‘Glitching Sky’ is the final single before London-based The Pixel Rain’s long-awaited album, A Sense of Danger, arriving at the end of the month. Since I have...
Post Punk/Goth
There Are Spiders In My Dreams – Poems For Dead People/Intertitle...
If you are looking for something different, if you are tired of all the style-over-substance pop wannabes and cooler-than-thou (they wish) indie kids…and I know I...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Never Had – Charlie Sly (reviewed by Dave Franklin
Blending a college-rock-on-ketamine groove with shimmering dream-pop haze, ‘Never Had’ is that rare thing: instantly addictive, yet understated and uncomplicated. No sonic tricks, no...
Indie
it all burns down someday – 72 Rats (reviewed by Dave...
When pop music doesn't have the balls you want as the soundtrack to your day and rock music feels a bit too impenetrable or...
Pop/Power Pop
Artificial World – Deborah (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sometimes the most thought-provoking questions arrive in the most innocent of guises. 'Artificial World', the latest offering from published poet, social advocate, and HR...
Folk/Country
Shadows & Light – Sean Hopkins (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love the pitch that comes with this latest album from Sean Hopkins. “Great music – take a listen.” Five words that seem so simple, but which...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
Scenes From a Well-Worn Path (Side Two) – Music By Jeremy...
If debut albums are supposed to be the sound of an artist finding their feet, finding their sound, finding their way into the musical...
R&B/Soul
Identity – Lady Nade (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When you look beyond specific journalistic labels, it is fair to say that most musical styles can be called ‘roots’ music – soul, blues,...
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
Feasting – The Sway (HK remix) (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love what The Sway has done with ‘Feasting,’ not only because it reminds you of what a great remix can achieve, but also because...
Hip-hop/Rap
Beat the System – Holland Izz & Tayo Fetti (reviewed by...
Although the title might sound like the sort of track fellow Compton -ites, NWA would have gone for, things have changed in the 35 or so years since...
Jazz/Blues
Planet Android – Shapes (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s not that Shapes don’t fit easily into one genre; it’s more that they fit too easily into many. But not through some lack of focus...
Classical/Instrumental
Get Together – Summer Fades Away/Vaudlow (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The modern world is a marvellous place. Not many years ago, the idea of a Chinese band and a US duo collaborating on a record would have been...
Avant Garde
Body Without Organs – AD Ozium (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you like the idea of the three-minute pop song, of music that doesn’t require much engagement, a tune which can jig and jog...
Interviews
Summer Lovin’ : A quick chat with Peter Jakobsson about love...
Nautiluspete, the project of Swedish songwriter Peter Jakobsson has just released a song about a love worth fighting for. “The Beacon” is uplifting EDM with a...
Live
Deadlight Dance/Flowers of Sacrifice @ The Tuppenny, Swindon 17th Sep ’26
Ahh, those were the days, my formative years spent in basement rock clubs drenched in dry ice, the smell of patchouli, the floor sticky...
Swindon
Just Might Be Enough – Young Martyrs (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Let’s be fair, no one really agrees on what Americana means. For some, it is about a certain sound; for others, a specific place; and some...
News
Latest single ‘So Keen’ from Indie punk band Poets Corner is...
Following a great bunch of reviews & a host of radio plays for previous single She’s Got You Now, Hull’s authentic indie outfit Poets Corner are back with...
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
Sing Me A Song – Firefly Search Party (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although ‘Sing Me A Song’ has all the hallmarks of music made within timeless folk traditions, it also shimmers with folk-pop modernity, perhaps a...
Artificial World – Deborah (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sometimes the most thought-provoking questions arrive in the most innocent of guises. 'Artificial World', the latest offering from published poet, social advocate, and HR...
Villains – Father Chocolate (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s always great when a piece of music’s feel matches the song’s themes, as if the artist is creating a complete and complementary sonic...
Shadows & Light – Sean Hopkins (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love the pitch that comes with this latest album from Sean Hopkins. “Great music – take a listen.” Five words that seem so simple, but which...
If I’d Known – Dulldrums (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Labels don’t get you too far when it comes to music. That said, Dulldrums self-administered tag of “dream-folk” is actually perfect for this, their debut single....
The Ascension – AGAM (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Music sessions in private houses have become a popular feature of modern, grassroots music. But of course, it is nothing new; before the monetization...
