Premiers
Single Premiere: Be the Light – Mother Coyote (reviewed by Dave...
If anywhere needs a song of hope at the moment, it is Minneapolis. There are many troubled places and turbulent events taking place across the world,...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Bring It On – Criminal Hero (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love Rick Harkness’s resilient rock-and-roll vision. Not for him a complicated or convoluted mission to rebuild the genre. There is no year zero agenda,...
Post Punk/Goth
Someone To Blame – Holy Death Temple (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Before I get stuck into the song’s specifics, “Someone To Blame” is a reminder that all that dark, post-punk stuff, all that gothic invention...
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
Snapshots – Deja Dead (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Reflection, especially self-reflection, is a powerful tool. And it is this idea that forms the basis of “Snapshots,” the latest single from multi-media, multi-disciplinarian Deja...
Pop/Power Pop
The Ripple Effect – Jaime French (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although already known as a comedian and YouTuber, Jaime French is set to conquer new territory with the release of her debut EP, The Ripple Effect. But...
Folk/Country
A New Moon – Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard...
Music from the Dutch delta? Yes, please. Especially if it is all going to be as cool as this one from Joseph Turner & The...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
To Cold To Swim – Art Schop (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is always a deeper story running through Art Schop’s songs, not for him throwaway lyrics or offering up merely more of the same old,...
R&B/Soul
Call Me Crazy – Gregory Ackerman (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I’m not sure if “Call Me Crazy” is an echo of a golden age of music past or a sonic signpost to a better...
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
Video Premiere: Hearts Like Caves – Dilly Dally Alley (reviewed by...
As I sit here writing, the spring sun streaming through the window, the cat following the warm spot across the floor, green things sparking...
Classical/Instrumental
What You Said – Myles Cochran (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
We are all the product of our environment; that much is obvious, but perhaps that is more so in the case of musicians and...
Avant Garde
True Human Trough – Bell Barrow (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Comfort zones? Who needs them? Well, not Bell Barrow that’s for sure. Anyone already familiar with any music that Jeremy Moore has made under this or any other...
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
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
Sunday Knockout – Yard Sale (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Reference points are all about age, I guess, and I’m probably older than this band’s target audience. (Though I like to think that they...
Humanity (Magic Wands Remix) – Killing Kind (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love tracks like this; they are, as well as so much else, a reminder that the darkwave music makers of those early days...
To Cold To Swim – Art Schop (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is always a deeper story running through Art Schop’s songs, not for him throwaway lyrics or offering up merely more of the same old,...
Say My Name – Landroid (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Taken from the upcoming album, Constellation, that incorporates everything from the Gnostic creation myth of the Demiurge Yaldabaoth to a Tarantino-esque tale of gun-slinging lovers holding up a bank, it...
Want Me To – Betty Moon (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Too sophisticated to be rock, too clever to be pop, too original to be labelled merely indie, Betty Moon sits in one of those unique and...
A New Moon – Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard (reviewed by Dave...
Music from the Dutch delta? Yes, please. Especially if it is all going to be as cool as this one from Joseph Turner & The...
