Premiers
Album Premiere: Plantano Macho – Leathers (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love the fact that Leathers have fallen into a (seemingly at least) fairly simple (though not simplistic) sound and managed to get so much mileage...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Medication – The Buttons (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is nothing new under the sun. We all know that. But that doesn’t mean you have to do or make the same things...
Post Punk/Goth
Bourbon – Los Tres Mortales (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you ever wondered what the incidental music would sound like as you watched The Man With No Name ride through a blasted post-apocalyptic scrubland into...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Summer in Galt – Sky Is Alright (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As the opener and lead single from Sky Is Alright’s first album in five years, FINITE, ‘Summer In Galt’ is a great reminder of what we...
Indie
RUBBERNECK – Robyn Maddox (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s not so much that ‘RUBBERNECK’ sounds timeless in the way that you would usually use the word – beyond generic chronological categorisation –...
Pop/Power Pop
Cry – Strange DNA (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
‘Cry,’ the latest single from Strange DNA, is part of an ongoing project to explore issues of identity and perception, self-discovery and new beginnings. Obviously very...
Folk/Country
The Fiddle Player Stays – Rebekah Snyder (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The best inspiration for any art comes from real-world experiences, and that is certainly true of the latest release from Rebekah Snyder. Artists poaching the...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
Evergreen – Steve Stinson (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
His latest single, ‘Evergreen,’ moves Steve Stinson one step closer to his debut album, which drops next month, and, as all pre-album singles should, makes you...
R&B/Soul
Girl I Seen – Darrell Kelley (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although we have travelled with Darryl Kelley through some deeper and more thoughtful subjects in the past, explored social tensions, and delved into poignant...
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
Almost – Frank Joshua (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you have the impression of Frank Joshua as a maker of dreamscape, ambient-infused indie music, often with more than a hint of wistfulness and perhaps...
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
Time Blindness – GU-RU (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The GU-RU is back…hurrah… and ‘Time Blindness’ is a real winner of a tune…hurrah again. If you are looking for a bit of an escape from...
Avant Garde
The Shadows of Alienation – Spectrum of Disorder (reviewed by Dave...
Beyond the questions and themes raised by the spoken words and lyrical fragments on this EP, there is a broader question that faces the...
Interviews
The Method in the Musical Madness: A conversation with Anastasiya Bazhenova...
Less a debut album, rather what Anastasiya Bazhenova prefers to call her “first complete artistic statement”, the release of From Mendelssohn to Madness was the perfect opportunity to sit...
Live
Speak to Me – Kathy Sabol (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although the songs on Speak to Me were written over several years, they took on new meaning following Kathy Sabol's life-threatening illness last year....
Swindon
The Shadows of Alienation – Spectrum of Disorder (reviewed by Dave...
Beyond the questions and themes raised by the spoken words and lyrical fragments on this EP, there is a broader question that faces the...
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
To Live Unaffected – Christ and The Machines (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is a reminder of just how powerful music can be when you delve into songs like ‘To Live Unaffected,’ the new single from Christ...
Sola: The Tape Recordings – The Rotor Delta (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Nostalgia and memory play a big part in music. Over time, the boring bits get edited out, and what remains often becomes a heightened...
You’re Not Listening – Mister Chorister (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Taking a break from music is an understandable option for an artist: time to recharge, rethink, reevaluate, and do whatever you need to do....
Bride in Waiting – Divine Martyr (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Divine Martyr has always made a big sound. No bigger than that...bigger...keep going. Okay, it might be bigger than you can imagine; maybe you...
Hindsight – CA in LA (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Timing is everything. We all know that. Never more true than in the musical world. Stories abound of records which only caught the public...
Out of Camo – Ken Tran (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Poetry and music have always made for easy bedfellows. After all, what are lyrics if not just a layer of poetry running across the...
