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
Man of the Universe – Zachary Mason (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although he has made music that touches on all manner of themes and thoughts, his previous releases make it clear that Zachary Mason is fascinated by...
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
Spaceship414 – Zoë Zohar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If dream-pop is a very specific genre, woven from shimmering sonics and neo-psychedelic vibes, and dreamy pop is more an approach to mainstream pop where atmosphere and haze...
Indie
Tribute – Alias Wayne (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
'Tribute' is exactly the sort of song the title suggests, and as its dulcet, delicate, and delicious tones kick off, we realize that we...
Pop/Power Pop
Invisible (Four Ways) – Energy Whores (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is a widely accepted fact that any song of value can stand up to reinterpretation or remix, reimagination or reworking, proof that it...
Folk/Country
Haunted Hotel – Shansylvania (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Following a tragic loss, vocalist Shannon Provost took refuge in a dark, otherworldly realm of her own making, one she had been building since childhood but...
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
Paint The Sky, Pt. 1 – JoJo Green (reviewed by Dave...
If you kick off your record with some of the best funk bass work since Larry Graham dropped the mad and marvelous ‘POW’ on an unsuspecting...
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
Unanswered – mokroïé (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I remember watching a short film years ago that visually chronicled a journey from the outer reaches of the known universe to the molecular-level...
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
Reflections and reality: Modest Needs on healing the inner child and...
Modest Needs is the musical moniker of Thomas Modig, a singer-songwriter from Uppsala, Sweden, and with his reflective new single, ‘Ett bättre jag’ (‘A Better Me’), now out,...
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
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
Sellout’s Prelude – Ava Renn (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Calling Ava Renn a pop artist would do her a disservice, or at least only scratch the surface of the music she makes. Okay, if it...
Reflections and reality: Modest Needs on healing the inner child and making music as...
Modest Needs is the musical moniker of Thomas Modig, a singer-songwriter from Uppsala, Sweden, and with his reflective new single, ‘Ett bättre jag’ (‘A Better Me’), now out,...
Underwater – Awake & Dreaming (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
We have all found ourselves awake in the early hours, worrying about the things that seem to drag us into a perceived abyss and...
Cuasrán – Proyecto Escapulario (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Reviewing a song sung in a language I am not fluent in might seem difficult, but I think it actually makes you consider more...
Mine Alone – intimate dream (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Blending a nostalgic echo into your music only works if you understand why such sounds were so emotive in the first place. Mine Alone,...
Keeping it Real: The Real Anthem on genre, geography and what makes the band...
With two singles now out ahead of an album to follow, it was the perfect time to sit down with Matt King, Andy Mitchell and Shawn Helton of The Real...
