Premiers
Video Premiere: Manitowoc – Turn Turn Turn (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Proving that it is better to do a few things sublimely than lots of things to more mediocre standards, “Manitowoc,” the new one from Turn...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Where You Begin – The Sunday Shamans (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If authentic means something from the past and nostalgia a longing for those times, then it is probably fair to say that “Where You Begin” is retrospective, something infused...
Post Punk/Goth
Make It Anyway – Some Spirit (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some Spirit, the latest venture spearheaded by Jonny Diina, brings us a song of defiance and personal resilience, of finding focus and ambition, via his...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
In The Blur – Waves Crashing (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
One of the features of music made in the denser, more intense realms of shoegaze is a kind of intentional lack of clarity, a...
Indie
Tangerine – GB Leighton (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If GB Leighton is a singer-songwriter, then it is in the same sense that, say, Bruce Springsteen is. And by that I mean that while both share the...
Pop/Power Pop
Little Epiphanies – The Kind Hills (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
One of the great breakthroughs in modern music, well, modern life in general, is the concept of long-distance collaboration. So connected is the world,...
Folk/Country
Video Premiere: Manitowoc – Turn Turn Turn (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Proving that it is better to do a few things sublimely than lots of things to more mediocre standards, “Manitowoc,” the new one from Turn...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
Always On My Mind – Steve Stinson (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
We always hear the old cliche of people, well, journos and media sensationalists, looking for the new Dylan. Like we need one when man himself is...
R&B/Soul
Got You Something – Sasha Joy (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Joy by name, joy by nature! You can always rely on Sasha Joy to bring a sound that puts a smile on your face, even if,...
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
Single Premiere: Digitally Modified – Co.LeGa (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I remember a time when certain people, generally those with long hair and wielding guitars, which they did with one foot on the monitor,...
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
Born in Time – Rachelle Garniez (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is fair to say that Rachelle Garniez’s resume is as rich, varied, and interesting as the music she makes. In a world where most...
Classical/Instrumental
Climax – Decadent Heroes (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s perhaps odd that we try to explain music through the medium of words, as if it is not already communicating with us in...
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
Digital Dialogue: Talking with Lecho Gawroński about Co.LeGa, the ones and...
With Co.LeGa’s “Digitally Modified,” a song built from the same technologies and advancements that it warns us about, dropping tomorrow, it felt like the perfect...
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
Easy Times – seeTrees (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The hot weather may be the natural time to usher in bouncy, buoyant songs suitable for a summer soundtrack of sun and sea, balmy...
Where You Begin – The Sunday Shamans (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If authentic means something from the past and nostalgia a longing for those times, then it is probably fair to say that “Where You Begin” is retrospective, something infused...
Orpheus – Matt Kent (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
With his latest single, Matt Kent proves that even the most forward-thinking artists can still draw inspiration from the oldest stories, and so gives us “Orpheus,”...
Father of the Chapel – The Early Swerve (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a wonderful consistency to everything The Early Swerve does. There are obvious things like the covers of the records and their old-school sartorial cut,...
Man on the Moon – Tojo Yamamoto (reviewed by Dave franklin)
As a fan of R.E.M., I find this reworking blasphemous. As a fan of Tojo Yamamoto, I find it absolutely brilliant. I feel conflicted. Isn’t music...
More Than I Own – Monocene (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Rock music has always been a broad sonic realm, able to take in everything from the ornate to the outrageous, the meticulous to the...
