Premiers
Album Premiere: Thunderbird Lodge – The Flavor That Kills (reviewed by...
Rock music is not generally known for having much to say, at least little in the way of the poignant and the profound. It...
Rock/Punk/Metal
Album Premiere: Thunderbird Lodge – The Flavor That Kills (reviewed by...
Rock music is not generally known for having much to say, at least little in the way of the poignant and the profound. It...
Post Punk/Goth
8th and Alvarado – Youth “Champagne” Remix – Darling Black ...
Name-dropping is all the rage. Especially in artists’ press releases. Usually, such sheets are full of information that relates to the fact that a...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Birthday Cake – Ava Valianti (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If I were one of those more pedantic writers, I would probably be giving you a potted history of the early eighties post-punk scene...
Indie
We Are Echos – Across Phoenix (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Opposites, they say, attract, and that is certainly true in the case of "We Are Echos," the latest one from Across Phoenix. Somehow, they...
Pop/Power Pop
Bloom – Lady Nade (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
“Bloom” is a much-needed message of hope and support in a world where it is easy to be dazed by the speed at which...
Folk/Country
adreamwithinadream – ru·is (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
With a title such as "adreamwithinadream," you will probably have some idea as to what awaits you when you drop the needle on this...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
Tragedy on Market Street – Untold River (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Hear the term singer-songwriter and many people will think of those old seventies icons, or, if their thoughts turn to something more contemporary, a more...
R&B/Soul
In Every Quiet Moment – Lawrence Tomini (reviewed by Dave...
“In Every Quiet Moment” is a song that seems to exist in a very specific space, a place between not only genres, sounds, and...
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
Make Fear Work For You – Monique Grimme ft. Sapphire Star...
The inspiration for a song can often be found in the most unexpected places. It can be found in the most everyday events or...
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
Floating Sheep – Floating Sheep (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Floating Sheep might easily be labeled as a “nu-jazz” outfit, but the emphasis is definitely on the word “nu.” Of course, jazz vibes and such...
Classical/Instrumental
Kielder Water Music – Dan Moore (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If there is a place that perfectly typifies where sound and psychogeography meet, where music attempts to encapsulate the idea of a place, is...
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
Stranger Than Fiction: A short chat with The Flavor That Kills...
With a new album, Thunderbird Lodge, on the way, I sat down and caught up with The Flavor That Kills guitarist, singer, and lyricist Ryan Corcoran, to find...
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
Floating Sheep – Floating Sheep (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Floating Sheep might easily be labeled as a “nu-jazz” outfit, but the emphasis is definitely on the word “nu.” Of course, jazz vibes and such...
Skin on Fire – Camille Baziadoly (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
While perceived wisdom suggests that the opening track of any album needs to grab the listener fairly quickly, that doesn't mean an artist has...
Kaleidoscope – Michael Lazar (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you are going to make pop music, you might as well dive right in and embrace everything the genre has to offer. And...
Album Premiere: First Light – Dark Pale (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Progressive rock has, for some at least, been a much-maligned genre, often conjuring images of keyboard players dressed as wizards, songs about taking rings...
adreamwithinadream – ru·is (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
With a title such as "adreamwithinadream," you will probably have some idea as to what awaits you when you drop the needle on this...
Island Ghosts – Alex Lakustra (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Rock and jazz have hardly been strangers over the 70 or so years that they have shared a space in the popular music world....
