Premiers
Single Premiere: Johatsu – Suneaters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is a wonderful world-weariness about this new one from Suneaters, a nostalgic resignation which stays perfectly on the whistful side of melancholic. If the lyrics...
Rock/Punk/Metal
In the Golden Age – Merwulf (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I will start with a disclaimer. Just writing about Merwulf’s recent single, “The Mountain Lion”, pushed me to the limit when it came to succinctly...
Post Punk/Goth
Tiny Stupid Song – Transcendecadence (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Where is life taking me? Have I missed my chances? Am I getting left behind? Have I done it all wrong? Or, in the...
Shoegaze/Dreampop
Everything You Ever Wanted To Be – Korda Korder (reviewed by...
How can a song be both a perfect echo of the past and yet a wonderfully forward-thinking piece of sublime music? I guess if...
Indie
Things We Did On Earth – Kilbey Kennedy (reviewed by Dave...
It has been forty-five years since Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy didn't quite meet. The former was on stage with his recently formed band,...
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
Honky Tonk – Marley’s Ghost (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
To mark 15 years in the game, Marley’s Ghost released Live at the Freight, and it is fair to say that a decade and a half is...
Singer-Songwriter/Acoustica
post mortem – Melanculia (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sometimes, gaining a little insight into an artist goes a long way to explaining and understanding their music; knowing a bit about who they...
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
Self-Control – Leyla Romanova (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When it comes to music made in the more dance-infused realms, if you get the engine room firing smoothly, the rest falls into place,...
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
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
Worlds Within Worlds: Rolling into G-Town with GALVEZTON at the wheel
With a new album, Ocean Cabaret, now out, it felt like the perfect time to catch up with GALVEZTON, aka Robert Kuhn, to find out about his life,...
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
Something Nothing – Heron (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sassy, that’s the word that springs to mind as “Something Nothing’s” sonic charms pick you up and breeze you along. But “sassy” is a bit of...
Jerusalem Hill Road – Inches From Sin (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There are many ways to celebrate a milestone birthday. Everyone has their own idea of how to make the day memorable. But not many...
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...
Broken Glass – French Dogs (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As they gear up to release their debut album, Here’s To Pretending, due in a couple of weeks, London indie kids French Dogs give us their darkest single yet....
Honky Tonk – Marley’s Ghost (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
To mark 15 years in the game, Marley’s Ghost released Live at the Freight, and it is fair to say that a decade and a half is...
How Beautiful the World Is! – Byorn Gold (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There aren't many subjects that Byorn Gold hasn't explored through his prolific output of music; his back catalog is akin to a library where...
