The Broken Orchestra – Shibui

There’s a lot of crap music out there, a lot of it neglecting the unending plethora of emotive power that can be drawn from a wider, more traditional, and more refined selection of genres and styles. Mark Ronson showed … Read More

Martyn Joseph – Songs for The Coming Home

“Songs for The Coming Home” is the eighteenth (yes thats right, eighteenth) studio album by Welshman Martyn Joseph. With a career that spans over thirty years, this passionate singer songwriter could certainly teach wanna be pop stars a thing … Read More

Squarepusher – Live @ Hackney Empire

London, 20th October

I sometimes wonder about the crowd security at experimental shows of this nature. Standing in front of the stage with their backs to the performance, the bouncers just witness the wide-eyed amazement of the Squarepusher fans, … Read More

JAMES IHA (ex-Smashing Pumpkins) – “Look To The Sky” released two weeks today (November 5th) on The End Records

JAMES IHA LOOK TO THE SKY FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN NEARLY 15 YEARS

OUT NOVEMBER 5TH ON THE END RECORDS

James Iha began his career as a co-founder of The Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in 1987. He recorded and … Read More

Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man

If it was Natasha Khan’s intention to create somewhat of an online jaw-drop by posing in the nude for the cover of her third album – ‘The Haunted Man’ – then she unequivocally succeeded. The striking image of Khan … Read More

Skip&Die – Love Jihad

I’m going to start this off by saying that, since 2012 begun, I don’t think my ears have heard anything as bad as this, however; this song is also looking to become my guilty pleasure of the year.

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Bleech – Break My Nose

Well, damn. This is the kind of track that makes me wish that “solid” didn’t have such negative connotations. People use the word “solid” when they want to say “That was nice enough but meant absolutely nothing to me” … Read More

Waves of Fury – Thirst

Not gonna lie, soul-punk played by vampires is one gimmick that could make me listen to absolutely anything by absolutely anyone, but let’s be honest here, the chances of this being anything other than a whole heap of fun … Read More