Club Smith – The Process

Often you encounter new bands simply reinventing the wheel. Sometimes they invent the musical equivalent of jetpacks. And sometimes they seem to be making something somewhere in the middle, somewhat akin to those hovering lawnmowers, which is where I’ll … Read More

Devo – Something For Everybody

The only way to start the review of Something For Everybody is to say “welcome back”!

20 years since their last album ‘Smooth Noodle Maps’ the Akron band comes back with a mesmerizing album, rich of details and with … Read More

Die so Fluid – The world is too big for one lifetime

Die so Fluid have been around for years, I even saw the singerplaying bass for Kelly Osbourne in London (you can see it on her live DVD).  The band hasn’t really progressed much but have released an album that … Read More

People Like Us & Wobbly – Music For The Fire

On first hearing Music For The Fire, you’d be forgiven for being a little taken aback. The product of a collaboration between audio collage artists Vicki Bennett (otherwise known as People Like Us) and Jon Leidecker (aka Wobbly), the … Read More

The Drums – The Drums

Having just finished touring with Florence and the Machine in the UK, The Drums release their debut album after their first EP “Summertime” that made them shortlisted as one of the 15 music acts for the BBC Sound of 2010. … Read More

Little Axe – Bought For a Dollar, Sold For a Dime

An old school bluesman in the tradition of everyone from Howling Wolf and Leadbelly to Blind Willie Johnson, McDonald channels the past into the future through his internationally regarded project, Little Axe. Founded in the early 1990s, with five … Read More

Willie Nelson & Asleep at The Wheel – Willie & The Wheel

It is always risky when you are a legendary musician decides to release a western, swing, jazzy record. But the simple fact that it took around 30 years for the album to see the light captures attention. Then the … Read More

Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free

Langhorne Slim third album Be Set Free is set to be his milestone, representing an incredible growth as artist and lyricist. But it’s not only his ability as lyricists that will strike the listener: the album sounds raw, as … Read More

Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – True Love Cast Out All Evil

It has been 14 years since legendary Roky Erickson released an album, but finally we can get our hands on new material. True Love Cast Out All Evil spans through a life long career, with some of the tracks … Read More

Richard Hawley – False Lights From The Land EP

The ocean, with the deep blue water, waves and the magical underworld hiding beneath it has always attracted artists. It may be the sense of calm before a storm, it may be the sense of impotence we feel towards … Read More