Joel Cuzzi releases new album Footprints, focussing on a tantalizing punk sound that somehow works against a sometimes playful and mellow acoustic guitar. It's hard when you lose someone close to you. New album Footprints from Joel Cuzzi is dedicated to the artist's friendship with Tony Sly of hardcore punk icons No Use for a Name. This gives the album a strong and emotional … [Read more...] about Joel Cuzzi: Footprints – Review
Carla dal Forno: Look Up Sharp – Review
Three years after You Know What It’s Like, Australian multi-instrumentalist Carla dal Forno returns with a stark, autumnal and pretty collection of yearning dream-pop, ambient, trip-hop, folk and electronica that unleashes an avalanche of emotion. With her second album, Look Up Sharp, the enigmatic singer-songwriter Carla dal Forno has crafted a sparse, creeping and … [Read more...] about Carla dal Forno: Look Up Sharp – Review
Thunderpussy: Milk It EP – Review
Once I recovered from the extraordinary name of this band (Wasn't Thunderpussy a James Bond film?!), I am wowed by this sound. This is women rocking out with attitude. This EP is a breath of fresh air against a backdrop of over girly females bemoaning lost loves and tearing their hair out musically over some guy who might have just left them. These are women with muscle in … [Read more...] about Thunderpussy: Milk It EP – Review
New Music Fridays – 11th October
As always on a Friday, below we have another set of tracks from up and coming artists for you to bend your ears around. This week we've been listening to an eclectic mix of genres and it really shows in our choices. As always, 'click the pics' to listen! Fox and Bones - A Strange and Wondrous Place Fox and Bones is the folk-pop duo of Sarah Vitort and Scott … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 11th October
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen – Review
A captivating and elegiac album, Ghosteen is shaped by despair and the sound of a man affirming the glow of love; here, grief and loss render its author vulnerable but not broken. Nick Cave’s sprawling and piercing seventeenth LP, Ghosteen, feels like a companion piece to 2016’s remarkable Skeleton Tree, a harrowing record in which the gothic Australian balladeer grappled with … [Read more...] about Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen – Review
New vinyl cutting machine to be released and aimed at home-use
Ever fancied cutting your own vinyl? This new device brings creating your own records and mix-tapes to consumers in possibly the easiest way yet. Some of you will remember the days of yesteryear and having fun with blank cassette tapes. Days could be spent making music mixes for your loved ones or recording chart music from the radio - hand steadily balanced over the ‘stop’ … [Read more...] about New vinyl cutting machine to be released and aimed at home-use