With Vinyl Chapters looking forward to covering this year's South By Southwest festival in March, we take a look at the event’s history and what to expect from 2021's revolutionary, online focus. The last year has been a tumultuous time for festivals of any sort. Due to the global pandemic and the fact that large gatherings are just not possible right now, this has caused … [Read more...] about SXSW 2021: Pushing Boundaries As An Online Festival
Indigo Sparke: Echo – Album Review
Indigo Sparke builds emotional and powerful soundscapes that delve into her personal, lived experiences on debut album, Echo. Australian singer-songwriter Indigo Sparke really knows how to balance beautiful ideas against darker undertones throughout her music. It’s a skill that really comes to life on her new album, Echo. Co-produced by Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker and Andrew … [Read more...] about Indigo Sparke: Echo – Album Review
Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! – Review
On his new, genre-blending record, the idiosyncratic and versatile classic-rock magpie Aaron Lee Tasjan meshes together acoustic and electronic sounds from different eras to conjure free-flowing, interstellar pop melodies with a tangy zest. The music career of the thirty-four-year-old singer-songwriter and ex-glam rock guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan has followed a crooked and … [Read more...] about Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! – Review
Travis Set To Reissue Debut Album ‘Good Feeling’ on Vinyl
Glaswegian 90s indie favourites Travis return to their roots with a reissue of their debut album Good Feeling on vinyl. If you’re up for a hint of nostalgia for 90s indie-pop then the upcoming Travis reissue may be right up your street. The band’s debut album Good Feeling is getting the vinyl treatment in April as part of its 24th anniversary, with the record having … [Read more...] about Travis Set To Reissue Debut Album ‘Good Feeling’ on Vinyl
Sirenia Interview: Keeping It Fresh, Lockdown Music, and 80s Covers
We reviewed Sirenia’s newest album Riddles, Ruins and Revelations earlier this month which impressed with its symphonic/power metal underbelly. We wanted to find out more about the band's current state, so we sat down with Sirenia guitarist and composer Morten Veland to talk about the state of live music, his process for writing albums and the future of his musical projects … [Read more...] about Sirenia Interview: Keeping It Fresh, Lockdown Music, and 80s Covers
Ryan Sambol: Gestalt – Album Review
Ryan Sambol, the ex-Strange Boys singer-songwriter, discovers the joy of scaling back, pursuing understated lonesome cabin folk missives for quarantine times. The Texan musician and poet Ryan Sambol first came to prominence as leader of rootsy Austin garage-rock combo The Strange Boys. Since the demise in 2012 of the band he’d formed as a teen, his muse has followed him to … [Read more...] about Ryan Sambol: Gestalt – Album Review