Discarded demos from Gillian Welch are exhumed as golden nuggets of buried treasure, re-affirming the reputation of the doyen of Americana and long-time foil David Rawlings as connoisseurs of old-time, Appalachian style American folk. The world has barely recovered its breath from a new Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release, last month’s covers disc, All The Good Times, … [Read more...] about Gillian Welch: Boots No.2: The Lost Songs, Vol 1 – Review
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El Goodo: Zombie – Album Review
El Goodo impress on new album Zombie, bringing in a late 60s psychedelic rock sound that has a few unique twists of its own. El Goodo are the masters of pessimism who describe themselves as a “lazy Welsh psychedelic band”. With only three albums released so far, El Goodo are careful about the music they release with tracks covering such varied subjects as life, death and the … [Read more...] about El Goodo: Zombie – Album Review
Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings – Review
Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro prove once again they're still at the top of their game with the impressively realised record, A Celebration of Endings. After years of success, it’s now pretty difficult to not be aware of who Biffy Clyro are. Any rock festival and they would have performed at it, any die-hard rock fan will have one of their albums on display, and that teenager … [Read more...] about Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings – Review
Aminé: Limbo – Album Review
Prepare for a big mixture of varied sounds, fluid flows and heavy beats as you tune into Aminé and his latest release, Limbo. Aminé is a name that is synonymous with modern hip-hop and it feels as if the US rapper and songwriter has been around forever. He is consistently making attempts to evolve his sound and those attempts are especially evident throughout this record. … [Read more...] about Aminé: Limbo – Album Review
James Dean Bradfield: Even In Exile – Review
James Dean Bradfield creates a vivid eulogy of Chilean poet/activist Victor Jara amongst politicised instances and beautifully crafted soundscapes. James Dean Bradfield has created something special with his second solo effort, Even In Exile. When Patrick Jones - brother of Manics bassist Nicky Wire - came to Bradfield with a handful of poems based on different aspects of … [Read more...] about James Dean Bradfield: Even In Exile – Review
Otta: Songbook – EP Review
Finnish-British singer-songwriter Otta expands her musical palette with a new EP of homespun electro-pop, toying with genres whilst weaving together sharp song-writing and burbling electronics. Anna Ottridge aka Otta is a Finnish-British musician from South London whose promising debut EP of homespun pop, After It All Blew Over, courted positive notices in January of this … [Read more...] about Otta: Songbook – EP Review