Alongside attention grabbing live performances, seven piece party-reggae collective Shanty stirred up plenty of attention earlier in the year with their first single Blackout. Now the UK band release their highly anticipated debut EP Leave Me Out, a four track… Read More ›
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Arcelia – Wrap Your Bones
With the accompanying press release our only introduction to UK acoustic folk/soul trio Arcelia it is fair to say that the mesmeric seducing encountered within Wrap Your Bones was startlingly unexpected. As with any promo piece words were in praise… Read More ›
Molotov Jukebox – Carnival Flower
It has already been firmly established that if you want your feet and body exhausted but blissfully contented then colourful UK revellers Molotov Jukebox are your puppeteers, their previous pair of EPs already the launch pad for riotous hips and… Read More ›
Steaming Satellites – Slipstream
Following their highly acclaimed debut album The Mustache Mozart Affaire a year ago, Austrian band Steaming Satellites unveil its successor Slipstream, a release which one suspects with easily match the strength of response certainly amongst their fans. Eleven indie/alternative rock/electronic… Read More ›
By The Rivers – Self Titled
Initially persuaded like so many by previous single Take Control that the 6 strong original new age reggae band By The Rivers was a unit which just had to be watched closely as their fresh and soulful melodic craft to… Read More ›
Komla: EP
The debut from UK melody alchemists KOMLA is the soundtrack to summer days, an inspiration to dance in the embrace of the sun without a care in the heart with a blaze of lustful energy and passion, though… Read More ›
Lazy Habits: Self Titled
If there has been an album as inspirational and dynamically outstanding as the new self-titled release from Lazy Habits then we must have missed it. It is simply immense, a release which unleashes energising provocative songs to engage the senses… Read More ›
My Jerusalem: Preachers
Preachers from post-modern gothic soul conjurors My Jerusalem, is an exceptional and impacting delight which at times feels like the perfect soundtrack to a union of TV shows Carnivàle and American Gothic with its smouldering shadows and menacing… Read More ›
Ethan Ash – Playing By Numbers EP
Playing By Numbers the new EP from British singer songwriter Ethan Ash is open evidence that the rising popularity and respect the musician has garnered over the past year or so is more than warranted and deserved. It is a… Read More ›
The Brimstone Days – On A Monday Too Early To Tell
If the heady days of soulful blues soaked 60’s and 70’s rock ignite your heart and the likes of Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, and Free send your emotions and pulse rate soaring then a new and equally impactful treat… Read More ›