Rue Royale – Say Now Would You? (premiere)
Named after a road running through the Chicago suburbs where they first played together, Rue Royale are an Anglo-American duo with a distinctive sound of beautifully constructed and deceptively complex vocal and… Read More
Crash & the ‘Coots – John Coles Park EP
There’s a lot to be said for getting right to the point. When you’re in a pop band of any description, you don’t really have any choice – use whatever tricks you… Read More
An Interview with Joe Banfi
Hi Joe – congratulations on the EP and signing to Communion Records! You suddenly seem to be popping up everywhere! How does it feel? Does it feel like you’ve “made it” in the… Read More
LULS – Young
Here’s a band who are definitely serious about what they do – they’re definitely not just doing it for the LULS [Facebook]. OK, that was a terrible pun, but all the same,… Read More
Embers – Tunnel Vision / Sins Unknown
Sometimes, intensity works. You know that feeling you get when you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut by a piece of music that has connected with you in some deep… Read More
Rapids – Holland Air
Today, Australian rockers Rapids [Twitter/Facebook] release their debut EP in the UK, and in celebrating this momentous occasion, they’ve decided to be quite generous and make the whole thing available to stream via… Read More
Sarah Williams White – Your Silence is Killing Me
New and thrilling ways of creating pop music are always there to be discovered, and it’s often the oddest or most unconventional artists who strike gold quickest. Sarah Williams White [Twitter/Facebook] (or… Read More
Marika Hackman – You Come Down
It should never take too much for a song to have an impact; it’s trying too hard and appearing too earnest that keeps some artists from achieving their full potential. Knowing how… Read More
