Dog Is Dead – All Our Favourite Stories
It’s strange how the most cheerful of music can often mask the darkest of sentiments. This sort of thing is nothing new, but the long-awaited debut album from Nottingham’s Dog Is Dead… Read More
Dark Horses – Alone
The lead single from Black Music, the debut album by one of the most aptly-named bands we’ve come across in a while – Dark Horses [Twitter/Facebook] have come out of nowhere to become… 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
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
Maigret Jnr. – Sick Friends
Ever get the feeling, when you’re listening to a song, that it shouldn’t work anywhere near as well as it does? The title track from the debut EP from Ru Davies, AKA… Read More
Tom Hickox – The Angel of the North
For Tom Hickox [Twitter/Facebook], being an accomplished musician would seem to run in the family. He is the son of the late Richard Hickox (CBE), a Grammy-winning conductor, and the mother of… Read More