Author Archives: Tara Hodgson

New Track: The Hamiltons – ‘Paranoid’

A trumpet solo, a seductive-voiced songstress, jazzy piano – brother-sister duo The Hamiltons make you feel like you’ve unwittingly travelled in time to a 1920s jazz club. While opening with an eerie and distorted accordion, new track ‘Paranoid’ soon flips…

ALBUM: Aaron Wright – ‘Flying Machine’

“A-man-with-an-acoustic-guitar” is a phrase that has the potential to fill any listener with a lot of understandable dread. The music industry is inundated with such acts, and to not fall into the grave of the awfully-nice-but-dull, there has to be a certain…

New Track: Pertini – ‘Blackfriars Bridge’

The debut single from Italian-London band Pertini, is as much of a bridge as the single’s namesake. The duo manage to bridge indie-pop with dreamy electronica in this track as poppy bass riffs sit quite happily against galactic-sounding synths. The…

New Track: Flower Fellow – ‘Madman’

Enchanting, folky and other-worldly, Flower Fellow‘s latest single ‘Madman’ feels like glimpse into the land of a fairy tale. At just seventeen years of age, the vocals of Colette Olive, ooze ethereally over waves of strumming acoustic guitar and atmospheric strings, creating…

EP: Paul Wilkes ‘Take The Sunlight’

Rating: The opening chords of Paul Wilkes’ EP Take the Sunlight seem to set the listener up for a wistful, lilting ballad, and while not deviating drastically from that sound, it is obvious that Wilkes’ EP is much more than just background…

New Track: Oh Sister – ‘For The Dales’

While I write, girls are having a bit of a moment in the music world. With the release of numerous biographies from some of rocks greatest women, and the success of the likes of Wolf Alice and Laura Marling, women…

New Track: Marvin Powell – ‘Buried’

Psychedelic and folky, the debut release from Liverpool’s Marvin Powell, seems to originate from some far-off, Tolkien created world. Signed by The Coral’s James Skelly’s label, Powell has that unique, retro sound that so resonates with Skelley’s own endeavors. Full…

ALBUM: Ben Montague ‘Back Into Paradise’

Rating: Housing, bumble bees, camping space at Glastonbury. All things this country is lacking in. One thing we are not lacking in are run-of-the-mill guys with guitars. Ben Montague, for all his best efforts, can’t quite pull himself out of…

New Track: Widowspeak – ‘Girls’

Deep grooves and lazy vocals comprise Widowspeak‘s latest release, ‘Girls’. From their second record, All Yours, set for release this September, ‘Girls’ seems to be shrouded in nostalgia for Western, cowboy-esque sounds, with lone harmonicas reminiscent of campfire jams. Yet,…

ALBUM: Sorren Maclean ‘Winter Stay Autumn’

Although his debut album’s title hints at a more wintery vibe, Sorren Maclean’s record easily translates to a British summer’s day, with its delicate, folky, acoustic tracks that emulate lazy, hazy midsummer. Winter Stay Autumn is the latest release from the…