Reviews

ALBUM: Mac DeMarco ‘Another One’

Rating: Almost a year to the date of his last LP, Salad Days, we’re graced with yet another offering from Mac DeMarco. Another One also comes just a month after 9-track instrumental album Some Other Ones; despite Mac’s bum-chic appearance and…

EP: Oh Sister ‘Watch The Water’

Rating: Oh Sister are an all-girl group fronted by singer/songwriter Sarah Berresford, who cite Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan as their main influences (the band’s name being a nod to Dylan’s song of the same name). Described as “ambient folk”,…

EP: Emma Ballantine ‘Tourist’

Rating: Singer songwriter Emma Ballantine‘s recent EP release, Tourist, is the follow up record to her debut, Flying Machine – and is full of optimistic, folksy, melodic outpourings. Recorded at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales, and released on her own label (Shut Up Jo),…

NEW TRACK: Malka – ‘Wrap It Up’

With a name that means ‘Queen’ in both Hebrew and Arabic, it’s no surprise that Malka‘s music commands instant attention. Her catchy melodies and infectiously upbeat tracks are effortless in their attempts to make listeners get up and get moving….

ALBUM: The Maccabees ‘Marks To Prove It’

Rating: Arriving at their fourth album, The Maccabees have created something wonderfully grown up and immersive with new record, Marks To Prove It. A million miles away from those sweetly romanticised tones on the popular Toothpaste Kisses, seven years on since…