Rating: Fifty years on the 1960s just won’t go away. More to the point, the ’60s that was refracted through the ’80s is the corpse that won’t stay dead. This is the C860s. In this vein, Literature, a four-piece hailing…
Rating: Hailing from Derbyshire, The Struts are a funny find. You can’t tell whether they’re boy band or rock band, but in an age where we call One Direction rock, what’s the difference anymore? Confident frontman Luke Spiller claims he…
Rating: While it’s not inconceivable that Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell met one another in the former’s lifetime, I’d wager that the likelihood of them having produced any offspring is highly improbable. I don’t know Ellie Ford’s age (she certainly…
Rating: Getting closer to 60, avant garde producer and bassist Bill Laswell seemingly shows no signs of slowing down on the latest collaboration, Arabitronics Lounge, Volume 2, with Kasbah Rockers. Having been the frontman of experimental rock outfit Material, and…
Rating: Having only released two full-length albums since their formation back in 2009, some would deem it odd that Moon Duo have decided that their latest offering would be a live album. However, Live in Ravenna is the perfect document of…
Rating: “I’m happy to see her making records, I just feel like music needs her. It needs someone doing what she’s doing. She’s got a special voice, as a writer, and then as a musician. She’s this great combination of…
Rating: The Raveonettes went all Beyoncė on us with their seventh studio album Pe’Ahi, offering no hint as to when it would be released, and gave the world an acceptable surprise in the form of a scuzzy, surf-rock album that…
Rating: In the unlikely event that you’ve never heard of Motown, read no further; come back after you’ve read this article. (Actually, read it regardless of how much you know about Motown; it’ll only take a few minutes and you…
Rating: Pixel Fix’s EP Running Thin is something to get excited about, for sure. The opening track, ‘Lungs’, is a breath of fresh air; it has fast paced, repetitive vocals – “little bit of time” – that perfectly combine with…
Rating: It is certainly an unconventional tact of creativity when an individual voluntarily chooses to exile themselves to Tasmania in an attempt to ‘get lonely and depressed’; however, that is exactly what Australian singer-songwriter Gossling did in a bid to…