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Kris Drever’s Mark The Hard Earth is a charming, folksy record that just has that much needed injection of variety. It’s not an attention seeking kind of album like most other records floating about, in fact it integrates easily into the background, not tangling the mind up in complicated instrumentals or key changes. However because [...]

For any of you who knew of Madrugada, one of the biggest rock bands in Norway, then you will be pleased to hear that the vocalist is back with his very own solo career, and his album’s pretty catchy!! After the sudden death of Madrugada’s guitarist – Robert – and then Sivert’s father 2 weeks [...]

It’s time once again to check out some of the most exciting tracks set for release in the next week or two (and, first up, one that came out last week). We’ve had a lot of good singles pop through our letterbox in the last year, but judging by the ones we’ve been receiving lately, [...]

Released in time to be snapped up by people who caught The Who’s spot-on Superbowl half time show, you’d be forgiven for calling this greatest hits set a cash in. To be honest, you’d be partially right as the first disc contains the usual assortment of classics such as My Generation, Pinball Wizard and Won’t [...]

This five track EP has a really fantastic start with the beautiful guitar intro to ‘Home’, which continues to be a song which I could just play over and over. Though the tune is slightly repetitive, it is also addictive. As it goes on, I grow to love each one of these songs. Each one [...]

It’s nice, but is it necessary? I ask myself this whenever Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice and Jose Gonzalez release a new LP. Usually the answer is “sure, why not”. I am not saying its a bad thing but the general pool of singer-songwriters often gets polluted by people who just do it because some chick [...]

As it’s valentines day, we thought we’d show our love for all our readers with a selection of links to some rather lovely free downloads for you. Have a click, have a listen and please share your opinions with us, we’d really like to know what you think of these songs. We’ve rather fallen in [...]

Another week, another round up of the best, brightest and most interesting new vieso for you, our discerning readers. It’s been a good week for new vids coming through, so it was hard to pick, but here are the ones we think you need to check out. Grime guru Wiley follows Dizzee’s lead in remixing [...]

From a person who listens to almost anything except from opera and sometimes country, it will maybe shock you to hear that I just could not get into this album. Mind Control’s new album Addicted is anything but a knock out to me. Every song is so similar that sometimes I struggle to tell the [...]

Keith Austin Murray (‘Keith’) and Christopher Ian Cain (‘Christopher I. Cain’) are back. Armed with a new single, and a record that sees them return to the stripped-down production sensibilities of W.A.S.’s gold-selling debut, With Love & Squalor, whilst continuing to hone the melodic knack that has made them popular with fans and men who [...]