The Electric City are a great-sounding rock band, drawing on some Ibiza influences to grind in a bit of dancefloor […]
Churning up a buttery mix of rock, pop and jazz doesn’t result in the kind of cheese you might expect, […]
Sounding like a cross between Gossip and Kenickie, Ninotchka’s ‘Capricorn’ is a muddy mix of warm fuzzy guitars, distorted vocals […]
Jessica’s Ghost conjure up the vision of The Pretenders, with ‘that Christmas song’ they did firmly entrenched, not just in […]
Ray Lamontagne is bringing it home with the first release from his second LP. ‘Three More Days’, it had to […]
Plastic Toys are a band that aren’t afraid of a bit of hard work. Whether they’re touring Britain’s educational establishments […]
Copy Haho are a band of young whippersnappers from Aberdeen. This double A-side 7″ single is their debut single and […]
Except for the lyrics, The Tacticians are a power-pop band who have received fair comparisons to The Kinks. Rather than […]
After a stunning entry, with bass that runs up and down the frets and a guitar riff that could beat […]
When you see Ray LaMontagne on television, fully bearded and with a matching fuzziness from the retro-style photography, you can’t […]
‘9 ’till Live’ is essentially a single, backed up by four live tracks as a bit of a bonus feature. […]
The first few seconds of Dogs’ ‘Soldier On’ are very promising seconds indeed. Shades of political punk seem to be […]
One for fans of The Automatic, Dance Lazarus Dance have the unadorned voice meets tongue-in-cheek screams that has done The […]
A sunny meadow is conjured up by the piano and guitar epicality of Juno Ashes’ intro to ‘Wait by the […]
A fantastically pebbly vocal almost saves this song from dreary acoustic obscurity. Almost. It’s an acoustic ballad and it’s rather […]
The first bars of ‘Sour Shores’ wash over me and I’ve found a new musical favourite. Granted, I’m a fair […]
Describing themselves as Alice In Chains meets Alice In Wonderland, Girl Meets Boy mix hefty guitars with a big rock-vixen […]
You have to contend with a very strange vocal effect on this track, but despite the crazy idea of pumping […]
This is such an amazing demo. I’m blown away. The cheery pop-punk/indie beats combined with the boy/girl back-and-forth vocals can’t […]
Stone Baby grab rock music through time, shake it up a little, and throw it to whoever is listening – […]
Recorded just five weeks before the tragic death of John MacIsaac, the lead singer of Mach Schau, this single comes […]
While ‘Stand Alone Johnny’ is a good enough song, it’s a bit too much of a tribute to Bon Jovi. […]
So I sat down, hit the play button on Three Quarter Smile’s demo and my heart sank. Some muddy drums, […]
The Electric Cinema return with a stomp-beated eclectic-pop second single and find themselves amongst the current love for a splash […]