The Blackburn based band Sky Valley Mistress play the Blues with the attitude of Rock n roll. The bands EP ‘The best thing you’ve never heard’ which includes four tracks of Bluesy passion is very promising indeed. Now, in this day and age people are not that bright. They are how can I put this…thick [...]

The Navigation is five tracks of nautical themed electro-pop from the lovely MAUD, who is based in London. She sings over music written by Philippe Locke. He uses synthesizers in addition to guitars and piano. The music is kinky and casual, combining bright sounds and heartfelt vocals. On some tracks her voice sounds similar to [...]

Powers That Be is a new project from Tom Beecham, a New Yorker previously associated with Seattle based band The Raggedy Anns. The eponymous debut work is four tracks of mellow Indie Rock with acoustic / country undertones. Guitars, piano and drums complement a grungy, laid back sound. Accompanied by a demure backing vocal, Beecham [...]

This London three piece Komla call themselves “musical chameleons.” At first I had to wonder precisely what is meant by this: are the different colours that they take on with regard to tempo, genre, instrument? Or perhaps the change occurs in their audible tones or tempers? A listen to their tunes provides an answer, giving [...]

The Southampton band The Cryptics debut EP ‘Seize the night’ is a four track feast of tuneful indie tunes of natural feeling. The first song ‘She saves the day’ is a vague yet alert tune that gets your toes tapping. It is somewhere between relaxing and vigilant with the vocals being wakeful and open-eyed. It [...]

Liz Lawrence sings subtly effective folk music, accompanied with acoustic backing band. This album was made for putting on in bed in the morning. She contends with the human condition; growing up, painting the future as observed from the past and falling / being in love. The tracks alternate between upbeat anthems and down-tempo moodiness. They are [...]

Mark Wynn’s album ‘James Dean makes me insecure, why does he have to be so shexy’ is a woven narrative detailing the highs and lows of every day life. It will strike a chord with folk, wherever you are. Be we drinking tea in the morning, waiting for the bus, or eating hot food from [...]

As fine a modern folk band they are, Mumford & Sons are no exception to the controversial slaps that tend to hit a band when returning with album No2. Although they have been blessed with recognition for the folk jangling effort that hooked hearts worldwide in ‘Sigh No More’, ‘Babel’ quite simply, needs to be [...]

Mother Nature’s Candy is as sweet as its title, a little too sweet at times but overall a lovely little pop EP. Mother Nature’s Candy sticks to a methodical formula of a vocal harmony intro followed by acoustic guitar with a gentle pop beat on the drums and power out with a simple riff, at [...]

Fragment is the new album from seven piece group Submotion Orchestra I remember first seeing them in their home city of Leeds and it was very early days at that point, but the way they were experimenting with vocals and the raw dubstep beat has always made them a subject of interest. The Album highlights [...]