Thallo aka Elin Edwards has been quietly building a reputation for evocative and rich, bilingual compositions. Thallo takes her name from the Greek goddess of flowers and spring. With lyrics…
Complete sonic metamorphosis isn’t a new concept for The Horrors, but their recent leftfield swerve into stompy ‘90s-style industrial rock with ‘Lout‘ was their most drastic shapeshift so far. When…
Andy Falco made his mark long ago as a member of jamgrass combo The Infamous Stringdusters, but with The Will of the Way—his first solo outing in 15 years—he reboots…
With such a huge public appetite for its fare, music has long been an integral feature of Christmas time. From what now seems to be as early as mid-November, Christmas…
If there’s one thing that 2021 has taught me, and it’s taught me a lot, it’s that you shouldn’t expect bands you like to deliver the music you expect. And…
The last release for Libertino this year is the wonderfully inspired collaboration between N’famady Kouyate and Gruff Rhys. ‘Miniyamba / Gadael y Dref’ is a haunting reworking of a tradition…
In 2011, The Black Keys’ sixth album, Brothers, hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the band multiple Grammy nominations. The story goes that, after a Saturday Night…
For the past few years, I’ve wondered what would happen if Matt Loveridge, AKA MXLX, Fairhorns, Gnar Hest, Team Brick, Knife Liibrary, made a conventional album. Part of me thought…
Lunar Vacation have shared their charmingly wonky and fuzzed out take on Wham!’s classic Christmas single ‘Last Christmas’. Released earlier this year, the band’s brilliant debut album Inside Every Fig is a Dead…
In June of this year, James released their sixteenth album All The Colours Of You – landing at number three in the UK album charts and produced by Jacknife Lee,…