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Williamson - Backesto Park Album Review
Wade Williamson, who performs under the mononym Williamson, has dropped his fifth album, taking its title from the name of Williamson's neighborhood in San Jose, California. 'Backesto Park'; a place where families of divergent ethnic...
Review posted on 20th October 2015
Tumbler - You Said Album Review
About a month ago, a band called Tumbler released their first album. It's called 'You Said', and it's one of the year's most delightful and unexpected musical offerings. And even more surprisingly, the album was...
Review posted on 15th October 2015
Keez - Water Creatures EP Review
Keez, whose real name is Brad Jones, just released his latest EP, 'Water Creatures', which, stylistically, includes reggae, hip hop, R&B and funk. Keez hangs out in Bend, Oregon, which is just outside Portland, a...
Review posted on 15th October 2015
J Burn - Burnt Blue EP Review
If rumors are to be believed, San Francisco's J Burn released his 'Burnt Blue' EP as a test drive, prior to releasing a full-length album. Recorded and mixed at Bob Weir's TRI Studios with some...
Review posted on 14th October 2015
Tomas Doncker - The Mess We Made Album Review
Tomas Doncker's latest effort will drop at the beginning of November. It's called 'The Mess We Made' and it's a political statement; in Doncker's case, it might be described as "racially charged". The underlying...
Review posted on 14th October 2015
No:Carrier - Ghosts of the West Coast EP Review
No:Carrier just released an ambitious concept EP called 'Ghosts of the West Coast', composed of covers of hit songs by Left Coast vocalists. No:Carrier, which bills itself as an electro-noire pop duo, comes from San...
Review posted on 13th October 2015
Metabards - Metabards EP Review
Metabards, a duo from New York City, just released their new EP; a self-titled effort that's making some waves. Stylistically, Metabards can be described as electronica, trip hop, or even breakbeat. Whatever it's called,...
Review posted on 13th October 2015
Idiot Grins - Big Man Album Review
The Idiot Grins are a rock/soul band from Oakland, California, the so-called "East Bay". Their first album, 'Quarry', dropped in 2012 and they've just released their second album, 'Big Man', on which they decided to...
Review posted on 13th October 2015
Jas Patrick - Inky Ovine EP Review
Tiny Lion Records just issued 'Inky Ovine', Jas Patrick's third EP. Patrick, who lives and records in Tennessee, writes and plays blues rock seasoned with hefty doses of British rock that is reminiscent of...
Review posted on 13th October 2015
Samuel Claiborne - Love, Lust and Genocide Album Review
Samuel Claiborne has a new album out on the True Grooves label. It's called 'Love, Lust and Genocide,' and the album contains nine tracks remarkably devoid of any overt stylistic influences, which makes the album...
Review posted on 9th October 2015
Andy Evans - Miracle Album Review
There is an easy intimacy to Andy Evans' latest album, called Miracle. In fact, it's so easy that it verges on not allowing the luxury of emotional commitment, because the music, Evans' voice, even the...
Review posted on 9th October 2015
Kung Fu Jesus - Celestial Gold Album Review
'Celestial Gold' is the latest album by Kung Fu Jesus, a.k.a Craig Snape, who hails from Lanark, Scotland. This Kung Fu Jesus should not be confused with the coldwave, industrial metal band out of California...
Review posted on 8th October 2015
ADD Agency - Gemstone Radar Album Review
Produced and recorded in a home studio in El Paso, Texas, ADD Agency's new album, Gemstone Radar, was mastered at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London. ADD Agency is Will Mora, who plays...
Review posted on 8th October 2015
We R The Lost - Still Lost Album Review
'Still Lost' is the title of new album by We R The Lost, who hail from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Basically, We R The Lost is the creation of Jon Briggz, who decided he needed some...
Review posted on 7th October 2015
Boy From The Crowd - Where The Bees Come To Die EP Review
Boy From The Crowd (BFTC) is an East London band that write and play what most critics would term punk meets blues rock. Their new EP is entitled 'Where The Bees Come To Die', and...
Review posted on 7th October 2015
Ransom Scenery - Ransom Scenery Album Review
Ransom Scenery hail from Springfield, Illinois and they recently released a self-titled new album which can only be classified as ethereal, space rock. The band consists of two members: Chaepter Negro, who provides vocals and...
Review posted on 6th October 2015
Opium Denn - Demarkation Album Review
Eight days prior to Halloween, on October 23, Opium Denn's new album 'Demarkation' will be released. 'Demarkation' is the first of a planned trilogy of concept albums. Thirty-seven minutes in length, it relates the account...
Review posted on 5th October 2015
Stephen Inglis - Learning You By Heart Album Review
Stephen Inglis, who hails from Honolulu, Hawaii, just released his ninth ablum, 'Learning You By Heart'. Inglis, who is a fingerstyle guitarist, plays slack-key guitar, a genre of music that had its provenance in Hawaii....
Review posted on 2nd October 2015
Nemo James - The Minstrel Album Review
Nemo James has a new album out. It's called 'The Minstrel'. At one point in his career as a session guitarist, Nemo James played with the top artists: performers such as Petula Clark, Cliff Richard...
Review posted on 2nd October 2015
Kevin Jenkins - Til The Story's Told Album Review
Kevin Jenkins plays the bass guitar. And he plays very well, having played with Graham Parker, Cyndi Lauper and Black 47. He also has a lush, mellifluous voice which is featured on his sophomore...
Review posted on 1st October 2015
Ajay Mathur - 9 To 3 Album Review
'9 to 3' is the title of Ajay Mathur's latest musical offering. And it's a doozy. Mathur, who hails from India but resides in Switzerland, is an experienced and well-traveled musician. In...
Review posted on 30th September 2015
Andre Chrys - Window To Nowhere Album Review
To some, it might seem strange that a singer/songwriter from the Great White North, aka Canada, would elect to write, play and sing what is affectionately known as Americana music, a blending of folk, country,...
Review posted on 30th September 2015
Delta Deep - Delta Deep Album Review
Delta Deep is a hard rocking, blues composite band from Southern California. Their self-titled album contains elemental songs; some that just kick ass from the first chord to others that display the pyrotechnic blues...
Review posted on 29th September 2015
Bitter's Kiss - Bitter's Kiss Album Review
Weehawken, New Jersey is considered part of the New York metro area. Weehawken is inhabited by about 12,000 people, two of whom form an indie pop-rock band called Bitter's Kiss. Bitter's Kiss just...
Review posted on 28th September 2015
Sidewave - Glass Giant Album Review
According to one school of thought, shoegaze rock is defined as "droning riffs, subdued vocals and walls of distorted, messy guitar or synth". Los Angeles band Sidewave has taken this definition and put their...
Review posted on 25th September 2015
Nature Ganganbaigal - The Mantra EP Review
Nature Ganganbaigal is the founder of the Mongolian heavy metal group known as Tengger Cavalry. The name of the band was taken from the ancient Turkic/Mongolian deity called Tengri. Recently, Nature Ganganbaigal released a solo...
Review posted on 24th September 2015
The Unravelling - Tear a Hole in the Collective Vision Album Review
Hailing from Canada, The Unravelling is a rock group composed of two musicians: Steve Moore and the majestically named Gustavo De Beauville. Moore is the vocalist/lyricist, while De Beauville handles the music, instruments...
Review posted on 22nd September 2015
Space Apaches - Smokin' Voyages Album Review
A new band from Asheville, North Carolina is preparing for the release of their first album entitled 'Smokin' Voyages'. The band goes by the moniker of Space Apaches, which immediately conjures up images of...
Review posted on 22nd September 2015
Gideon King & City Blog - City Blog Album Review
Normally, jazz fusion tends to attract hypercivilized epicenes, listeners who are snobby and self-styled elitists. However, with the arrival of their first album entitled 'City Blog', Gideon King & City Blog is set to attract...
Review posted on 22nd September 2015
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Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
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WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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