Released: May 26th 2023 4/5 Since landing on Earth seven years ago to share their cosmic dross with us humans, we’ve experienced the squelching synths and prog melodies of Zpor, Goo, Grok and Nom on two previous releases. ‘Alpha Test 4’ marks the third collection of stimulating extra-terrestrial sounds, including the electro banger ‘Get a […]
Released: May 12th 2023 4.5/5 Following Goldfrapps last album, 2017’s group release ‘Silver Eye’ the duo, and Alison in particularly, have been absent from the limelight. So, dropping ‘The Love Invention’ feels like a very distinct, new musical chapter. It also represents a further shift in Alison Goldfrapps already impressive musical evolution. What’s the best […]
Image by Uncredited Singer songwriter Eve Simpson, South Shields born, and Edinburgh based releases new music this month. ‘All Her Strange’ is a grand mix thematically. An EP concerned with growing up in the midst of heartbreak, grief and misogyny but mostly it’s an exploration of love. Of the self primarily and then about finding […]
Released: April 21st 2023 4/5 It’s fifteen years since the Montréal three-piece Braids began their journey into dance music experimentation. Debut EP ‘Set Pieces’ saw their brand of dream pop take the echoed density of the late 80’s shoegazing sound and transfer it to breathy electronic lounge core and spawned a host of imitators. All […]
Released: April 21st 2023 5/5 Silver Moth is a new seven-piece band featuring Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite. That’s the headline pitch, but the ‘supergroup/collective’ isn’t a one man show, it features various members of Abrasive Trees, Burning House and Prosthetic Head too, all convening to improvise together in the dramatic location of Black Bay Studios on the Isle […]
Image by Georgia Claire Tyrie There’s a calm at work. You can feel it from the early stirrings of their song, “This Town is Big Enough for Both of Us”, as the duo’s unified, soothing vocalised oohs and the long breathing sighs of Amy Thatcher’s accordion bellows float over Francesca Knowles’ metronomic snare snaps and […]
Image by Amelia Read There’s a looming paranoia in the air. Maybe the vaguest scent of imposter syndrome too. It’s palpable and honestly best not dwelt upon too long, but Matt Baty, vocalist and lyricist with Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (let’s say Pigsx7), is definitely feeling it. It’s a regular occurrence with […]
Image by Uncredited Last year was big for Jay Moussa-Mann. Since picking up the guitar and a book of chords the self-taught performer mixed in some Grade 6 piano lessons and emerged as a singer-songwriter with folk tinged leanings. With a batch of music that was “safe and a voice that wouldn’t offend anybody” she […]
Image by Victoria Wai Following the initial ‘hello’ greetings, the first thing I encounter in our interview is an hilarious but genuine apology from Phoenix (bass player) over their screen profile picture, Lucy (guitarist/songwriter) also in attendance, howls at the image and then the two fall about laughing. It transpires that they haven’t spoken properly […]
Image by Leigh Anne Elliott North Shield’s Hector Gannet release their second album The Land Belongs to Us in January and I caught up with songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Aaron Duff on a dark November evening to discuss his music, simultaneously being a solo performer and in a band, nature, the local music scene, keeping […]
