Sing to the moon is the debut album from 26 year old classically trained brummie Laura Mvula. It follows the release of her EP from November 2012, and more recently, the single Green Garden – a tribute to her home Kings Heath – which was released in February of this year. Mvula was shortlisted for the BRITs 2013 Critics’ Choice award, as well...
Mixtape specialist and turntablist extraordinaire – DJ Yoda returns with his long-awaited LP Chop Suey. Yoda has been out of the limelight for a few years, but it’s clear to hear he hasn’t lost any of the skills that made him so popular with his 2001 release How To Cut & Paste. As expected, there is a wide, diverse mix and sounds while the...
Paul Banks is the frontman of one of New York’s finest outputs: Interpol. Banks is his second album and interestingly comes out amidst the release of the celebratory deluxe reissue of the bands debut, Turn On The Bright Lights. This album was crafted in his down time while on the road touring with Interpol. I’d personally list Interpol as one of my...
Come Home To Mama is Wainwright’s 3rd studio album and the first of original music since the release of I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too in 2008. Martha’s writing is honest, funny, fragile and warm all at once and her voice versatile enough to convey the raw emotion in each song she sings. She swings between light and delicate to loud...
Mumford & Sons have really carved out their own path in today’s mixed up musical world – many have tried to replicate their modern-folk sound but no one has achieved the success they have with it. Their music has a strong crossover appeal – reaching listeners young and old and being liked by all of them. Their new album, Babel,...
Famed musician, actor, singer, producer and songwriter Jimmy Cliff returns on July 17th with Rebirth, a full-length LP which is the follow up to his EP Sacred Fire, which was released last year. The lead single One More is currently available for free from his official website. Rebirth, the first new Jimmy Cliff album in seven years, is produced by...
rkss is a 19 year old electronic music producer/composer from Berlin. His sound is cultivated, intense and dark, touching on garage and techno as well as his most distinctive musical source – electronica. His sound has been defined as “an exploratory look at the ominous side of his home city,” and his tunes really fit within this...
Final day of Rockness, and it was obvious from the get-go that the festival-goers were ready to bring the festival to an explosive conclusion by having the best time they possibly could. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs played a set which was another of the festival highlights, featuring tracks from his debut album Trouble. His stage set-up is impressive...
Saturday at Rockness got off to a soggy start, but all was soon forgotten when comedy took centre stage for a while. 21-year-old Fifer Daniel Sloss had the whole of the golden voice arena laughing before introducing Tim Minchin. Minchin entered the stage – barefoot, trademark birds nest hair and eyeliner. It was clear to both see and hear that he was...
If the arrival of the Olympic Torch, a mass impromptu can-can and 35,000 music lovers all having the weekend of their life isn’t enough, Rockness boasts one of the most beautiful views on this planet. Standing at the top of the hill in front of the giant ‘Rockness’ sign, you face towards the main stage. The hill makes for a perfect view...
Singer/songwriter Sharon Martin has spent a large amount of her career as front woman for a wide range of bands with varying styles. With the recent release of her new solo EP Natural High however, we see this Glaswegian lass make a strong, focused step in the journey to becoming a successful artist in her own right. The most recent band Sharon fronted was...
Admiral Fallow return with their second LP, Tree Bursts In Snow, the follow-up to the warmly received Boots Met My Face. The release of the Glasgow-based quintet’s debut in 2010 saw them join high in the ranks of a burgeoning collection of Scottish bands delivering raw, emotive music and lyrics so well that Scottish Indie once again became a...