Simon Smith
- Review
Mary Jane Dunphe – Stage of Love Review
Cold industrial gazing pop meets a vocal full of abandon.
- Introducing...
Introducing… milkshed.
Post Britpop anthems from a brand new band
- Acoustic
Laura Veirs – Phone Orphans Review
Exceptional songwriting and acoustic performances from an artist finding purity in folk.
- Live Music
Live Vault – KASHIWA Daisuke
A cinematic symphonic rocket of a concert.
- Review
Forndom – Alster Review
Gothic piano rearrangements of Scandinavian ritual folk anthems
- Review
Piotr Wiese – Ídiopáthē Review
A beautiful and emotion exploration of smudged piano electronica.
- Noise
Introducing… Achers
Noise rock meets 90s emo from this London based quartet
- Review
Shigara – Sambaqui Arranha-Céu Review
Minimalist Brazilian house and samba collide
- Review
Bibio – Sunbursting EP Review
Mixing 70s supermarket funk with 80s R&B grooves for the ultimate retro seduction package
- Review
Mikel – Floating Review
What does Mikel sound like? If Studio Ghibli made lo-fi hip-hop beats. The review of Mikel – Floating Inspired by spending a year travelling across…
- News
Bandcamp sold by Epic Games to Songtradr… and I’m pessimistic
Epic Games, who bought Bandcamp only 18 months ago has sold it off to Songtradr. Epic, who announced a mass 16% layoff and restructure amid…
- Introducing...
Introducing… Kirk Barley
Creating the shimmering relaxing sound of a lake of gold
- Review
John Metcalfe – Tree Review
An orchestral album designed to dwarf the human experience with wonder
- Review
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Review
Another inventive emotional rollercoaster to bask in
- Synth
Sign Libra’s new single comes with a PS1 era styled RPG music video
If Deepak Chopra made RPG music in the 90s.
- Improvisation
Introducing… Celia Hollander
A piano guided by unseen forces of creativity and the wind
- Review
Kaya North – Myths Review
Evocative dark ambient ritual drones to take us back to legends of old
- Review
Dazmarus – Space Sheep Review
Famicom chiptune vibes from a short, sweet, well crafted EP
- Review
Repulsive Woman – The Even Hand Review
Subtle indie folk for quieter times.
- Introducing...
Introducing… Volkor X
A masked enemy brings us destruction via synthwave metal!
- Introducing...
Introducing… Asteroid Witch
Guitar riffs from outer space collide with psychedelia with this new band from Portland
- Review
Ásgeir – Time On My Hands (Lo-Fi Version) Review
Rearranging his superb 2022 album into tape worn acoustic folk cosy anthems
- Review
Charlotte Martin – Knives and Bouquets Review
Co-writing with her students, this EP showcases the talents of a songwriting mentor
- Review
Stereossauro – Tristana Review
Experimental Fado electronica to provide an empty sadness to the dancefloor.
- Introducing...
Introducing… Bangladeafy
Industrial synthpunk duo merge live drumming with heavy synths for an aggressive experience
- Ambient Electronic
Gazelle Twin returns with new album all about childhood fears manifesting in adulthood
The uniquely spooky electronica and horror folk artist returns to creep us out again
- Review
BEDSIT – Dead Bands Review
If Nirvana and Alice in Chains came with a slice of English punk anarchy
- Introducing...
Introducing… Holly Munro
Upcoming Irish singer-songwriter selected as one of Irelands top 50 new artists
- Review
ONDA – Nami Review
Where classical piano and ambient house collide in a synth playground
- Introducing...
Introducing… Tribe Friday
Swedish emo quartet's new album is about reconciling with home
- Blues
My Brightest Diamond’s latest single comes with an ASL music video
A moody blues for an English phrase that's maybe lost in translation
- Introducing...
Introducing… Shuta Hasunuma
An electronica patchwork quilt of sounds welcomes Shuta Hasunuma back after seven years away
- Alt Rock
Marnie Stern returns to making music after a decade away
Still shredding her guitar but this time in new ways
- Review
Zarco – Não Lembra Ao Diabo Review
When a prog rock funk band takes on world folk music
- Electronic
Dijf Sanders returns with new album inspired by Georgia
Merging polyphonic Georgian singing into exotic electronica
- Review
Tasha Zappala – From the Porch Review
Ethereal folk songs straight from the Tasmanian forest floor, with nature as the backing singers.
- Review
Babel – Mirrors Review
Cocteau Twins edged Europop with jazzy undertones.
- Singer Songwriter
60 Tori Amos songs for 60 different emotions to celebrate her 60th birthday (Part 1)
Tori Amos has made my life and many other people’s lives so much more vibrant, alive and full of life again with her music. It…
- Introducing...
Introducing… Das Body
Nordic pop sensibilities given the alternative electronica treatment brings you the late summer anthem of 2023.
