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Video Vault – Smooth McGroove
8 Hairy Faces unite! It’s so much more than that though – amazing vocal arrangement of game music – commence!
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Son Lux – “Tear” Review
“Tear” is a two-track single that acts as the bridge between Son Lux’s most recent work “We Are Rising” and what the new album will…
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Introducing – KonstantinAS
A bit of an experimental one for you all today. KonstantinAS takes guitars from around the globe and weaves them into avant garde instrumental pieces…
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Introducing… Amatorski
Amatorski are a Belgian band and they have elements of Sparklehorse, Portishead, Sig Ros and Fever Ray but with the voice of Emiliana Torrini on…
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Lisa Germano – “No Elephants” Review
Lisa Germano quietly released “No Elephants” earlier this year and for Lisa, it continues to slide her further into the realms of beautiful breakdown that…
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IG88 – “Mutual Mastication” Review
IG88 came to me as a recommendation from Bandcamp when I bought some Atra Alterna albums and when Bandcamp recommends you something, you usually listen.…
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Rachel Zeffira – “The Deserters” Review
Recommended to me by the similar artists tab on Amazon (oh you have a lot to answer for cries my bank balance) comes the dreamy…
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I Am A Man With A St Tropez Tan – “Just A Ghost” Review
The quite bizarre soundscape artist that is Rick Senley released an album in 2011 under the pseudonym of “I Am A Man With A St Tropez…
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Introducing… My Woshin Mashin
My Woshin Mashin (great name) are a wonderfully eccentric band from Russia and Germany that resemble The Knife possibly as their closest ancestors but they…
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Music For Voyeurs – “The Long Sleep” Review
Occasionally a musical artist will come along from such a left field angle it catches you off guard and makes you appreciate music as an…
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Soap & Skin – “Sugarbread” Review
“Sugarbread” is the three track single that rounds off for Anna Plaschg the “Narrow” section of her music. Seemingly not fitting on the short album,…
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Dead Can Dance – “In Concert” Review
Dead Can Dance have been touring for a while and I have my tickets ready for the 2nd of July to see them. I erred…
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Game Review: FromPulse (PC)
FromPulse is the latest rhythm action platforming game to grace our controllers. Taking the form of a side scrolling rolling ball/alien you roll (curiously from…
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Live Vault – Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance have visited KCRW and performed a short twenty minute set which you can now see in its entirety by following the link here. I’m…
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Skylight (PC Game Review)
Skylight is a simple game and one that you can get through in a matter of minutes in its simplest form. A game of precision and momentum,…
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Stream Dead Can Dance’s New Live Album!
Dead Can Dance have their live album from their reunion Anastasis tour ready for release on the 22nd April but you can stream it now…
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Video Vault – Module
Module’s amazing album Imagineering has been out for a while but the music vdieo for The Pieces Fit has not long been completed. A year…
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Game Review: 6180 The Moon (PC)
Indie titles usually take a singular idea and run with it as far as they can and 6180 The Moon is a prime example of…
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Game Review: Jumping Line Plus (PC)
Abstract and minimalist, Jumping Line Plus is an extension from a mobile game that’s made its way to Desura and has toyed at my brain for…
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Keiichi Suzuki – “Mother Arranged” Review
Mother (Earthbound for the English-speaking world) seems to have a cult following – certainly it has a good cult-stone foothold in RPG history. While the original soundtracks…
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“Zone of the Enders Z.O.E.” Soundtrack Review
ZOE (Zone Of The Enders) is a techno-based bonanza, which is enveloped in lush string arrangements, stand-out vocal tracks and peppered with heartfelt piano pieces to make…
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Tori Amos & Hauschka Go Out On The Town?!
In a wonderful programme on the excellent Arte channel (which seems to do some amazing programmes and live concerts) Tori Amos meets Hauschka – two…
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Video Vault – Soap&Skin (New Track)
Wow. Soap&Skin continues to utterly haunt me. Fantastic.
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Game Review: Beem (PC)
Beem is a light and mirror puzzler game that slowly drip feeds its game mechanics to you over its games length. The game draws its…
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Welcome Back The Knife
The Knife return with new song “Full of Fire” with a bizarre video to the equally unique song. As ever the duo never stop on…
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ISUM – “Bloom” Review
“Bloom” is an excellent obscure EP for ISUM. I can’t even remember how I came across it initially! One things for sure though – I’m…
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Rob Lach – “POP Methodology Experiment One OST” Review
POP Methodology Experiment One caused a lot of hi-5ing on the indie game scene and Rob Lach’s one man wonder game has a chip track…
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Atra Aeterna – “Rift” Review
Atra Aeterna, we at HPM love the beauty in his breakdown on the speakers. With “Rift” things take a more percussive approach to the noises…
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Planningtorock – “W” Review
Recommended to me because of my love of Fever Ray (and The Knife) Planningtorock is like a relative of that genre. Electro-distortion. Janine Rostron takes…
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Carina Round – “Tigermending” Review
“Tigermending” is the latest album from the criminally overlooked singer/songwriter Carina Round. This album is a bit more of a departure from her more straight…
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Naynt – “Naynt” Review
Naynt is the artistic name of Simon Gross, a composer whose music is in a similar vein to game music but he also crosses various…
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Atra Aeterna – “Pressure” Review
Atra Aeterna’s catalogue of music expands by the mealtime but when things just click – why not go nuts? Pressure is an EP of five…
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A City On A Lake – “A City On A Lake” Review
Alex Wong’s solo monkier A City On A Lake makes his début with his self entitled album and my goodness me – its absolutely stunning. “The Lake,…
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Iamamiwhoami – “Kin” Review
Iamamiwhoami wouldn’t be possible in many ways without the wonder of the internet. I for one am in debt to it – all this wonderful…
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Video Vault – Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance have released some absolutely beautiful music videos from their latest album whilst they tour some stunning locations around the world. Take a…
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Dva – “Botanicula OST” Review
Oh Dva. Three little letters, and just like the little game of Botanicula there is so much hidden inside this 23 track soundtrack. Each song…