Alt Rock
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Perfect Body & Zac White – Split EP Review
Collaborative noise Five-piece shoegaze rock band Perfect Body and noise pop artists Zac White team up for a fantastic idea entitled ‘Split’. The vinyl release (available…
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Introducing… Mystic Peach
Mystic Peach are a rock trio from the South Coast of the UK and they take what’s best of psyche-rock and then condenses it down…
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Introducing… Beauty In Chaos
Beauty In Chaos is an interesting collaborative effort that centres around guitarist Michael Ciravolo. Ciravolo is the through blood and across the debut album works with a…
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Introducing… Nanami Ozone
Sometimes I need a really gutsy, riff or chord driven grungy rock band. It’s what turned me onto Nirvana as a child and its why…
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Video Vault – Frauds
Frauds are a Croydon based post-punk duo who like to rock hard and roll around in complete lunacy. Their act might have a huge slice…
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Introducing… Polly Panic
In the 90’s one of my best friends was obsessed with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the only thing I enjoyed about it was that…
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Mitski – Be the Cowboy Review
Mitski rides all genres firmly in the saddle It’s always fantastic when you stumble across an artist whose several albums into their career and has…
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Greg Laswell – Next Time Review
An album of inner conflict turned outwards into torch weilding anthems Following on from the superbly bitter and miserable “Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet”…
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Introducing… WAHL
No, I’m not going to show you musical hair clippers (for that you can look up Parappa The Rapper’s Hair Scare track from the second…
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Introducing… Eden Warsaw
I love it when genres mash together and that’s exactly what Toronto based band Eden Warsaw do so well. Their fusion of electronica, rock and…
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Broken Baby – Broken Baby Review
Poking fun whilst busting jams A while back I showcased Broken Baby who’d blasted onto my radar with their punk splattered anthemic rock that was…
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Introducing… DELIAH
DELIAH is the name for a quartet of producers and musicians from Liverpool and London who have come together create an RnB alt-rock band that…
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Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses Review
A wall of sound and emotion to rock you to your core Emma Ruth Rundle’s heavy and dense wall of guitar sound is her signature…
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Introducing… Taco Mouth
A mash-up of 60’s era rock, a splash of punk angst and plenty of modern-day indie rock hooks, Taco Mouth are a band that mixes…
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Introducing… Ah! Kosmos
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Başak Günak, also known as Ah! Kosmos, popped onto my radar with her new single from her forthcoming album “Beautiful Swamp”. Her moody…
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Introducing… Hero Fisher
Hero Fisher (what a real name – props to the parents!) blurs the line between danceable dark dance music and gritty rock in a way…
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Introducing… RUEN
RUEN (Rhiannon Mair) has up until recently been a producer for the likes of Laura Marling, Emma McGarth and a personal favourite of mine Bryde.…
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Caroline Rose – Loner Review
A diverse rock album whose hidden depths will pull your triggers… TO DANCE! Caroline Rose’s new album for 2018 is an interesting crossover album of…
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Tash Sultana – Flow State Review
Possibly one of the most soulful records put to tape in years Bursting onto the music scene with several home recordings of amazingly soulful guitar…
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Fawns of Love – Part Time Punks Session Review
A celestial siren-like rock show A live EP release is usually a bit of a tricky release to sort out but its actually a good place…
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Dentist – Night Swimming Review
Dentist invent a new genre of rock – and I am a fan This year I’ve enjoyed many fantastic records but one genre that hadn’t…
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Greg Laswell returns with new album of melancholy anthems for the jaded
Greg Laswell’s last album “Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet” was bitter, angry, pointed and a snake recoiled. I loved it as I was similarly…
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Introducing… Habberdash
Anthemic rock to launch an uprising Habberdash hail from South Yorkshire in the UK and clearly the fields are alive with the sound of…
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Kathryn Joseph – From When I Wake The Want Is Review
A 1-2 punch to the mind and soul – utterly glorious Kathryn Joseph pretty much burst into my musical world in 2016 with her stunning…
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Wired To Follow – WTFHQ01 Review
Wired To Follow’s latest release WTFHQ01 continues to show the Liverpool based project as completely genre-defying. It’s part rock, it’s part ambient, it’s part electronica,…
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Introducing… Sit Down
If glam rock met doom rock whilst on the way to a punk festival – that would introduce Sit Down’s music perfectly. Sit Down are…
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Video Vault – Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler has been on the fringes of my musical catalogue for years and I keep meaning to check her out. With her new album…
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Introducing…Caoifhionn Rose
Caoilfhionn Rose (pronounced Keelin) hails from Manchester, UK and that’s also the home of the label she is releasing her debut single and album with –…
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Introducing…. Restorations
Restorations are a wonderfully raucous quintet who’ve been rocking their brand of pointed and punk-tinged rock since 2011. Back with their fourth album though, they appear…
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Wild Pink – Yolk In The Fur Review
Wild Pink’s music has a timeless wonder to it. The band’s cinematic indie rock manages to be delicate and warm with its quiet moments but…
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Live Vault – Son of William
Son of William is the name for duo Ben and Hayley Wiliams, which came about from Hayley giving Ben singing lessons and Ben teaching Hayley…
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Sleepspent – It’s Better If You Don’t Speak or Think Review
It’s not often I hear of a band from El-Paso popping onto my radar but that is where our trio of today’s music hail from.…
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Introducing… Gabrielle Sterbenz
Brooklyn based singer/songwriter Gabrielle Sterbenz is today’s artist whose latest single “The Laundress” explores relationships in transition. Whilst the lyrics over the mid-tempo track may initially…
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Introducing… Broken Baby
Need a politically pointed rock band that’s not afraid to push out some huge punk elements as part of their angst? Broken Baby is an…
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Iain Morrison – Amusement Arcade Review
Iain Morrison put out two separate EP’s this year at the same time. HPM reviewed the first one “3 am” last month, and now Iain’s other…
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Fred Abong – Homeless Review
Former Throwing Muses and Belly band member Fred Abong has been in around music for over 30 years but this marks his first real release…
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Introducing… Queen Kwong
Following her well-received debut album “Love Me To Death”, Queen Kwong, returns with a new twisted dark rock track to signal the next chapter of…
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Gregory Douglass – Live From The Chapel Review
One of the most talented underground singer/songwriters I’ve come across over the last decade is Gregory Douglass. His vocal gymnastics emphasis heartfelt songs along with…
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Tash Sultana unveils new single and debut album
Tash Sultana has become something of an internet icon, shooting to fame on YouTube with bedroom concerts that showcase her pure love for playing the…
