Baroque Pop
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Kate de Rosset – ‘It Will Burn’ Review
Your ambient pop, air sprite energetic boost is here.
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Introducing… Private Cathedral
Art-pop duo release their self-titled debut album full of baroque and cabaret chamber pop mash-ups.
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Gracie and Rachel – Nowhere Now Here Review
Sophistipop for those that mine emotions whilst chilling.
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Ari Mason – Prodrome Review
Delving into 90's dance pop and giving it a 2023 cynicism and venom.
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Camille sings for International Women’s Day
Happy International Women's Day
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Tunng – Songs You Make At Night Review
The perfect example of Folktronica Tunng have quietly become one of my favourite folktronica bands over the past few years. Their albums fall somewhere on…
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Introducing… Parabola West
Parabola West walks a really excellent line for me between baroque pop and electronica pop without it ever feeling cheesy or predictable. It’s quite a…
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Lavalu – Solitary High Review
Classical piano meets rock wisdom vocals Dutch singer/songwriter Lavalu is a fascinating mash-up of two very specific genres. Her compositions are very, very classical and…
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Qntal – VIII Nachtblume Review
Qntal’s eighth studio album Nachtblume is another leaf in the page of their electronica-pagan-rock hybrid. There’s still not a band out there that quite does…
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Utada Hikaru – Hatuskoi Review
After the stripped back return of Utada Hikaru to music with Fatome bought us quiet songs, ballads aplenty and a mature focus, I have been…
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Joyner – Joyner Review
Soothing voices that hush and coo their way over chilled out dream pop – that’s how I’d describe Joyner’s self-titled debut EP. Sisters Summer and…
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Minute Taker – “Reconstruction” Review
Lusciously marching towards dreamlike madness
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Bjork – “Utopia” Review
Feeling over melody for the Icelandic queen of avant garde pop
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Introducing… Galapaghost
Haunting single from a manwithout a place to call home
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Lucy Mason – “Going Home Broke” Review
When Aussie pop gets Worldwide production
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Bat For Lashes – “The Bride” Review
A concept album of emotion and story over melody
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Higher Plain Music’s Top 25 Albums of 2016
My 25 best albums of 2016. Happy New Year!
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Saramai – “Magnetic North” Review
A heavily skewed original lady at the keys enters stage left
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Douglas Dare – “Aforger” Review
2016's album for the dark, damp, and trodden on is here
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Kishi Bashi returns with new single
Orchestral pop king returns with new album
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Concert Review: Kishi Bashi
A memorable night with a warped violinist celebrating steak
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Kishi Bishi – “Lighght” Review
An album crammed full of some of the best hooks of recent memory
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Yusuke Tsutsumi – “Cheap But It Glows” Review
Childlike and fragile, this chamber music maid will clean you up...
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Introducing… Brooke Waggoner
A lady that literally throws everything into her music - hello kitchen sink!
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Gig Review: Dead Can Dance Live at Roundhouse
Put simply, last night a dream came true. Dead Can Dance until recently was a band I had not dreamed of seeing live but now…
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The Peter Ulrich Collaboration – “The Painted Caravan” Review
Peter Ulrich doesn’t have the quickest album turnover averaging an album once every seven years. However when an album does appear you can rest assured…
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Live Vault – Rebekka Karijord
Introduced to her from Wears The Trousers who tempted me in with her album cover – Rebekka Karijold’s latest album will be reviewed shortly. Until…
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Introducing… Metal Mother
Metal Mother is like the tribal nutter Bat For Lashes wishes she would dare herself to be. Metal Mother pushes things more towards the tribal…






























