Higher Plain Music

A new Irish siren of indie folk pop

A circular film for a seance

When Aussie pop gets Worldwide production

A concept album of emotion and story over melody

My 25 best albums of 2016. Happy New Year!

A heavily skewed original lady at the keys enters stage left

2016’s album for the dark, damp, and trodden on is here

Orchestral pop king returns with new album

Dancing her way into your memories

A triumphant return after six years in slumber

A memorable night with a warped violinist celebrating steak

An album crammed full of some of the best hooks of recent memory

Childlike and fragile, this chamber music maid will clean you up…

A lady that literally throws everything into her music – hello kitchen sink!

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 they are reunited, I jumped at the chance to see them. From the outset almost every single track felt slightly sped up compared to their album counterparts. Opener “Children of […]

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 that it is going to be something quite special indeed. Joining forces with plenty of other artists and collaborators  this time Peter brings friends and with it, his third studio […]

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 then, here’s my favourite track from it:

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 beat of the the music and is coming back with her second album called Ionika soon. This is the song “Shake” from her début album. Colour me a new fan!

Amiina’s most recent album Puzzle is simply stunning. This is a perfect rendition of the opening track Asinn:

Ah Fiona Apple and your album titles. Not quite out doing When the Pawn…, this time we’re going just for (deep breath) “The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do”. Exhale. This time Fiona is very stripped back. Opener single […]