Higher Plain Music

Indie rock for the camper van

Like an outtake from LittleBigPlanet..,

For the indie in all of us

Germany represents angry teens

Tipping the balance of experimental electronica

Clock Opera popped onto my radar at the end of last year with an great synth rock single and with the release of their second album Venn a couple of weeks ago, they have cemented themselves as a firm favourite new discovery in 2017. Their brand of rock has equal parts synth and electronica nods […]

When going from solo to a band effort pays off

Rebekka’s music has often been quite sparse and minimalist but her powerful voice and ability to create a sombre and intimate atmosphere has always made her music feel bigger than the sum of its parts. Never has that been more true than with her new album “Mother Tongue” which focuses of the most primal of […]

Japanese grunge quartet return with a new old sound

My 25 best albums of 2016. Happy New Year!

Norway’s best musical export of 2016

The soundtrack of imagination and dreams

Album of the year? Quite possibly…

How to kill everyone in revenge using one bowl of punch and a piano

Back to the 1970’s… bedroom rock style

Politically charged Turkish dream rock

The Scot is back from his bedroom with more

The deep dark well of the lost souls of electronic indie music have been discovered

Setting the speakers alight with her new single

A fabulous double bill of string rock perfection