Music
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Raoul Vignal – Oak Leaf Review
The softest of French rock Raoul Vignal was a sensational discovery for me last year with his superb album The Silver Veil. Returning right at…
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Restorations – LP5000 Review
Indie rock simmered to perfection There’s not been too many pure indie rock albums that have struck a chord with me throughout 2018 but LP5000…
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Snorri Hallgrimsson – Orbit Reworked Review
Electrifying classics Snorri Hallgrimsson released his latest album ‘Orbit’ earlier this year which Higher Plain Music gave a super 8.5/10 in our review. As with…
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Johanna Glaza returns with new EP
Johanna Glaza returns after her amazing album Wind Structures with a new EP and it’s out next week! Glaza entrances me with every release with…
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Introducing… Charly Martin / Wings For Louise
2018 has been a year in which I’ve really embraced the cinematic classical ambient side of music. Maybe it comes from my weary days of…
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Imogen Heap – The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 and 2 Review
Imogen Heap is a superb musician and her music has always been lush, layered and full of wonder and richness right the way back to…
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Fenn Is Cool – The Definition Of Cool Review
Jazzy Shoop Shoop Indie Gem Remember when Beck kicked off the low-fi don’t-give-a-crap indie pop album? His influence has been felt far and wide since…
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K-Conjog – Magic Spooky Ears Review
When a producer uses the kitchen sink properly Italian producer and sound sculptor K-Conjog’s latest album is a montage of loops, sounds, electronic weirdness and…
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Winifred Phillips – SCRAPER First Strike VR Soundtrack Review
The battlefield has no need for subtly Winifred Phillips has never been one to shy away from epic orchestral scores that evoke a sense of…
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Duologue members form Future Present and launch EP to raise bone marrow donor awareness
Duologue released one of my favourite albums of 2014, Never Get Lost, but things have been quiet for a while and the band had amicably…
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Introducing… Gum Takes Tooth
Rhythmic electro-rock is how I’d describe Gum Takes Tooth and their second single ‘Borrows Lies’. The London based duo are quite unclassifiable though as they…
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Anne Lovett – The Eleventh Hour Review
Classically cinematic Anne Lovett’s piano-focused compositions make for a subdued and reflective sophomore album with ‘The Eleventh Hour’. Lovett’s knack for creating simple motifs and space…
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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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Mammal Hands – Becoming Review
Extended Shadow Work Earlier this month Mammal Hands returned with a new EP entitled ‘Becoming’ to sign off as an extended accompaniment to their third…
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Video Vault – Cosmo Sheldrake
Cosmo Sheldrake’s music video for his new single “Pilocene” sees him take off and play the track live in a hot air balloon. Following in…
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Katie Mullins – Three Songs Review
Vocal Folk Perfection Katie Mullens returns to music after a period of time away healing her voice that had been injured for the third time!…
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Aniseed – Geranium EP Review
Dreamy folktronica and ambient crossover debut Aniseed’s debut EP “Geranium” introduces us to the East Anglia based musician and producer with their penchant for tape-recorded…
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Fanna-Fi Allah – Muraqaba Review
Exploring the language of love Fanna-Fi Allah have been gaining millions of views on Youtube with their insight into their traditional Sufi Qawwali music. Qawwali…
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Paleowolf – Archetypal Review
Shamanic Ambience Dark ambient is a very wide catch-all term of phrase that can cover a multitude of sounds and Paleowolf’s new album “Archetypal” fits into…
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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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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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Higher Plain Music now has a Facebook page
Responding to feedback from record labels, artists, bands and readers, I’ve opened up a simple Facebook page for Higher Plain Music. Every post that is…
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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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Elza – Nothing’s Wrong Review
If The Cranberries were Latin and likes bluesy pop Independent self-released alt-pop-rock artist Elza launched her new album “Nothing’s Wrong” last week and it’s a strong…
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Masakatsu Takagi – Mirai Original Soundtrack Review
When Japanese folk meets modern day playground Mamarou Hosoda’s most recent animation Mirai hit cinemas last week and it’s another beautifully judged emotional rollercoaster of…
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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… Peluché
Peluché are a London based trio that calls their music “trip jam”. For me, their new single “Figure Me Out” from their debut album “Unforgettable”…
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Josh Alexander – Hiraeth Review
The deconstruction of a piano to digital noise Josh Alexander’s classically trained pianist skills are front and centre in his debut album “Hiraeth”. The contemporary…
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Gamardah Fungus – Crossing the Wasteland Review
Desert Waves of Peaceful Music Ukrainian duo Gamardah Fungus create experimental ambient sessions and their latest album is a drone-like experience that I can only…
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Dead Can Dance – Dionysus Review
A worldly album that’s pretty suite Approaching their ninth studio album, Dead Can Dance continue to move around different time periods, cultures and parts of…
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Nadine Khouri – A New Dawn Review
Khouri Can British-Lebanese singer/songwriter Nadine Khouri has been gathering momentum with her sultry but delicate atmospheric folk music and with her new EP “A New Dawn”…
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Introducing… Soft People
I’ve featured husband and wife duos on Higher Plain Music before but today I’ve discovered the first Husband-husband duo that I want to share with…
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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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Elsiane and Rich Shapero – Rin, Tongue and Dorner Review
Scoring a novel with your own album and sound Writing a soundtrack for a novel must be quite a challenging experience as you have only…
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Soap&Skin – From Gas To Solid / You Are My Friend Review
What happens when the haunted become grateful? Soap&Skin’s musical career to date has always been about having shimmers of beauty in demonic, haunting piano and…
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Helga Arvesten – I’m Here Review
Carnival Theatrics of the Darker Kind Having released a few separate stand-alone singles last year following her excellent 2016 release “Entering the Ozone”, Helga Arvesten brings…
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Tim Shiel – Glowing Pains Music From The Garden Betweens Review
Creating fragments of memories from fragments of music An absolutely beautiful puzzle platform game, The Gardens Between takes two children’s memories, shatters them and lets you…
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Tom Rosenthal – Z-Sides Review
Taking anthems to slumberland Tom Rosenthal has always gone a bit against the grain. His style of indie folk-pop has always been very self-contained to…
