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Higher Plain Music Roadmap for 2019
What's coming in 2019?
- Review
Higher Plain Music’s Top 30 Albums of 2018
The top 30 albums of 2018 according to HPM
- Alt Rock
Introducing… Mode Moderne
All the fun of today’s indie rock with late 80’s sensibilities Mode Moderne have been going since 2009 but I…
- Arrangements
Yoshitaka Hirota – Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All Star Carnival Soundtrack Review
A slice of gothic rave arrangements to allude to a dream collaboration Yoshitaka Hirota is the lead composer for the…
- Alternative
Can’t Swim – This Too Won’t Pass Review
Rocking like its 2000 again Across 2018 for one reason or another most rock albums have passed me by but…
- Ambient
Introducing… Matthew Wilcock
Someone has spent too long alone on an abandoned planet...
- Music
C-jeff – Magenta Review
Complex chiptune arrangement from the electronic composer.
- Abstract
Haiku Salut – There Is Nowhere Else Review
NASA goes to Icelandic dream folk rave Experimental dream-like electronica permeates around Haiku Salut’s third album ‘There Is Nowhere Else’…
- Review
Phil France – Circle Review
Space Synth Jazz is the genre I never knew I needed Phil France has captured my mind with his second…
- Electro Pop
Cocoa Futures – Recovery EP Review
Making retro cool again effortlessly Channelling new romantic 80’s pop alongside modern-day indie pop, Cocoa Futures tread a chilled line…
- Music
The Wheel Workers – Post Truth Review
Pointed political anthems for the lost and jaded I discovered The Wheel Workers with their 2015 album Citizens which merged…
- Acoustic
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…
- Alt Rock
Restorations – LP5000 Review
Indie rock simmered to perfection There’s not been too many pure indie rock albums that have struck a chord with…
- Cinematic Music
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…
- Music
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…
- Ambient
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…
- Composer
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…
- Adult Pop
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…
- Review
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…
- Cinematic Music
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…
- Alt Rock
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…
- Abstract
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…
- Acoustic
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…
- Alt Rock
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…
- Acoustic
Mammal Hands – Becoming Review
Extended Shadow Work Earlier this month Mammal Hands returned with a new EP entitled ‘Becoming’ to sign off as an…
