Yasmin Williams' new album is full of beautiful and meditative guitar instrumentals that evoke both pastoral serenity and inner city tension.
Yasmin Williams: Urban Driftwood
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Yasmin Williams: Urban Driftwood
Black Country, New Road: For the First Time
High praise has been thrown at them with abandon but how does Black Country, New Road's debut album fare?
Divide & Dissolve: Gas Lit
Divide & Dissolve offer a refreshing and vital voice in the world of heavy music, using the behemoth weight of their sound to tackle conversations around white supremacy and colonialism.
Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo: Deep Fried Grandeur
Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo join forces for a special one-off performance...
A Snapshot of Beautiful Chaos: EP/64-57
There is little in this world that lasts forever. Thank goodness. Life's temporality is a blessing, offering fleeting moments of huge highs, heavy despair, and large quantities of mundanity. Live music helps remind us of this fact, jolting us out of our day to day existence through a one-off moment of pure, exhilarating sonic magic. … Continue reading A Snapshot of Beautiful Chaos: EP/64-57
Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Brighton-based Welsh guitarist, Gwenifer Raymond, boasts an incredible CV. Alongside a PhD in Astrophysics and a day job as a video game designer, Raymond is also an incredible guitarist, whose virtuosity is on full display with her second full-length release, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain. Fans of the Tacoma school of steel guitar musings are … Continue reading Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
James Elkington: Ever-Roving Eye
The new album from Chicago-based guitarist showcases his freewheeling fretboard talents that hark back to his British roots. James Elkington was born in England but headed across to Chicago in the 90s, where he embedded himself into the music scene to become an in-demand guitarist who has played with a wealth of well-known artists. He … Continue reading James Elkington: Ever-Roving Eye
MELT YOURSELF DOWN!
100% YES! The latest album from Avant-JazzParty six piece says it all in the title really. An incredibly invigorating listening that makes you want to leap up from your vegetative state and shout at the top of your lungs... YES, OH YES, OH YES! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zds6O2_azyQ Pete Wareham has been at the helm of some of … Continue reading MELT YOURSELF DOWN!
Mega Bog – Dolphine
A sumptuous trip of intergalactic pop exploration Under the moniker Mega Bog, Erin Elizabeth Birgy has been releasing her unique brand of dreamy sci-fi pop ventures, and with Dolphine, she has produced a record of bountiful delight that seeps with unexpected twists and turns. The record boundlessly travels across genres, blending 60s psych-folk with latin … Continue reading Mega Bog – Dolphine
Gum Takes Tooth – Arrow
Sit yourself down but don’t bother getting comfy, as Gum Takes Tooth’s third album is an intoxicatingly tumultuous ride, delivering a soundtrack for the disorientating and disaffected epoch of today. Consisting of percussionist Tom Fug and keyboardist and vocalist Jussi Brightmore, the London-based duo have forged a dynamic and explorative sound since their formation in … Continue reading Gum Takes Tooth – Arrow
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