Tu Fawning explore a twisted electronic folk that initially feels very polished and contemporary in it’s sound, but very soon you realise that the feral heart that beats within is smashing at the walls to get out. The City Slang...Read More »

Fixers’ are gearing up for the imminent release of their debut album, We’ll Be The Moon; a record literally flooded with psychedelia, rock, dance and good vibes aplenty. These Oxford boys have generously doused their pop scribblings with heavy doses...Read More »

Sonny Smith is back with a new LP (actually it was self-released back in 2005 but never got distribution), but don’t be expecting garage-jumping, old school rock’n'roll – this is a whole different side to Sonny. The album, One Act...Read More »

We can’t speak highly enough about Mina Tindle’s debut album Taranta. It really is a record lavishly dressed with passion, invention and downright catchy tunes. The French musician took two years to construct her form of perfected pop, but we...Read More »

We think the latest Thieves Like Us album, Bleed Bleed Bleed, is their finest yet. In fact we scored it with an impressive 8.5/10 back in March, falling for its electro-retro-pop, the icy edge and a more political backbone. Being...Read More »

Nick Zammuto of experimental New York duo the Books has been releasing tracks since last summer with a new band Zammuto. With his eponymous new album we have another landmark addition to the post 2000 avant-pop oeuvre, in every way...Read More »

Bear in Heavens’ latest record, I Love You Man, It’s Cool, is a masterclass in pushing pop sideways, using its strengths to unearth new ground. With a crate-load of alternative anthems built with synths and rhythm it’s hard not to...Read More »

School of Seven Bells’ third album, Ghostory, is their finest yet. Among the dream-weaving audio are visions of a girl called Lafaye and the ghosts that inhabit her life. Every track throws vivid imagery into a mix of atmospheric sounds...Read More »

Come Friday afternoon our soundtrack of choice is still the self-titled debut from Phèdre, its just got an impulsive vibe that we know will get us kickstarted for the weekend. In fact we’ve been bathing in its lo-fi glow and...Read More »

Brooklyn’s Mike Wexler just released his sophomore record, Dispossession, on Mexican Summer – and we loved every minute of it. In fact we went so far as to say: “It’s atmospheric and washed-out, but deeply layered mescaline folk – as...Read More »