Even Butterflies Make A Sound
Olympia, capital city of Washington state, boasts a storied musical history spanning grunge (Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain called Olympia home), riot grrrl (Bikini Kill were at the vanguard of the influential feminist punk movement), and record labels K Records and Kill Rock Stars (home variously to Modest Mouse, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith). Reaching for Olympian heights Aiming […]
Belated in arrival following their 2006 eponymous debut and 2016’s II, Modern Moonlight by The Early Years shows no signs of creative lethargy. The band built their own studio, learnt how to produce, record, engineer, and mix. Therefore, they could hardly be accused of being work-shy. The hard work has paid off. It’s a brilliantly produced, multi-dimensional album. […]
Right place, right time. A couple of months ago at Mettle Works in Chelmsford. I stood in the repurposed cash lock-up grounds in awe of the spectacle – industrial remnants of the building, barbed wire crawl space visible atop high, white brick walls saturated by deep red light. Two walk-in vaults looming in the corridor to the […]
Joan Wasser and I talk about her desire to re-imagine her classic debut LP, her frequent, amazing musical collaborations, and, of course, Jeff Buckley.
Reuben McCulloch reviews Be Human, the debut LP by Violeta Vicci and Bruno Bavota and is struck how a serendipitous encounter led to a wonderful exploration of humanity
DG|DA is a unique project of electronica, guitar, and voice created by David Gooday (Nitzer Ebb/Stark) and David Arscott (Rubber Soul/ Eighties Archive Podcast). David A is also ex-frontman of the The White Gospel. The duo recently dropped their first album together, ADHD. Andy Mckay The reviewer is a lifelong prisoner of music and is […]
Norwegian singer/songwriter Juni Habel’s third album Evergreen In Your Mind, her first in three years, is out next week. It is a lovingly crafted, minimalist album of enchanting folk. Juni Habel remains relatively unknown (for the time being) and she might not be terribly prolific. Howver, you sense that she is very much an artist […]
Abrasive Trees bring their brooding, immersive post-rock to Colchester Arts Centre this Friday, 27 March. The group, led by Matthew Rochford, headline a carefully curated night of dark-ambient atmospheres and slow-burning intensity. Abrasive Trees also have new music in the pipeline (details below). Tickets are just £8 and are available here. Line-up details An outstanding […]
Alan Sparhawk’s latest musical incarnation, Alan Sparhawk Solo Band, presents a new double A-side. This release is a far cry from his second solo album White Roses, My God (2024), which featured exciting, bassy, synthesised beats, layered with auto-tuned vocals. The Trampled by Turtles collaborative album in 2025 also marked a musical departure. This joint […]
The debut lp by Black Grove, A New Wilderness, is thrilling, emotional, euphoric, didactic, and cinematic. It charts an odyssey through, on the face of it, the physical landscape. But, as a piece, the record poses questions about the human condition in the natural world. (While reading this feature, you’ll be surprised when nature swoops […]