Under the Bridge
They say you can never go back and, perhaps even more tellingly, that the past is a different country where they do things differently. Certainly …
They say you can never go back and, perhaps even more tellingly, that the past is a different country where they do things differently. Certainly …
When Estella casually mentioned Sapphire and Steel were releasing a new ‘themed’ double A side in 24 hours’ time, fittingly it was during a conversation …
New year: new music. If you’re struggling with the dark depths of January then Soft may be the antidote for your existential blues. Actually there’s …
If we were playing word association, after a few listens to Architecture of the Ages the first word that would come to my addled mind …
I often ramble on about the healing power of music, mainly because, idealistic fool that I am, I believe it. If you’re reading this, then …
When I was a teen, in the pre-internet days of information scarcity when facts and alternative facts existed but didn’t flood the ether, I thought …
‘How did it all become so complicated lately?’ If you’ve not asked yourself that question recently I envy you. Estella has already highlighted Down the …
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: there is always a place for shiny new indie pop like this. When someone makes it sound as easy …
Second album in a year from pop polymath and king of the ear-worm Heiko Schneider, outdoing Morrissey for creative song titling. I’m holding TheCatherines partially …
You know those days, you’re hot, bothered, things are really not going your way.The light at the end of the tunnel is about as strong …
If only Morrissey had grown older and wiser like Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, perhaps he would still be able to make a record as …
Funny, when I heard both songs I thought, are these scenes from the same life? Thanks to Eva’s impressionistic lyrics they feel like observations made …
Love at first sight (or sound), is it real? Can something that deep be as swift and sudden as lightning striking? I’m no scientist so …
No one can accuse Spain’s Yellow Melodies of false advertising. This IS resolutely and emphatically ‘Sunshine Pop’. Big bold songs that run towards you, deliver …
There’s a jaw dropping scene in Right Here, the documentary detailing the rise, fall and rise of the alt-Fleetwood Mac, the Go-Betweens. Robert Forster and …
It’s the simple pleasures that get you through, unless I guess your taste extends to caviar and gold encrusted palaces… but then our target audience …
I sometimes wonder why I love music that makes you ache? It must be some kind of pleasure/pain thing. Is everyone the same? I’m going …
As we haul ourselves, shellshocked and weary, to the end of a brutal year the artists featured on Beautiful Noise give us a refuge from …
Just as 2020 begins to finally wind down and the music business pumps out pop froth and supermarket shelf greatest hits, Sunday Records and Kocliko …
How did you spend your lockdown? Big plans, minimal results?? Yeah, me too… Not so Estella, it seems she’s been busy adding the finishing touches …
It’s pretty tough reaching consensus on anything these days, but one thing we can probably all agree on: there have been better years… As a …
Back before the world was turned upside down ( I’m trying not to say, ‘pre-internet’) some bands were content to remain a mystery, any facts …