Australian singer songwriter Sally Seltmann has been lurking in the background of indie pop for a while now, releasing two albums under the name New Buffalo since 2004 and penning hits such as Leslie Feist’s ‘1234’ along the way. Still… Continue reading
Now barely out of high school Avigdor and his band Avi Buffalo, formed with three friends, are quite rightly on the cusp of deserved success. Continue reading
The Apples in Stereo last album 2007’s New Magnetic Wonder was packed with the US band’s trademark catchy riffs and perfect pop. Even though tracks, such as ‘Energy’, were used aplenty in advertising by the likes of Pepsi and Samsung… Continue reading
There’s also some rarities to get the new wave collectors in a froth. Front 242’s ‘U Men’ is among these, with copies fetching around £300 according to Year Zero. Continue reading
Florida’s Surfer Blood may look like an odd ball bunch of geeks but don’t dismiss them on looks alone – they are churning out some of the best indie-rock around. Seeing them live recently I got to know (or rather… Continue reading
About ten years ago Morcheeba’s Big Calm was everywhere. Seemingly at every party, on every radio station, in every pub and bar across the world. It was unstoppable. Lumped in with the whole tip hop sound of Bristol, despite being… Continue reading
Few things in life are more comforting than a Teenage Fanclub album and their latest album, Shadows, is no exception. Over twenty years into their career the Glasgow band are still the closest thing that British music has to Crosby,… Continue reading
Of Flight and Fury is the second album from Brighton’s The Miserable Rich and it picks up from where their excellent debut left off. Part of Brighton’s Willkommen Collective they are the most compact and focused of the bunch. Just… Continue reading
Heavy Ghost, the debut album from David Michael Stith, who releases under the name DM Stith, was one of the highlights of last year. It showcased Stith’s sumptuous singing and musical arrangements that mark him out as one of the… Continue reading
The release, or rather lack of release, of Shannon Stephens self-titled debut album in 1999, shows how little music matters sometimes. The former singer with Sufjan Stevens long defunct folk rock band Marzuki recorded the album more than a decade… Continue reading