Chapter 24
Chapter 24, from London in the UK have, as I write, just completed a month long US tour, Claire Smith (vocals), Joe Green (guitar), Mel Stark (bass) and Mark Castro (drums) are a highly energetic band with a rapidly expanding fan-base. Oh the irony of Chapter 24, the name of a restaurant in Farnborough (Kent) I […]
Laura Gibson
Laura Gibson is a solo artist from Coquille,Oregon in the USA. Currently scheduling the release of a further LP for the beginning of 2012. She has been seen across North America, Europe and Asia with her touring band, playing with considerable success. Immediately the music starts, you can tell Laura isn’t from an urban ghetto, the […]
Sistra
Sistra are from Khabarovsk in Russia, - Arseniy Sysoletin, Roman Murashov, Roman Lopatkov and Mikhail Gnesin generate an interesting blend of experimental rock. It takes a moment or two to understand Sistra, but the time is worth the effort. An unbelievable vocal needs a second, then third glance, as octaves far higher than are reasonable are hit with comfort. The band have explored a […]
The Great Last
About a year ago Matthew Davey (Vocals Guitar), Rory Ford (Drums), Callum Matheson (Guitar)) Thomas Howes (Keyboards/Synths) and Tom Baker (Bass) formed the North London, UK, based band The Great Last, they felt their epiphany moment arrived in April 2011 when a new audience took them to heart and so we now come to November – 7 months on. […]
The Hidden Revolution
The Hidden Revolution, from Manchester are made up of Chris Wise (vocal/guitar), Ian Sanderson (Bass/Synth), Jon Clark (Drums), Leon Brierley (Guitar), and Dale Harrop (Guitar). … The Hidden Revolution … just don’t hit my ears naturally, but I haven’t written the review yet…. regular readers would have gained the clue by the very mention of Manchester, the […]
Turn Off Your Television
Turn Off Your Television – yes it does sound like and instruction and this instance a sensible one – are a trio from Malmö in Sweden , comprising: Jon Rinneby (lead vocals / guitar), Stellan Lofberg (Bass / harmonica) and Erik Willman (drums / backing vocals) use the influences of their backgrounds and an interest in music spanning […]
Two Suns
Two Suns is the solo project under which Jake Davidson from Norman, Oklahoma in the USA plies his mix of laptop electronica and instrumentation. The combination of laptop electronics and live instrumentation generates an appealing combination of sounds, which Two Suns moulds in to an airy space in which the creativity of the music is […]
We Aeronauts
We Aeronauts are an octet based in Oxford, England. Back in 2007 James Cunning (vocals, accordian, synth), Anna Log (vocals, piano), Jeremy Shepherd (drums), Tom Wade (bass), Greg Stuart (vocals/guitar), James Maund (electric guitar, mouth organ, banjo), Adam Jackson (trumpet) and James T went on a trip to France and came back a band, they have recently released the EP – Chalon Valley. This […]
Trupa Trupa
Trupa Trupa are an alternative rock band from Gdansk in Poland, which makes them a very belated first Polish band I have reviewed. Having spent some time working on the music and developing a distinctive sound, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Tomek Pawluczuk, Wojtek Juchniewicz and Rafal Wojczal have just released their debut LP. I can recall dear old Maggie […]
The Future Shape of Sound
The Future Shape of Sound is a London UK based project spearheaded by - Alex McGowan and singer Big Daddy Kai, with Nomtai Mabo, Giacomo Braghi, Kevin Synnott, Julie Thorp and Danielle Mittee & The Meyer Dancers. Having started life in 2009, they have delighted fans of Northern Soul and Scratchy Blues with both their live performances and their recorded releases. Somedays the […]
