Singleton
Singleton is an indie rock band from Kiev in the Ukraine, with eight years behind them Alina Fedorova -(vocals), Jim Walt (guitar), Dmitriy “Choochoon” Chudakov (bass) and Vitaliy Yermak (drums) have taken a while to gain a broader recognition, well I can’t say I have fared too well on Ukrainian bands, as this is just my second dip in to the [...]
Fanfic
Fanfic is a two piece Electro-pop band from San Antonio – USA. RanDingo 777 8===D and Joe Green are relatively new off the blocks and by the sounds emerging are a duo to keep an eye on. Aside from the music, Joe also doubles as a writer, political researcher and activist – so how could I not [...]
Plants and Animals
Plants and Animals the trio of Warren C. Spicer, Matthew Woodman Woodley, Nicolas Basque from Montreal in Canada have been around for a while now, with a debut LP coming out in 2008 and a follow up in 2010. This is an example of frustration and I know so may bands go through this. There is something really [...]
Clockwork Radio
Clockwork Radio, an eclectic mix of musical backgrounds and nationalities settled on Manchester in England as the home base. Richard Williams (vocals / guitar), Iwan Jones (lead guitar / vocals), Nadim Mirshak (bass), Dan Wiebe (drums / percussion) and Sam Quinn (keys / samples / guitar) combine to produce their own musical territory, which they determine as – Future Rock. It [...]
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 [...]
Thorn1
Back in 2005, Evgeny Zheyda formed Thorn1, in the High Altai, perhaps the best climbing ground in the world, away from the tourist trail and one of only two places I have ever hitch-hiked a helicopter flight, but that is another story all together. Since those days he has moved to Ukraine, where news of [...]
Marla Mase
Marla Mase from New York in the USA, is first and foremost a creator, with a diversity of outlets for her prodigious talents. These include poet, author, performance artist, producer, songwriter and vocalist to name but a few. Her intense emotionally charged music, demands time and concentration as she paints intense imagery through her craft. [...]
Atsuhiro Ito
Hailing from Japan, Atsuhiro Ito, has developed his visually stunning performances with a unique instrument. The Flourescent tube is not the first musical instrument you would think of learning. Launching his career in the mid ’80s as a visual artist, Atsuhiro Ito added sound to his work in 1998. The flourescent light bulb, is integrated [...]
Band of the week 27th March 2010
I like to see bouncing charts, as it becomes a real reflection of what resonates around the world and this weeks chart sees Paul Liddell take the top slot. I will get a chance to see Paul in the next few weeks and I look forward to it. I make an occasional comment on the [...]
New Found Land
New Found Land originally from Sweden and now based in Germany were formed by Anna Roxenholt and started life as a duet. They have developed and expanded to become a collective of up to eight musicians. Anna leads the band on an exploration of world music as the melancholic atmosphere is overlayed with superb lyric [...]
