As surprise releases go, there won’t be many that will unite an artists’ fanbase more than Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ CARNAGE, which is both a revisit to darker themes of their early work and a maintenance of the vulnerable sentiment that has personified their contemporary work. If you could…

Returning from the success of her storming 2020 single ‘Peach Stone’, Indoor Foxes (Martha Barr) has released her latest tale of emotion with ‘Mr. Yellow Eyes’, a chronicling of separation and nostalgia that offers both tenderness and resolute determination in equal measure. ‘Mr. Yellow Eyes’ calls back to the mature…

This was originally published for Music Umpire. Post-rock is back! Well, whatever sound you feel best describes Black Country, New Road (BC,NR), it probably fits in somewhere. Released on Ninja Tune, a label founded by electronic duo Coldcut, For The First Time shows that they seem quite comfortable in attempting…

This was originally published in The Indiependent. Nearly three years have passed since Goat Girl announced their unmistakably defiant presence with their self-titled debut album, and On All Fours is irrefutable evidence that their quest for change is far from over. Keeping hold of producer Dan Carey, On All Fours…

Pom Poko are a four-piece punk band from Norway who released their critically acclaimed second album Cheater last week. As a huge fan of their music since their debut album Birthday in 2019, it was a privilege to chat to their bassist Jonas Krøvel about Cheater, the writing process and…