ALBUM REVIEW – TINDERSTICKS: SOFT TISSUE

When the first Tindersticks album emerged in 1993, immediately they stood out from other bands within the independent sector. Their lush, orchestrated sound, decorated with pianos and violins, was at odds with the prevailing zeitgeist. This was the post-grunge era that also saw the first glimmers of what would become Britpop, both highly conservative forms […]
After releasing seven studio albums, it would have been easy for Ahmed Gallab the multi-instrumentalist who records as Sinkane to believe he knew everything necessary about making music. Instead, commendably, he enrolled on a masters course in composition at SUNY Purchase. The course honed both his composing and listening skills as each week he would […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SINKANE: WE BELONG

HEAR THE FIRST TRACK IN FIVE YEARS FROM CARIBOU + UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

Dan Snaith aka Caribou has today shared a new track ‘Home’. The track is his first new music in five years since the release of Our Love – his universally adored sixth album which received critical acclaim including top five positions in ‘End of Year’ lists from the likes of The Guardian, NME, Mixmag and […]
Lambchop recently announced their new album This (is what I wanted to tell you) will be released on 22nd March 2019 via City Slang. Along with the announcement they shared the lead single ‘The December-ish you’ and they have now followed up the video for ‘Everything for you’, directed by Jonny Sanders. The track which […]

LAMBCHOP SHARE ‘EVERYTHING FOR YOU’ VIDEO

ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF SHARES ‘THE TRUTH, THE GLOW, THE FALL’

With her spell-binding fourth album, ‘Dead Magic’ set for release on March 2nd 2018 via City Slang, Anna von Hausswolff has shared second track ‘The Truth, The Glow, The Fall’ from the record. ‘Dead Magic’, Anna von Hausswolff’s fourth album, is five songs extending over 47 minutes and 20 seconds and was composed in the […]
With his debut album Digging A Tunnel set for release Friday 10th March 2017 via City Slang, Gothenburg artist sir Was; the musical alias of Joel Wästberg, is sharing another slice of his unorthodox take on hip-hop, soul, and electronica with new single & video ‘Revoke’. Directed by Swedish artist Fredrik Egerstrand, who also directed […]

SIR WAS SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO, ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, AND UNVEILS EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS – BOMBARD-TASTIC!

ALBUM – GOLD PANDA ‘GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST’

Gold Panda’s latest album takes it’s name from the parting words of a Japanese taxi driver, while visiting Hiroshima. This collection of tunes, made in Chelmsford, comprises samples and memories of his trip, along with accompanying photo’s from his travel companion, Laura Lewis. It’s been 6 years since his impressive debut ‘Lucky Shiner’, and his progression as […]
Laura Gibson’s ”Empire Builder” serves as a memento of an individual in transformation. Showcasing themes around loss, loneliness and womanhood, this singer-songwriter’s second album relays the story of Gibson’s rebuilding of her own life after an explosion which destroyed her home and work. Blending traditional genres such as folk and country with indie influences creates […]

ALBUM: LAURA GIBSON – EMPIRE BUILDER

ALBUM REVIEW: NADA SURF – YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

If trends are thunderbolts, burning out in a flash in a desperate bid to be noticed, Nada Surf is a cloud drifting to its destination, confident of its place and immune from the fluctuating scenes around it. The general consensus among music critics is that playing on proven strengths and retaining your existing fanbase signifies […]
Tindersticks has been a reassuring presence on the British music scene for over two decades, exploring the landscape of human emotions in their own unique classically restrained chamber-pop style. The band led by the sophisticated rich baritone of Stuart Staples, now has a settled line-up after a number of personnel changes following the dissolution of the […]

Album Review: Tindersticks – The Waiting Room