COVERS: CAT POWER’s new album is far from a rehash of the familiar
On new album Covers, Cat Power gets to the heart of the songs she interprets, leaving the listener disinclined to make comparisons with the originals.
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ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF brews up a dark jazz storm on masterful new album
Blowing her previous releases out of the water in sheer power, Live at Montreux Jazz Festival cements Anna Von Hausswolff as an intimidatingly strong presence.
OASIS: (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? | WIN 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOXSET
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Gregory Porter | Interview
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THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS | MADE OF RAIN | ALBUM REVIEW
The Psychedelic Furs Made of Rain Cooking Vinyl ‘Made of Rain’ will be the first new Psychedelic Furs album released since ‘World Outside’ in 1991 and they don’t sound like …
Yxngxr1 | GENERATION Z | INTERVIEW
Timothy Francis Lee, aka Yxngxr1 , is a singer and rapper from Cardiff, currently signed to American record label EMPIRE. Yxngxr1 talks about American artists Tyler, the Creator and Dominic Fike are …
STAY VOICELESS | DEBUT ALBUM | REVIEW
Stay Voiceless Lies To Tell Your Children Unsigned Grungy alternative-rockers Stay Voiceless have been tearing up South Wales’ music scene for years. With a brooding emphasis on 90s nostalgia, …
LYR | MUSIC | INTERVIEW
LYR is a musical project that’s made up of musician Richard Walters, producer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Pearson and current UK Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. Recently released was their debut album …
JEHNNY BETH | ALBUM REVIEW
Jehnny Beth To Love Is To Live Caroline Records Jehnny Beth has broken free from the creative shackles of singing in a post-punk band (Savages) to make her own mark …
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL
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ALBUMS AND DEMOS | FEBRUARY
CABANE **** Grande Est La Maison (Cabane Music) This elegant debut from Belgian writer/composer Thomas Jean Henri enlists Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and This Is The Kit’s Kate Stables to croon …
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | DECEMBER & JANUARY
ALFFA *** Rhyddid O’r Cysgodion Gwenwynig (Côsh) If singing in your native language is still a barrier to discoverability or popularity in the Spotify era (which is doubtful), then Alffa …