In the years that have passed since the Dublin five-piece unleashed their debut Dogrel into the world, a lot has changed. Most for the worst and some for the better – Fontaines seem to consistently fall into that latter category. Few bands can not only entice but thrill with three…
It was a craft well-honed by the time of 2018’s Like A Baby, a tight collection of reflections on everything from selfhood, service user agreements and the existential dread of retail, with Nathan the brooding crooner pouring their voice over each track like bittersweet syrup. Right off the bat, Free…
During her previous III album tour Banks was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition Hashimoto's Disease, the consequences of which lead to her taking steroid shots to enable her to perform. Overcoming and getting to grips with this is what inspired the album's snake-themed name – “Snakes represent rebirth and the…
Equally, dreams have a habit of occasionally becoming nightmares and it’s that submerged threat that seems to occasionally lie below the deceptively serene surface of Moon Rally and helps ensure this particular dreamworld never gets boring. Nicole Faux Naiv’s history is one that carries the potential for a musical creation…
Like most of those now-historic conversations, that all feels pretty dumb now. Father John Misty made four great albums, filled with songs filled with the kind of lyricism which filled most of his peers with envy, and sung in an angelic voice. After a four year break, there is now…
The Regrettes’ sophomore album – garage rock inspired How Do You Love? – was released in the second half of 2019, but for obvious reasons the following year meant a prolonged period of separation for the band. Finally reconvening, twelve months later and out in the Californian desert, Further Joy…
Formed of Michael Webster, Jim Webster, Luke Branch and M R E (who also produced the record), BAIT’s creative spark was reignited by the events of 2020. Recorded and developed remotely - with Webster having to capture many of his vocals in his car to avoid “fucking off the neighbours”…
Not so different as to be unrecognisable however. Never Let Me Go is the band's eighth studio album, and whilst frontman Brian Molko's idiosyncratic vocal is welcomingly recognisable, the rest of the record offers up a refreshingly new take on their tried and tested brand of alt-rock. And well it…
The Irish quartet have always been pretty exceptional at making main character music; think fireside evenings with friends and roof-down road trips in summer. It’s why their feature on the coming-of-age Dating Amber soundtrack made so much sense, and it’s a spirit that’s kept alive throughout their most recent project.…
On the Canadian punk band’s eponymous debut, he seethed over a girl: “How many times have you lied to my face? / I can’t confront you, it’s better that way.” Two and a half years later, he vented about his bandmates: “If this tour doesn’t kill you, then I will…
