Having sold his instruments to fund a nomadic 1970s lifestyle, eccentric Irish experimentalist Michael O’Shea was forced to create his own handmade answer to the sitars and zelochords he’d become accustomed to playing on his travels around the globe.Using an old door, 17 strings, chopsticks and combining them with phasers, echo units and amplification, the […]
2LP – Black Vinyl Rival Consoles has been concurrently in the foreground and background of electronic music since the late-‘00s; conjuring tense melancholia for Black Mirror soundtracks, playing in front of 10,000 dance fans at Drumsheds, selling out London’s Barbican Hall, and logging an expansive, wandering collection of synth-sculpted albums that explore a myriad of […]
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace is the first album featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found”. The genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire”, when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden. While his recent adventures have centred around Nashville, having reunited with Alison Krauss […]
Emerging once again from the unending waves crashing upon our fragile time-craft (adrift on the eternal ocean, and taking on water), Dirty Three are (a) back, (b) tangled in seaweed, rank with saltwater and possessed of three rather ominous thousand-mile stares (at least!), and (c) not wasting another minute – as nothing is guaranteed. For […]
The world is growing ever more chaotic.Fortunately, there is music that opens up a positive, optimistic world.With his new studio album ‘Euphoria’, Schiller presents a powerful musical counterpoint to the unpredictability of our time – full of energy, uplifting vibes and cinematic soundscapes.Music to find calm, unwind and immerse yourself in an inspiring sonic atmosphere.This […]
Formed in 1996 in the coastal town of Karhula, Omnium Gatherum has long stood at the crossroads of traditional heavy metal, Gothenburg-style melodic death, and progressive finesse – earning the tongue-in-cheek label Adult-Oriented Death Metal.On ‘May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way’, founding guitarist and chief songwriter Markus Vanhala (also in Insomnium, Cemetery Skyline) […]
Album of the Week: Wednesday – Bleeds Staff Review ‘Bleeds is the sixth studio record from Asheville, North Carolina indie-rock band Wednesday. The follow-up to 2023’s Rat Saw God is another triumph from the Karly Hartzman–led quartet, with the preternaturally talented MJ Lenderman once again in the mix as a studio member. This album […]
Dion’s new Memoir The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher pushed him deep into my past, and the power of those memories shot new music into my present and future. This album is the culmination of his most popular hits combined with the best songs for a live performance. Massive hits like “Runaround Sue”, “The Wanderer and […]
Pollard combines a new batch of songs with a basket of unrecorded gems dating back to the band’s nascent years. The chorus of “Oxford Talawanda” contains a never-used hook that Pollard has been singing for nearly his entire life. Classic power pop from the kings of hooks Cut live and hot to tape with minimal overdubs […]
“Spiritual Soul” is the next destination on the Eccentric Soul series journey, offering a rare groove with a transcendent, introspective flair.Peppered with lush horn arrangements and anchored by warm, reflective rhythms, this compilation channels the meditative pulse of a spiritual soul.A solid companion for quiet contemplation—whether you’re engrossed in Sunday reading or wandering through the […]
