"The Garden's philosophy of 'Vada-Vada', described by Wyatt as 'an idea that represents pure creative expression that disregards all previously made genres and ideals' seems to be more alive than ever as the brothers effortlessly defy categorisation."
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Watch/review: High Safari – Find Your Way Back
"The song has a real sense of maturity and ease, delivering the message with eloquence. It proceeds to get brighter and sunnier as it progresses, reminiscent of Sixties British pop in its rhythm and melody, plus some modern influences"
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Watch/review: This Is The Kit – Silver John
"Listen closer and there’s a composite of swirling instrumentation and subtle harmonics packed into ‘Silver John’’s backing. And that’s before we get to the effortlessly comforting timbre of Stables’ folksome vocal"
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Listen/review: Darwin Deez – Time Machine
"Deez has this amazingly affable talent to bash up songs that anyone and everyone would want to dance to. This latest single is a perfect example"
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Watch/review: Samantha Crain – Killer
"A great track with a powerful message, but the video is truly something special. It’s been described as a call for people to not take the media and their leaders at their word but to seek the reality of situations for themselves, and I couldn't possibly think of a more eloquent way of explaining what has been produced here."
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Live review: Let's Eat Grandma at Camp Bestival 1/8/15
'The 15-year-old girls from Norfolk are an experimental cross between MGMT and Haim. It was deliberately DIY, the musical equivalent of a Jackson Pollock, and entirely captivating.'
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Live review: Long Teeth at The Finsbury 1/8/15
"Long Teeth’s key strength lies in dynamic contrast, tonight showing how pared-down guitar, bass and drums can pull out drops and crescendos worthy of the dancefloor dedicated." And if you did have to compare them to a pizza...
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Listen/review: White Reaper – Make Me Wanna Die
'A fortifyingly direct slab of melodic rock’n’roll – as if Oasis had been forced to hone their musical chops at CBGB – with an arms-aloft vocal growl that slices through the clattering overdrive while a tremulous Casio-like keyboard sprinkles some incongruous sweetner on top.'
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Listen/review: Ideomotor – Amplified
"A Finnish indie-electro band whose polished production resonates with a synth-heavy sound and eerie vocals, sprinkled with moodily atmospheric guitar/keyboard elements that are oddly soothing and mesmerising to the ear."
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Listen/review: Deradoorian – A Beautiful Woman
"There are elements of everything from Bow Wow Wow to Can, Grace Jones and (courtesy of the breathy squeaks) Laurie Anderson amid this leftfield mashup – and you’d be right in thinking that makes for a intriguingly scope-swelling whole"
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Watch/review: Venice Trip – Look Forward
"An excellent mix of old and new, which you can't help but tap along feverishly to. 'Look Forward' spreads its loveliness throughout and remains in your head"
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Transmission: Actor; Moonlands; Alela Diane; Kubalove; Oh Wonder
Watch/review: Rocky Nti – Ride On
A guitar-driven spike of jangling energy that swiftly shifts through the cordially vocalised gears to hit its catchy bridge and the sort of borderline-anthemic chorus that the Maccabees took a couple of albums to master
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Watch: Max Richter – Sleep (trailer)
Our sleep-deprived scribe likes the sound of this colossal eight-hour continuous piece of music, composed to facilitate greater access to the land of nod. Watch a teaser for the project here
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Listen/Review: The Phoenix Foundation – Mountain
Raising the Phoenix: ‘Mountain’ grabs your ears with a sweet guitar riff and a conga-like afro-kraut drumbeat followed by a sweet piano synth sound
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Listen/Review: Sheepy – Wild EP
Reviewer Dein Moore is truly feeling Sheepy: "‘Wild’, is a trip down the psychedelic lane with a healthy dose of pop hooks and ska-punk riffs and beats to make sure the trip is permanently engrained in your brain."
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Live review (poem): Joel Sarakula at Servant Jazz Quarters 21/5/15
Joel Sarakula's official single launch for 'Northern Soul' brought out the laureate in our contributor, who expressed his praise in prose...
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Photos: The Happy Hollows, Reykjavik Kids, Crash Island, Long Teeth – The Finsbury 9/6/2015
Exclusive shots from a brilliant four-band showcase at The Finsbury, topped by California's Happy Hollows on the last date of their UK tour to promote new single 'Astrid'
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Photos: The Wow Signal, Brothers Rasputin, LFM, Zoo – The Finsbury 6/6/2015
Exclusive shots from the Lost In The Manor club night at The Finsbury on Saturday 6 June, an evening of fine melodic rock, gritty funk and jaw-dropping on-stage antics
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Watch/Review: C Duncan – Garden
The truth of the matter is that the mild-mannered Glaswegian just keeps turning out song after song that draw the focus like a lyrical Lionel Messi. 'Garden' is another medal-worthy slice of poppy kaleidoscopica
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