Goldfrapp – “Silver Eye” (Deluxe Edition) (2018)
Label: Mute Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Taking everything which had come before, Goldfrapp threw everything into the mix and the result was 2017’s “Silver Eye”. A year later the…
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Florence + The Machine – “High as Hope” (2018)
Label: Virgin EMI Records/Universal Music Review by Warren Mayocchi In the list of bands with a distinctive sound, Florence + the Machine are sure to rank. Commanding and melancholic, with a…
Anathema – “The Optimist” (2017)
Label: KScope Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2001 Anathema released an album called “A Fine Day to Exit”. On the cover was the dashboard of a car, the view through…
King Witch – “Under the Mountain” (2018)
Label: Listenable Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Don’t talk to me of blasphemy, I’d strike the sun if it insulted me”. King Witch begin their album with this quote from “Moby…
Crippled Black Phoenix – “Bronze” (2016)
Label: Season of Mist Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2015 Crippled Black Phoenix released “New Dark Age Tour EP“. It opened with an excerpt from the original “Mad Max” movie…
Marika Hackman – “I’m Not Your Man” (2017)
Label: Sub Pop Records/Transgressive Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Prominent bass lines, jangling guitar flourishes, whimsical vocals bordering on the disinterested – it all adds up to “I’m Not Your…
Operose – “Footprints in the Hourglass” (2017)
Label: Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella From the United Kingdom, Operose is a progressive metal band. With their debut album, “Footprints in the Hourglass”, the band displays a whole lot…
Melanie C – “Version of Me” (2016)
Label: Red Girl Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With a personal title, the distinctive vocals of Melanie C, and a solid electronic backing, “Version of Me” has been released for…
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker – “Overnight” (2016)
Label: Rough Trade Review by Warren Mayocchi With a series of song titles which loosely cover the events of a night, calling the album “Overnight” is most appropriate. Josienne Clarke…
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interview by Miriam C. From disco diva to singer-songwriter: Sophie Ellis-Bextor‘s career can be resumed in this sentence. You can still remember her for her hits “Murder On the Dance…
Darkher – “Realms” (2016)
Label: Prophecy Productions Review by Warren Mayocchi There is a majestic sound to Darkher‘s debut album “Realms”. Darkher is the work or maybe alter-ego of Jayn Hanna Wissenberg. There is…
Even Vast – “Hear Me Out” (RE-ISSUE) (2016)
Label: Sleazy Rider Records Review by Warren Mayocchi In 1999 Even Vast released their first album “Hear Me Out”. In 2016 they have re-mastered the album, packaged it with a…
Polly Scattergood – onDeadWaves
Interview by Miriam C. Collected by Tony Cannella Interviewing (unfortunately not face to face SIGH) British singer/songwriter Polly Scattergood is one of my fulfilled dreams coming true. Yes, because back…
Polly Scattergood – “Arrows” (2013)
Label: Mute Records Review by Luisa Mercier “Arrows” is the sophomore album of the English singer-songwriter Polly Scattergood. I confess I never heard of her before, but when I got…
Anathema – “Universal” DVD (2013)
Label: Kscope Review by Luisa Mercier Last year in September, Anathema held a special event, a very special event: a concert with the Plovdiv Philarmonic Orchestra in the Roman theatre…
The Reasoning – “And Another Thing…” EP (2012)
Label : Comet Music Review by Matteo Bussotti What can we say about Cardiff’s band, The Reasoning? How can we define their genre? We can say it’s “Dream-Metal”. In fact,…
Jessie Ware – “Devotion” [The Gold Edition] (2013)
Label : Cherrytree Records/Island Records/Universal Review by Jesse StClaire In today’s pop music, the bass is down low, the tempo is fast and the vocals are processed to elaborate extremes.…
Lucy Rose – “Like I Used To” (2013)
Label : Columbia/Sony Music Review by Luisa Mercier Lucy Rose is a young folk singer coming from Warwishire, that moved to London to attend college and there met Jack Steadman…