Delta Rae – “After It All” (2015)
Label: Sire/Warner Music Review by Luisa Mercier It was the spring of 2012 when I got this album from an unknown band so I could review it. I had never been…
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Anathema- “Distant Satellites” (2014)
Label: Kscope Review by Luisa Mercier Two years after the masterpiece “Weather Systems”, the British Anathema are back with another album, as always full of feelings. They are among the…
MØ – “No Mythologies to Follow” (2014)
Label: Chess Club Records/RCA Victor/Sony Music Review by Luisa Mercier MØ is a Danish singer songwriter, the last of my many discoveries from the lands of snow in Northern Europe. Her…
Ravenscry – “The Attraction of Opposites” (2014)
Label: Revalve Records Review by Luisa Mercier I have been following Ravenscry since they released their very first record, and from that moment on I never stopped appreciating what they do. In…
Elizaveta – “Hero” EP (2014)
Label: Flower Army Records Review by Luisa Mercier Elizaveta is a Russian, USA based singer songwriter that I already come to love and appreciate with her previous record “Beatrix Runs”.…
NONONO – “We Are Only What We Feel” (2014)
Label: Warner Music Sweden Review by Luisa Mercier NONONO have just released their debut “We Are Only What We Feel” and it is an indie gem. As anything coming from…
Epica – “The Quantum Enigma” (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Luisa Mercier First of all, let me start confessing a secret: I really liked Epica‘s previous record “Requiem for The Indifferent”, but along the…
Anna von Hausswolff – “Ceremony” (2013)
Label: City Slang Review by Luisa Mercier I confess I never heard of this Swedish girl, architect turned singer songwriter. My bad indeed, since Northern Europe seems to provide the…
Rebekka Karijord – “Music for Film and Theatre” (2014)
Label: Control Freak Kitten Records Review by Luisa Mercier Norwegian Rebekka Karijord produced one of my favourite 2012 record, “We Become Ourselves” with her dark and elegant atmospheres. She is multi…
The Floating World – “The Apparition” (2012)
Label: Cyclic Law Review by Luisa Mercier The Floating World is the solo project of Amanda Votta. Begun in 2005, three albums have been released so far; “Full Sturgeon Moon”…
Still Corners – “Strange Pleasures” (2013)
Label: Sub Pop Review by Luisa Mercier Still Corners comes from the U.K. and “Strange Pleasures” is their sophomore effort that perfectly finds its place in the dream-pop, shoegaze revival…
September Mourning – “Melancholia” (2012)
Label: Repo Records Review by Luisa Mercier The gothic rock band September Mourning debuted with “Melancholia” and hails from the United States. The founder, the vocalist September defines the project much…
Meg Myers – “Make a Shadow” EP (2014)
Label: Atlantic Records / [GOOD}CROOK Review by Luisa Mercier I came to know Meg Myers some months ago when she released “Heart, Heart, Head” and a kind friend pointed her out…
Sinead O’Connor – “How About I Be Me (And You Be You)” (2012)
Label: One Little Indian Review by Luisa Mercier This is the first release after five years for the legend Sinead O’ Connor and someone may object that “Theology” was not…
The Sterling Sisters – “Hale” (2013)
Label: Pesanta Urfolk Review by Luisa Mercier The Sterling Sisters are one of those bands that cannot go unnoticed. I never heard of them before, but as soon as I…
Scout – “Field of Ash” 7″ (2013)
Label: Pesanta Urfolk Records Review by Luisa Mercier I had the pleasure to appreciate Scout Paré-Philips in The Sterling Sisters album “Hale” where she backed the male vocalist. Therefore I…
Leila Abdul-Rauf – “Cold and Cloud” (2013)
Label: Saadi Saati Records (Pesanta Urfolk Records) Review by Luisa Mercier I already got to know Leila through her work in one of her bands, the metal combo Hammers of…
Phildel – “The Glass Ghost” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Most talented Phildel is back, after her stunning spring debut “The Disappearance of the Girl”, with the new release, the EP “The Glass Ghost”.…
Trobar de Morte – “The Silver Wheel” (2012)
Label: In The Morningside Records Review by Luisa Mercier Trobar de Morte are back, three year after their latest full-lenth release and last year acoustic album. This time the album is…
MaterDea – “Satyricon” (2011)
Label: Midsummer’s Eve Review by Luisa Mercier The Italian prog/pagan-folk metal band MaterDea has released their second full-length last year and it is inspired by Latin literature. “Satyricon” is a novel…