EP REVIEW Artist: Shannen Bamford EP: Paper Planes Website: shannenbamford.com A date for your diaries, 10/6/13 sees the eagerly anticipated EP ‘Paper Planes’ by Shannen Bamford. A year in preparation, it was recorded at Canvas Sound Studios and took three months to complete. “It embodies everything I like to put intoContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Silent Cities EP: Eigenlicht Website: wherethesilentcitieshide.com I’m going to go ahead and assume that if you’re branding your music as ‘experimental’, you’ll take my calling it ‘weird’ as a compliment. ‘Eigenlicht’ is definitely both experimental and weird. The title, by the way, is a word for the greyishContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Thom Morecroft Album: Moon Moon Shake It Website: thommorecroft.com Thom Morecroft has been a fixture on the local acoustic circuit for a while now. No matter if he’s hosting an evening down on Penny Lane, or headlining his own gig at View Two, you know you’re guaranteedContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Anna Corcoran EP: Anything Better Website: annacorcoran.com Anna Corcoran has a degree in music and many years experience as a live performer across the UK. So I suppose it was only a matter of time before she got round to recording some of her songs. The AnythingContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Wilson Minds EP: Face It Cracks Website: wilsonminds.com Doctor Who is in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest running science fiction television programme. Undoubtedly, the main reason for its success over almost 50 years has been its ability to reinvent itself (new Doctors, companionsContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Matt Reekie EP: Down The Corridors Website: mattreekie.bandcamp.com Matt Reekie – Down the Corridors 1. Introduction 00:59 2. Down the Docks 02:08 3. When I See Her Face 02:53 4. It’s a Shame 03:32 5. From the Storm 03:11 The front of Matt Reekie’s Down The Corridors EPContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Science of the Lamps EP: Science of the Lamps EP Website: thescienceofthelamps.com Rating: **** There is something unerringly beautiful about the music of Science of the Lamps. Almost mythical in its presentation, stunning in its creation and just that pinch of Nordic noir/folk fairytale that filters through and givesContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Only Child EP: Only Child EP Website: onlychildmusic.co.uk Listen to this CD at five to midnight, with 40 watt bulbs and rain against the skylights and cast your eye over the dedication in the sleeve, “dedicated to anyone who is missing someone”. At that moment, it becomes prettyContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Hummingbirds EP: Doesn’t Really Matter Website: wearethehummingbirds.com The Hummingbirds’ description of themselves as 5 lads and a box seems appropriate enough, but would this latest set of recordings justify their self-proclaimed title of “pioneers of modern skiffle”? I’ve seen the band play live a couple of times inContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Fifth Movement EP: This Brewing Storm Website: thefifthmovement.com I’ve been following the exploits of Kevin Critchley since he shoved his first EP in my hand back in 2006 and I was blown away by the energy, power and passion in those four tracks. Kevin went on toContinue Reading
