Taking A Trip To The Dark Side Of The Archives
Greg Healey has been working through the archives of the Reg Omeroyd scores which saw him...
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ACTIVITY
A Landscape To Visit With Your Soul & Your Senses
Paul K has been one of my favourite artists since I first heard his work with his Glitch Code...
Read moreCan’t Complain? Dance Fans Certainly Won’t Be
Chris Boddington’s new album is called Can’t Complain. It’s an interesting title, because it can...
Read moreA Voyage Of Boundless Imagination
The latest album from Paul K, The Space Between, is a departure from his usual solo work in that...
Read moreLet The Dragons Attack
Queen of Hearts by Karmaa is the US artist’s first full length album which follows on from the...
Read moreA Tennant Who Is Here To Stay
Jay Tennant’s new album Forever Roses starts off with the Big Countryesque Journey into the Night...
Read moreThe Heavy North Will Appeal To All Points Of The Compass
The Heavy North are a Liverpool based blues and rock band who have already attracted a lot of...
Read moreGreat Karmaa
Karmaa was one of my favourite discoveries of last year. A Californian based...
Read moreOn The Eve Of Something Special
Eve and Eve is the debut album from Lottie, a singer/songwriter from the UK who has been living...
Read moreA Rediscovered Theme Tune With 70s Attitude
E.N.D.A.N.G.E.R.M.E.N.T. is the theme tune for a long forgotten TV series that starred Anneke...
Read moreA Winning Game From Ray BLK And Giggs
The incredibly talented Ray BLK first came to my notice with the frankly stunning ‘Warrior’ from...
Read moreCeltic Metal Forged In Anger
Hand of Kaillach are a Celtic Metal act from Edinburgh who blend together elements of their...
Read moreThe Fruits Of Experience
Joe Adhemar had dreams of being a professional musician in his 20s and came close to realising...
Read moreMuch More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
Brits and Pieces is a twitter account that has always been well worth following because of the...
Read moreA Unique New Voice From The Emerald Isle
The prospect of an Irish ballad played on a ukulele might not set everyone’s pulses racing and,...
Read moreLockdown Opens Up The Imagination
Paul K’s new album 'Anandamide' sent me straight to Google in the same way as his 'Fermi Paradox'...
Read moreA Journey Through A Life And A City
'Rocks' is the soundtrack to the soon to be released film that tells the story of Rocks, a young...
Read moreHeading For The Tower But They Don’t Care!
Treason of the Monarchy are a punk band featuring songwriter Tim Fish and singer John Warwick....
Read moreLockdown Brings These Creatures Into The Open
Faultress is the stage name of Rosi Croom, an incredibly talented and original singer songwriter....
Read moreAn Exercise In Beautiful Revenge
In the current economic climate, how many people would take the chance to launch a new record...
Read moreBleak And Brilliant Dissection Of Society
Young Knives, brothers Henry and Thomas Dartnell, have been around for nearly two decades making...
Read moreAchieving A Kind Of Nirvana
SAP are a grunge style band from Pennant Hills, North West of the centre of Sydney who formed in...
Read moreThe Voice Of The Revolution
Kittenhead are an LA based female rock band. They consist of four members, Kivi, the vocalist,...
Read moreCutting Through The Excuses
Young Knives are the brothers Henry Dartnall on guitar, Thomas Dartnall who is known as ‘The...
Read moreFrom Georgia With Love
Katie Melua is one of those artists that needs no introduction. From her first albums with Mike...
Read moreSoccer 96 Get Their Tactics Spot On
Soccer 96 is the brainchild of Dan Leavers, known as Danalogue, and Max Hallett known as Betamax....
Read moreHearts Hearts Are Beating Again
When a group you have always enjoyed listening to go quiet for a while there is always an air of...
Read moreChilling Out In The Moonlight
Moonlight Parade are three friends from Worthing. Ben Todd is the lead vocalist and acoustic...
Read moreSetting Sail For Success
The Mariners are four Midland lads with a love of classic 60s pop. They consist of Luke...
Read moreCreating Pictures In Your Head And Your Heart
AVAWAVES are a group consisting of Ana Phoebe on violin and Aisling Brouwer on keyboards. Their...
Read moreComing Out Fighting
Janet Devlin is an artist who some people first heard of via the X Factor, but if you did you...
Read morePlaying A Blinder
Sports Team are a six-piece band comprising lead singer Alex Rice, guitarist and songwriter Robb...
Read moreThe Happiest Demons You Ever Heard
With so much music around these days and so many ways of accessing it, it is inevitable I suppose...
Read moreRemember He’s A Genius!
Mike Batt has been one of my favourite songwriters since I first heard ‘The Wombling Song’ as a...
Read moreMusic For Our New Reality
Nitin Sawhney’s forthcoming 'Immigrants' album is his first for Sony and on the strength of the...
Read moreA Sports Team That Really Can Play
Sports Team are the new band we all need at the moment. Sounding like a 2020 version of Pulp or...
Read moreA Fresh Voice Worth Listening To
Clara Bond is a singer songwriter from Devon whose EP 'Crown', released last year, is definitely...
Read moreThe State Of The Nation Addressed
'Humanist' is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Rob Marshall. Two years ago...
Read moreThe Cats Create Christmas Magic
The Cats in Space album 'My Kind of Christmas' starts with the title track and it's an absolute...
Read moreAutomatic Go Through The Gears
Automatic are a three-piece band comprising Izzy Glaudini, Lola Dompé and Halle Saxon. They got...
Read moreThe Album We All Need Now
Swim Deep are a British five-piece consisting of Austin Williams, the lead singer, Cavan McCarthy...
Read moreA Love Letter To A New Life
Taylor Swift’s new album starts with the superbly tongue in cheek and sarcastic ‘I forgot that...
Read moreThe Persistence Of Memory
Paul K took up the search for extraterrestrial life in his last album, 'The Fermi Paradox' and...
Read moreRemembering The Past & Bringing It Up To Date
Wasuremono are named after a Japanese word meaning ‘something forgotten or left behind’. Perhaps...
Read moreA Rediscovered Classic
When you hear that an album hadn’t been released at the time it was originally recorded, you are...
Read more'Sucker Punch' Is A Knockout
Sigrid, or to give her her full name Sigrid Solbakk Raabe started her career in her native Norway...
Read morePlayful With Their Songs, Serious About Their Music
Cats in Space, a band I first saw on the rising stars stage at Ramblin’ Man, have built up a...
Read moreStill Angry, Still Relevant, Still Special
When your musical heroes of yesteryear return to the fray with a new album, there is always a...
Read moreJust What The Doctor Ordered
Scarlette Fever is a singer songwriter with a seriously good selection of songs on her album...
Read moreA Step Up In Class
Hajk’s second album, ‘Drama’ starts off with the psychedelic sounds of ‘Keep Telling Myself’....
Read moreA Search With Treasure At The End
50 years ago, one of the greatest 1960s groups, the Moody Blues, released their classic album ‘In...
Read moreA Voyage Of Discovery
Paul K is one of the best writers and performers of atmospheric electronic instrumentals that I...
Read moreA New Talent At Any Time Of The Day
‘Past Midnight’ is an EP from rising R&B singer Allana Verde. It is a set of four songs charting...
Read moreChris Green 'Unveils' A Major Talent
Chris Green is a heavy rock guitarist whose extensive CV includes stints with Tyketto, Burn,...
Read moreMoving In New Directions
Just over two years ago I started my reviewing career for Subba-Cultcha.com by listening to...
Read moreDefinitely Not A Pointless Christmas Album
It’s that time of year beloved by record companies and streaming sites. As Noddy Holder so...
Read moreStill Punk’s Most Powerful Statement
As L.P. Hartley said ‘The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.’ To get a...
Read moreAn Iconic Venue Hosts An Iconic Musician
The ‘Live at Ronnie Scott’s’ album from musical genius Nitin Sawhney starts with the gorgeous...
Read moreReflecting An Individual View Of The World
The Wild Ones debut album ‘Mirror Touch’ starts with the bouncy ‘Paresthesia’. It has a lovely...
Read moreA Journey Through Prejudice
Another day, another Scandinavian group! It seems that a disproportionate amount of the most...
Read moreDefinitely Not A Bleak House
Terje Rypdal is a name very few of you will have heard of. I certainly hadn’t until the reissue...
Read moreStepping Out Of The Shadow Of The Boss
Little Steven aka E Street Band’s Steve Van Zandt is back. Bruce Springsteen’s friend,...
Read moreA Group With A Lot Left To Say
Hajk’s self-titled debut album starts off with the dreamy harmonies of ‘Magazine’. Hajk comes...
Read moreThe Rise Of British Sea Power Continues
I have to be honest here and say that this is the first British Sea Power album I have ever...
Read moreA Voice Of Power & Beauty
Laura Marling’s 'Semper Femina' album begins with the gorgeous "Soothing" which puts you in mind...
Read moreOverflowing With Brilliance
Ten Fe hit the ground running on their debut album ‘Hit The Light’ with the fantastic "Overflow"...
Read moreAquilo Are On Their Way In To The Light
Aquilo are Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher from Lancashire and it’s fair to say that they have...
Read moreNot A Jarreing Listen But A Bit More Oxygene Might Have Helped It To Scale The Heights
Vitalec is a French electronic music veteran who creates musical soundscapes in a similar way to...
Read moreA Vision Of A Changed Existence
'Amen 2' is the new album from Mikko Joensuu, a follow up to 'Amen' from May of this year. The...
Read moreThis Album Is More Than OK (I Promise)
The new album from Ray Toro of the brilliant My Chemical Romance starts with an 80s style...
Read moreNo Conspiracy Of Silence Over This Wonderful Album
‘Omerta’ is the new album from the talented songwriter and producer Paul Kirkpatrick. He is the...
Read moreHeading For Unemployment
The title track of the new Kaiser Chiefs album, ‘Stay Together’ sounds like a David Bowie tribute...
Read morePurest Emotion From The Purest Of Voices
Heidi Talbot’s album 'Here We Go, 1, 2, 3' is the singer/songwriter’s fifth album. Listening to...
Read moreA Devastating Album
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds new album, 'Skeleton Tree', starts with ‘Jesus Alone’. Cave’s...
Read moreA Gorgeous Darkness
Natalie McCool has an incredibly individual voice that immediately sets her album ‘The Great...
Read moreLands Of Wonder You Should Explore As Soon As Possible
Lovelace is the stage name of Devonian singer Rebecca Whitbread. Her debut album ‘Lands’ is a...
Read moreAustralian Duo GL Make A Big Impact
GL are Melbourne based duo Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson. Although well known in their native...
Read moreA Dungeon You Won’t Want To Escape From
The Drifting Classroom are a group from Liverpool and their new album 'Oubliette' is drenched in...
Read moreSmooth Album Lacking A Killer Track
'Juicy Fruit' by Kraak and Smaak, from the Netherlands, starts off with ‘Prescription’ featuring...
Read moreVinyl Pop For The Digital Age
Ekkoes are a three piece band from London whose album Elekktricity is a slice of vinyl 80s pop...
Read moreA Stunning Voice In Search Of Sympathetic Arrangements
It takes just a couple of bars of the opening track of 'The Heart Speaks in Whispers' to confirm...
Read moreBeauty Amid Pain Helps To Lift These Shadows
Emily Jane White’s new album, ‘They Moved In Shadow All Together’ starts with the track ‘Frozen...
Read moreProg Rock With A Smile On Its Face
When I first read about Purson’s psychedelic and prog leanings I had a vision of either a group...
Read moreA Well Crafted Debut With A Killer Track
The eponymously titled debut album from Portuguese duo Lisbon Kid starts with the reflective ‘At...
Read moreA Modern Classic From The Heart Of Siberia
Ilya Beshevli is a Siberian-born pianist and composer whose music is apparently inspired by the...
Read moreAn Unsettling Vision Of Your Own Making
‘Headlong’, the opening track on Fassine’s debut album Dialectik, features Sarah Palmer’s...
Read moreCasting A Caribbean Spell
Molotov Jukebox are a group with a lead singer familiar to Harry Potter devotees. Natalia Tena...
Read moreThe Golden Bears Of Pop Have Their Augusta Moment
Only the Pet Shop Boys could call their album ‘Super’! The gloriously provocative, tongue in...
Read moreAn Interesting Talent In Search Of His Sound
2013, the debut album from Meilyr Jones starts off with the upbeat "How to recognise a Work of...
Read moreThe New Sound Of A Continent
This album is inspired by the work of British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare whose pieces...
Read moreAn Album With Its Soul Exposed & Its Finger On The Pulse
When I think of Scandinavian music my mind immediately conjures up epic soundscapes with...
Read moreAn Unashamedly Positive Album
Steve Mason’s new album 'Meet the Humans' is a collection of songs that are intensely personal...
Read moreThis Empty House Is Still A Winning Hand
Norwegian band Snøskred (the ø is pronounced like I in bird), are the latest Scandinavian act...
Read moreAn Album For Believers Old And New
You may not instantly recognise the name of the group, but as soon as you hear the ethereal...
Read moreUnder The Influence Of Genius
"Glimmer", the album opener has a Eurythmics style backing track with Rachel Harvey’s soaring...
Read moreAn uplifting album of electronic beauty
When you start listening to ‘Cascades’ by High Highs you realise pretty quickly that these guys...
Read moreA Beautiful Mind Produces A Beautiful Record
Andrea Tirone, a 27 year old Italian from the city of Turin, is the mind behind ‘Mind...
Read moreEmma Pollock made us wait but it was worth every minute
From the first track, "Cannot Keep a Secret", it is clear to fans of this fantastic singer that...
Read moreA band still looking forward after 40 years
I have somehow managed to miss Half Japanese since they formed in 1975 so I am coming to these...
Read moreCool Austrian Soundscapes
Austrian band Hearts Hearts have released their debut album after nearly six years together. The...
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