I have issues with bands having a multitude of members! Anything over the old four-piece rock n roll combo needs justifying in my book and this lot weigh in with nine contributors, including two trumpeters and a stand up drummer would you believe it?!
Putting my unjustified prejudices to one side though, here we have a [...]

“‘Yankee Reality’. What does it mean? Does it portend that there is some unique, other plain of existence for northerners and/or city folk? Something perhaps alien to, well, everybody else? Virginia cum citizen of London/rambling man Keith Wood knows all about it. Several years ago, he relocated to the city of crumpets and tea, where [...]

Paul Martin Wold, aka Wishful Thinking, was born on the island of Kauai, Hawaii in 1988 but spent most of his childhood in Olympia, Washington. Growing up in this town at this time he had an unprecedented childhood experience: being amidst one of the most significant indie rock scenes there ever was. His father, Steve [...]

Over two years in the making, SOFT-CORE is the third album from New York City’s My Robot Friend. The album features a diverse array of collaborations with artists such as Alison Moyet, Dean Wareham, Zombie Nation, and Outmessage. My Robot Friend is a musical and performance art project led by Howard Robot, and aided by [...]

Chris Burda and Matthew Jason got together in 2007 to create and record their instrumental music under the name of Collapse Under The Empire. The band released an EP called PAINTBALL in 2008, followed by their debut digital album, SYSTEM-BREAKDOWN, in Spring 2009. For this second album the band was signed to indie label Sister [...]

There are many wonderful album releases that arrive unheralded by the the print and broadcast media. And it’s usually only by chance that one finds them. I was preparing for my Sunday radio show and clicked onto a Phil Campbell record on Amazon only to find a new release not received by us for review. Now [...]